by Martha Castro and Zamone "Z" Perez | Jan 31, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON— For a second day, senators Thursday continued their lines of questioning to the impeachment legal teams to further their party’s arguments in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Republicans and Democrats approached the question period...
by Medill News Service | Jan 30, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP: CONTINUED 3:36 p.m. Jan 30, 2020 By Martha Castro and Zamone Perez WASHINGTON— For a second day, Republican senators Thursday questioned lawyers for President Donald Trump to give them opportunities to rebut House...
by Evan Ochsner | Jan 30, 2020 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Thursday approved two measures intended to limit the president’s ability to take military action in the Middle East. One measure would prevent the president from using funds for military action against Iran unless...
by Angelina Campanile | Jan 30, 2020 | Featured, Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – Congress needs to get more aggressive in passing laws to reduce the rising number of phone scams against senior citizens, which cost seniors $38 million last year, top Social Security Administration officials said Wednesday. At the 25th hearing on the...
by Alex Moore | Jan 30, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON — As senators got their first chance to question House managers and President Donald Trump’s lawyers Wednesday, Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, told reporters in the Capitol that Republican senators are rushing through the Senate...
by James Pollard | Jan 29, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats and Republicans attempted to carve up the other side’s opening arguments Wednesday in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on the first day they were allowed to ask questions. After listening to the House impeachment...
by Angelina Campanile | Jan 29, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of protesters swarmed the Capitol steps Wednesday demanding the Senate consider witnesses and documents in the ongoing impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Leaks of former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s upcoming book Sunday...
by Megan Lebowitz | Jan 29, 2020 | Politics
WASHINGTON – A psychology professor on Wednesday told the House Veterans Affairs Committee that one way to combat the high suicide rate among veterans is to push for a a comprehensive health system approach to treating the causes of depression. A 2019 report by the US...
by Cassidy Wang | Jan 29, 2020 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Democratic members of the House Financial Services Committee grilled Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting Wednesday on his proposal to modernize the Community Reinvestment Act, saying he didn’t collaborate with Congress or provide transparency, and...
by Angelina Campanile, Joshua Irvine, Megan Lebowitz and Evan Ochsner | Jan 29, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s defense team concluded its opening statement Tuesday, warning senators of undermining the Constitution and urging them to acquit the president. “Reject these articles of impeachment for our country and for the American...
by Olivia Olander | Jan 28, 2020 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — A general sense of urgency overshadowed policy details at a Republican-led Senate hearing Tuesday about the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare. The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee considered how to reconcile the...
by Angelina Campanile and Evan Ochsner | Jan 28, 2020 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday continued to publicly urge Republicans to join Democrats in voting to subpoena witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, saying new revelations should force the GOP lawmakers to get top...