by Rayna Song | Nov 11, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Early next year, Florida will send a statue of Mary McLeod Bethune to replace a statue of a Confederate general in the U.S. Capitol, making her the first Black person to represent a state in the National Statuary Hall Collection. Bethune was an educator...
by Christina van Waasbergen | Nov 10, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A dispute over $28,000 could have broad implications for the rights of Puerto Ricans and residents of other U.S. territories. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on whether the exclusion of Puerto Rico from the Supplemental Security...
by Mary Yang | Nov 3, 2021 | Politics
Virginia voters on Tuesday will make history by electing the commonwealth’s first woman of color lieutenant governor: Democrat Hala Ayala, who is Afro-Latina, or Republican Winsome Sears, who is Black. But for many Black women voters – who have arguably the most to...
by Jason Harward | Oct 30, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The White House released a pared-down, $1.75 trillion framework laying out the president’s domestic agenda Thursday, a total half the amount proposed last month by Democratic congressional leadership. To cut the package’s overall spending so...
by Mikayla Denault | Oct 27, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON — On Oct. 26, protesters held the “Rally 4 Our Future” event outside of the Supreme Court to address the conservative-leaning justice system. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced the bill in April with support from Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., and other...
by Ali McCadden | Oct 26, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON — At a House Veterans’ Affairs subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, lawmakers were ready to tackle the challenges women face when transitioning from military to civilian life — including homelessness, unemployment, lack of child care and the effects of military...
by Dan Hu | Oct 25, 2021 | Politics
Vice President Kamala Harris told a crowd of several hundred Thursday at a rally for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe that electing the former Democratic governor would help ensure that Virginia does not restrict access to abortions. “Don’t Texas...
by Christina van Waasbergen | Oct 21, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON — At what was billed as the first full congressional committee hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment since the 1970s, House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney called Thursday for the archivist of the United States to ignore the fact that the...
by Jason Harward | Oct 14, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The latest consumer price report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed an increase in costs of 5.4% over the past year, the highest annualized inflation rate in more than a decade. The post-pandemic inflation presents a political dilemma for...
by Mary Yang | Oct 12, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Tuesday indicated that she is leaning toward cutting the length of programs in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan to pare down the $3.5 trillion price tag. The spending package, which was originally slated to dole out...
by Jason Harward | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted late Thursday to raise the public debt limit by $480 billion, punting the political fight over the debt ceiling into early December. Although the bill itself passed on a 50-48 party-line vote, 11 Senate Republicans — a coalition...
by Rayna Song | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Congress’ Joint Economic Committee members disagreed along party lines Wednesday on the financial impact of the Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan, with Democrats listing the benefits to working families with kids as well as small businesses,...
