by Dan Hu | Oct 6, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – In a surprising move, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell offered to help Democrats in their effort to raise the debt limit on Wednesday. After stonewalling the issue for weeks, including tanking a similar vote on Sept. 27, McConnell’s last-minute...
by Henry Rogers | Oct 6, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s pledge to beef up federal antitrust enforcement made headway Wednesday as the president’s nominee for the Justice Department’s antitrust chief, Jonathan Kanter, fielded questions from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee....
by Rayna Song | Oct 5, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen asked Congress to create regulations to rein in the tech company, which she claims prioritizes financial benefits over public interests, in a Tuesday Senate subcommittee hearing. “I believe in the potential of...
by Jason Harward | Oct 5, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Staring down a possible default on the federal debt in less than two weeks, congressional leaders Tuesday remained firm in their positions on how to raise the debt ceiling, with Senate Republicans refusing to give Democrats any avenue to address the debt...
by Hannah Zhihan Jiang | Oct 5, 2021 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – Thousands of people marched to the Supreme Court and the Capitol on Saturday to demand that the justices and Congress ensure abortion rights and access, one of many Women’s March rallies around the country that attracted several hundred thousand people...
by Mary Yang and Dan Hu | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Progressive and moderate House Democrats continued their weeks-long brawl Thursday on the $1 trillion infrastructure act and the $3.5 trillion social spending bill — the Build Back Better Act. Both part of President Joe Biden’s agenda, the two...
by Dan Hu | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Weeks of tension between moderate and progressive House Democrats will continue at least one more day, following the delay of a crucial vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. The vote was scheduled for Thursday – but House Speaker Nancy...
by Jason Harward | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Congress passed a stopgap spending bill Thursday, averting a government shutdown and maintaining the federal government’s budget at current levels for the next two months. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill shortly after 6 p.m. Eastern...
by Rayna Song | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Wiping away tears, Rep. Cori Bush on Thursday told a House committee the story of her rape at age 17 to demonstrate the need for abortion rights and less restrictive access to abortion. “When he was done, he got up, he pulled up his pants, and...
by Christina van Waasbergen | Sep 29, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday defended the Supreme Court’s decision to decline a request to block a Texas law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, saying it was not unusual for the court to use the “shadow docket” to...
by Jason Harward | Sep 29, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – A group of Republican senators Wednesday signaled their support for a temporary spending bill to avoid a government shutdown Thursday at midnight when the 2022 federal fiscal year begins. But their support was conditioned on removing language that would...
by Mary Yang | Sep 28, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats on Tuesday pushed a fragile message of party unity in hopes of passing both a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure agreement and a $3.5 trillion spending bill – both part of President Joe Biden’s agenda....
