by Leslie Bonilla | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump’s budget proposal for 2020 to eliminate a program that offers government and nonprofit workers a way to have their federal education loan forgiven would make it harder for nonprofits and government agencies to attract employees,...
by Samantha Handler | Mar 20, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Most of the Supreme Court justices Wednesday said they will consider the history of racial bias in jury selection by the prosecutor in a Mississippi man’s murder conviction and death sentence. Justice Elena Kagan strongly questioned whether Mississippi...
by Nirmal Mulaikal and Cameron Peters | Mar 15, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of students and activists skipped school on Friday to protest in front of the Capitol as part of a worldwide student climate strike. The strike was one of more than 2,000 to take place around the world. According to organizer Greta Thunberg, a...
by Leslie Bonilla | Mar 14, 2019 | Featured, Living, Politics
WASHINGTON — Native American tribal governments need more power to properly investigate and prosecute cases of murdered and missing Native American women, tribal advocates told a House Natural Resources subcommittee Thursday. Tribal governments often have difficulty...
by Brooke Fowler | Mar 14, 2019 | Featured, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – The Senate voted 59-41 Thursday to block President Donald Trump’s Feb. 15 declaration of a national emergency, with 12 Republicans joining the 47 Democrats to send a message to the president that he had overstepped his authority. Trump said he declared...
by Gabrielle Bienasz | Mar 13, 2019 | Featured, Politics
In 2009, Carrboro, North Carolina Alderman Lydia Lavelle asked the state legislature for permission to include LGBTQ people in Carrboro’s laws banning housing discrimination. Lawmakers said no. North Carolina’s statewide anti-discrimination law does not include...
by Samantha Handler and Charlotte Walsh | Mar 13, 2019 | Featured, Politics, Topics
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Every four years, presidential hopefuls swarm the small state of New Hampshire, home to the nation’s first primary, And to its diners, where they must do what politicians do best: mingle. From pancake breakfasts to hamburgers to-go, diners...
by Samantha Handler | Mar 13, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Federal Bureau of Investigations and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive officials said Wednesday they need more funding because of the possible passage of background check legislation and the increased cost of criminal investigations. At a Commerce,...
by Samantha Handler and Charlotte Walsh | Mar 12, 2019 | Featured, Politics
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — In 2016, Sen. Bernie Sanders was the underdog against political powerhouse Hillary Clinton, but pulled off an upset win in New Hampshire, the nation’s first primary. Now Sanders is running again —and is the state’s heavy favorite in...
by Heena Srivastava | Mar 12, 2019 | Featured, Politics, Topics
NEW YORK — Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D – Mass., focused her rally Friday in Queens on Washington corruption and the monopolistic power of tech giants. But many of her supporters say their priority is income inequality. With a...
by Ester Wells & Heena Srivastava | Mar 9, 2019 | Featured, Politics
NEW YORK— Hours after proposing a break-up of tech giants Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren told supporters in the Queens neighborhood known for pushing Amazon out that “tech giants think they rule the Earth.” In February, Amazon canceled...
by Charlotte Walsh | Mar 7, 2019 | Featured, Politics
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge Thursday sentenced Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort to less prison time than expected — 47 months — and three years of supervised release for his conviction on eight tax and bank fraud charges. Of the six former Trump advisers...
