by Libby Berry & Paola de Varona | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The debate over criminal justice reform is heating up in Washington as the president and lawmakers promote dueling approaches to the issue. The White House outlined their goals for criminal justice reform on Tuesday, focusing on work training, re-entry...
by Libby Berry | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Less than 24 hours after the Supreme Court declined to hear a case on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, a few dozen of more than 100 Catholic leaders and activists were arrested Tuesday in a Senate office building as they demanded that...
by Stavros Agorakis | Feb 27, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, aided by Iran, is increasingly likely to wage war against Israel, and the U.S. should intervene to try to de-escalate the tensions, Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Chris Coons, D-Del., said Tuesday after a trip to the...
by Erica Snow | Feb 22, 2018 | Featured, Politics
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Vice President Mike Pence boasted Thursday that the first year of the Trump administration was “the most consequential year” for conservatism at the annual CPAC conference, the largest gathering of conservatives in the country. Speaking in a...
by Catherine Kim | Feb 22, 2018 | Featured, Politics
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Several young conservatives at the Thursday opening of CPAC, the largest American conservative convention, supported President’ Donald Trump’s proposal that to arm teachers, but were less enthusiastic about other proposals to increase gun...
by Paola de Varona & Rachel Frazin | Feb 22, 2018 | Featured, Politics
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. -Students and speakers decried the protests erupting across the country over conservative speakers being brought to present at universities at the Conservative Political Action Conference. The issue of freedom of speech resonated with the crowd at...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Feb 22, 2018 | Politics
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.— The niece of far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen delivered one of the first addresses at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, calling for unity among conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic to unit against...
by Rhytha Zahid Hejaze | Feb 22, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON – World leaders trampled over human rights in 2017, suppressing people’s right to protest in countries such as France and failing to protect women’s rights in countries such as the U.S., Russia and Poland, according to Amnesty International’s annual report...
by Jakob Lazzaro | Feb 21, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Pennsylvania’s new, court-ordered congressional district map has created a twist in the March 13 special election for the current 18th district – both candidates for the seat no longer live there. That means eight months after the winner comes to...
by Rachel Frazin | Feb 21, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The number of neo-Nazi groups in America rose about 22 percent – from 99 to 121 – last year, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s annual survey of extremist groups. In the report issued Wednesday, the SPLC, which works to end discrimination,...
by Renzo Downey | Feb 21, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON—The most pressing need in the Venezuela economic and political problems is providing humanitarian aid, Colombia’s ambassador to the U.S. said on Wednesday. Hyperinflation that has escalated since the 2013 election of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has...
by Eric Miller | Feb 20, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has directed the Justice Department to explore a ban of bump stocks and other devices that can effectively turn a gun into a fully automatic weapon. Bump stocks gained national attention after one was...
