by Syd Stone | Jan 23, 2018 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON—Young immigrants known as “dreamers” expressed their disappointment with the Senate Democrats’ actions to end the government shutdown Tuesday. Several dozen activists from Make the Road Pennsylvania and “dreamers” who receive protection...
by Jakob Lazzaro | Jan 23, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration isn’t doing enough to combat the threat that Russian interference poses to Western democracies, to NATO and especially to the United States, former Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday. “I don’t know of any system-wide...
by Priyanka Godbole & Caroline Vakil | Jan 23, 2018 | Featured, Politics, Topics
% of Americans believe the news media plays a critical or very important role in our democracy % of Americans say they can think of a news source that reports the news objectively of Democrats have a favorable opinion of the news media 54% 54% of Republicans have an...
by Rachel Frazin | Jan 20, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – On the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, thousands of women, joined by many men, marched from the Lincoln Memorial area to the White House on Saturday to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the 2017 Women’s March, which was...
by Jakob Lazzaro, Eric Miller & Caroline Vakil | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics
CORAOPOLIS, Pa. — President Donald Trump touted his tax plan as boosting Americans’ paychecks and praised Republican congressional candidate Rick Saccone Thursday during a speech at a manufacturing company outside of Pittsburgh. Calling Saccone a...
by Renzo Downey & Priyanka Godbole | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Paul Ryan said Senate Democrats are using “dreamers” to threaten a government shutdown at the expense of a proper military budget, while House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Republicans are to blame for the impending shutdown, which she...
by Rachel Frazin | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the historic Women’s March on Washington following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, as many as 8,000 people are expected to participate in Saturday’s women’s march to support female candidates in the 2018...
by Kristina Karisch | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — House Democrats from the Congressional Black Caucus and the Judiciary Committee on Thursday introduced a resolution to censure President Donald Trump for his recent comments about Haiti, El Salvador and African nations. “We will not stand quietly by and...
by Catherine Kim | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON –– Though South and North Korean athletes’ joint march during the Pyeongchang Olympics’ opening ceremony could symbolize a warming relationship, North Korea also may be taking advantage of the situation to expand its nuclear weapons program under the radar,...
by Libby Berry | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Anti-abortion advocate Stephanie Gray on Thursday kicked off the annual anti-abortion demonstrations by March for Life ahead of the Jan. 22 anniversary of Roe v. Wade by telling the conference that a pregnant woman’s circumstances – poverty, rape, youth –...
by Mila Jasper | Jan 18, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON–House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that he wants the House to approve Defense Department funding for the rest of the fiscal year ahead of Friday’s deadline for Congress to approve short-term funding to keep the government running for another...
by Renzo Downey | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders Wednesday presented former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest distinction awarded by Congress. President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader...
