by Drew Gerber | Mar 16, 2016 | Health & Science, Politics
In the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade case, the Supreme Court gave constitutional protection to a woman’s right to an abortion. But in 1992, the court in Planned Parenthood v. Casey amended that right somewhat. States could restrict abortions to protect women’s...
by Alex Duner | Mar 15, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — If Rep. Pete Sessions has his way, the federal government will recognize and promote a new artistic medium: magic. That’s because on Monday Sessions introduced a bill , which “recognizes magic as a rare and valuable art form and national treasure.”...
by Jacob Meschke | Mar 15, 2016 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy said Tuesday that protesters at campaign rallies do not pose a significant threat to the Secret Service in carrying out its duty to protect presidential candidates. Demonstrators should be allowed to exercise...
by Geordan Tilley | Mar 15, 2016 | Politics
[rev_slider alias=”friendsofireland”] WASHINGTON — Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny joined President Barack Obama at the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon in the Capitol on Tuesday. It was Speaker Paul Ryan’s first time hosting the tradition. At the...
by Celena Chong | Mar 15, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Alan Gross said he only saw the sun for 20 minutes during the first year of being shuttered in a Cuban prison. Gross, 66, was a contractor under the U.S. Agency for International Development, tasked to improve Internet access within a single Jewish...
by Mariana Alfaro | Mar 15, 2016 | Politics
[rev_slider alias=”puertorico”][/rev_slider] WASHINGTON — Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the Broadway hit “Hamilton,” and several New York members of Congress offered a proposal Tuesday to fix a quirk in federal law that bars Puerto Rico from...
by Alex Duner | Mar 15, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Digital tools have shaped how the government stays accountable to the American people in 2016 On Tuesday at the Commerce Department, advocates for government openness said publishing data and maintaining electronic records are a driver of transparency and...
by Shane McKeon | Mar 14, 2016 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Henry Louis Gates was getting death threats. It was July 2009. Days earlier, the Harvard professor had returned home from China, where he was researching Yo-Yo Ma’s ancestry for a new documentary. When he got to his house in Cambridge, Mass., he...
by Geordan Tilley | Mar 8, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Politics
WASHINGTON — Political analyst Charlie Cook said Tuesday he’s one of the last pundits to think New York mogul Donald Trump will not get the Republican nomination. “The Republican Party is quite screwed up,” Cook said, “but I don’t think they’re that screwed up.”...
by Ethan Cohen | Mar 7, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — David Farmer, a hunter who has lived in Portland, Maine, for 14 years, wants residents of his state be able to buy guns – but only after universal background checks on gun purchases and transfers. He’s part of a growing movement that has given up on...
by Jacob Meschke | Mar 7, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Politics
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The political attitudes of students on Michigan college campuses tell two tales. The first is familiar to those following the Democratic presidential campaigns: outspoken fans of Hillary Clinton are a rarity, and support for Bernie Sanders is...
by Jacob Meschke | Mar 7, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Politics
[rev_slider alias=”detroit”] DETROIT — The remaining four candidates for the Republican party’s presidential nomination battled Thursday in the 11th GOP debate, but the first to be held in Michigan. Before the event began, protesters gathered on...
