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...
by Drew Gerber | Mar 2, 2016 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court should rule against a Texas law imposing stricter requirements for abortion providers as a violation of the “undue burden” standard because the law’s provisions are not medically necessary and make abortions less accessible, a lawyer...
by Sabrina Rodriguez | Mar 2, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Politics
HAMPTON, Va. — Some young black voters in Virginia say they see Sen. Bernie Sanders as a candidate who wants their votes while Hillary Clinton seems to think they’ll vote for her just because their parents would. At Hampton University and Norfolk State...
by Mariana Alfaro | Mar 2, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Politics
RICHMOND, Va. – As TV screens announced a Hillary Clinton win over Bernie Sanders in Virginia on Super Tuesday, some of the Democrats filling a bar in the state capital Richmond cheered; and some didn’t. But they all agreed that their party’s primary candidates’...
by Geordan Tilley | Mar 1, 2016 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is fighting to maintain its technological advantage against China and Russia through advances in artificial intelligence and human-technology interactions, several retired military officers said Tuesday. With Russia and China...
by Alex Duner | Mar 1, 2016 | National Security, Politics
FBI Director James Comey prepares to give testimony at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the ongoing battle over creating a so-called iPhone backdoor. (Alex Duner/Medill News Service) WASHINGTON — The battle between Apple and the FBI over a court order to create...
by Natalie Escobar | Mar 1, 2016 | Politics, Topics
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton greets a screaming audience at a Monday night rally at Lake Taylor High School in Norfolk, Va. Gov. Terry McAuliffe, [left] who has endorsed Clinton, introduced her before she took the stage. (Natalie Escobar/Medill News Service)...
by Jack Corrigan | Feb 29, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Politics
VIRGINIA BEACH — The hostility of the GOP primary race has sent a small but dedicated group of Republican voters looking for a candidate with a “gentle spirit” and ability to compromise. And it’s those people that Ben Carson, who has become something of a political...
