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...
by Kristina Karisch | Jan 17, 2018 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — European countries are major players in North American imports and exports so their impact should be considered in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, experts on international trade said Wednesday. The experts, hosted by the...
by Mila Jasper | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Two House Foreign Affairs subcommittees Wednesday tried to look beyond North Korea’s nuclear risks and investigate the state of chemical, biological and conventional weapons programs in the “rogue” nation. “We need to take stock of what we do and...
by Caroline Vakil | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON – A group of university presidents united with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus called on Congress Wednesday to pass a bill to protect “dreamers” from imminent deportation with the expiration of temporary visas provided by the Obama...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON— Republican Sen. Jeff Flake on Wednesday compared President Donald Trump to Joseph Stalin over his use of the phrase “enemy of the people” to describe journalists who write negative stories about his administration. Flake also condemned the...
by Kristina Karisch & Anna Laffrey | Jan 16, 2018 | Featured, Politics
The Supreme Court was back Tuesday after a break for the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday. The justices heard arguments in two cases from their January session. The Supreme Court is a place of tradition — it does not allow cameras, no tweeting; reporters...
by Rachel Frazin, Maggie Harden & Priyanka Godbole | Jan 16, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Despite borderline high cholesterol and borderline obesity, President Donald Trump is in “excellent health” both mentally and physically, White House Physician Dr. Ronny Jackson said Tuesday at a White House briefing. Jackson said he performed a...
by Catherine Kim | Jan 16, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON –– President’s Donald Trump’s recent comment calling Haiti and African countries “shithole” nations was racist, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer said at a Tuesday press briefing, although he stopped short of calling the president a racist. The...
by Erica Snow | Jan 12, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin predicted Friday that Congress will pass a short-term funding bill to avoid a government shutdown Jan. 19 when the current funding legislation expires. He also told the Economic Club of Washington that the recently...
by Kristina Karisch & Maggie Harden | Jan 11, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Despite deep party divides surrounding immigration policy, House Republican and Democratic leaders on Thursday said they were confident that Congress would pass a bill that protects “dreamers.” Speaking at back-to-back news conferences, both House Speaker...
