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Black Lives Matter activists shut down intersection to protest killing by D.C. police officer

Black Lives Matter activists shut down intersection to protest killing by D.C. police officer

by Jason Mast | Oct 10, 2016 | Featured, Living, Politics

WASHINGTON – Dozens of Black Lives Matter activists briefly blocked traffic at a downtown Washington intersection during Monday evening’s rush hour to protest the September police killing of Terrence Sterling, a 31-year-old black man who was shot after his motorcycle...
College Republicans clash with Trump supporters before Washington University debate

College Republicans clash with Trump supporters before Washington University debate

by Dan Waldman | Oct 10, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics, Topics

ST. LOUIS – Tom Hildebrand brought 50 signs supporting Donald Trump and Mike Pence to Washington University ahead of the second presidential debate on Sunday. Within a couple of hours, those signs were gone. Most of the Wash U students in attendance were holding...
Female college students rally for Clinton, say Trump tape “perpetuates rape culture”

Female college students rally for Clinton, say Trump tape “perpetuates rape culture”

by Dan Waldman | Oct 10, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics, Topics

ST. LOUIS — Before the second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on Sunday, Washington University in St. Louis female students rallied in support for Clinton, calling Trump’s recently revealed lewd remarks about women evidence that he...

Second Presidential Debate: Inside the Spin Room

by Andrew Merica | Oct 10, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics

ST. LOUIS – After a contentious second presidential debate, campaign officials, surrogates and reporters clamored into the spin room to discuss the candidates’ performances. U.S. News and World Report’s David Catanese gives us a look inside. (Andrew...
Supreme Court hears decades-old death penalty case with racially charged testimony

Supreme Court hears decades-old death penalty case with racially charged testimony

by Benjamin Din | Oct 5, 2016 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed to side with Duane Buck, a condemned man, during oral arguments Wednesday involving a decades-old Texas death-penalty case that included racially discriminatory references during court testimony. In 1997, Buck was sentenced to...
Amid difficulties, international observers eye U.S. election

Amid difficulties, international observers eye U.S. election

by Benjamin Din | Oct 4, 2016 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON —  Worries – real or imagined – about a potentially rigged election may be eased by an international election observation mission focusing on the November General Election in the U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said publicly that he...
Wikileaks doesn’t drop anticipated ‘October surprise,’ teases upcoming data dumps

Wikileaks doesn’t drop anticipated ‘October surprise,’ teases upcoming data dumps

by Evelyn Wang | Oct 4, 2016 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Journalists and partisans who rose at an ungodly hour Tuesday morning expecting Julian Assange to release a hyped data dump that could possibly damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign instead received a two-hour long Wikileaks commercial. Their only consolation...

GOP senator: confirming ambassador to cuba ‘won’t happen’

by Ross Krasner | Sep 28, 2016 | Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the first U.S ambassador to Cuba in more than 50 years faced immediate opposition from GOP senators Wednesday, casting serious doubt on the long-shot attempt to get Senate confirmation of Jeffrey DeLaurentis....
Lawmakers investigate potential cyberattacks on this year’s voting machines

Lawmakers investigate potential cyberattacks on this year’s voting machines

by Andrew Merica | Sep 28, 2016 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — The risk of hacking into voting systems on Election Day is remote and unlikely, some election officials and experts said Wednesday during a hearing that was briefly hijacked by Rep. Elijah Cummings’ impassioned criticism of Georgia Secretary of...
Speaker Ryan gives observations on presidential election, partisan divide

Speaker Ryan gives observations on presidential election, partisan divide

by Anna Waters | Sep 28, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan, a close observer of the 2016 campaign, still thinks about his unsuccessful race for vice president four years ago. “My 9th grade daughter was just elected high school vice president,” Ryan said. “Goes to show that at...
Impromptu rally in Senate Park calls on Republicans to hold hearing on Garland

Impromptu rally in Senate Park calls on Republicans to hold hearing on Garland

by Andrew Merica | Sep 27, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics

A representative from NextGen Climate Action Committee holds a sign with others bearing the phrase “Do Your Job,” the theme of Tuesday’s event. (Andrew Merica/MNS) Wade Henderson, President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, emceed the event...
Campaign finance activists in it for the long haul, even if candidates ignore the topic

Campaign finance activists in it for the long haul, even if candidates ignore the topic

by Anna Waters | Sep 26, 2016 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – As many as 100 million people are expected to watch Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton face off for the first time in a televised debate Monday night. But a panel of bipartisan activists, moderated by Federal Election Commission Commissioner Ann Ravel, has...
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