by Natalie Escobar | Jan 13, 2016 | Politics, SOTU2018
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by Ellen Shearer | Jan 13, 2016 | Politics, SOTU2018
Live from Washington and Evanston, Medill On The Hill and the Northwestern News Network are teaming up to stream tonight’s State of the Union Address and Republican response live on the Medill website and to provide extensive coverage and analysis. Medill reporters...
by Drew Gerber | Jan 13, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON —The Defense Department is considering creating its own private-label products for military commissaries instead of offering national brands, something that would hurt military families by affecting the quality and pricing of products, marketing experts and...
by Erin Bacon | Jan 13, 2016 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON- Rep. Mac Thornberry, chairman of the House Armed Services committee, said Wednesday he would support a congressional authorization for the use of military force against ISIS, a step requested by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address....
by Isabella Gutierrez | Jan 13, 2016 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON– U.S. foreign policy this year will focus on the refugee crisis and violent extremism in Syria, and the Islamic State “will be defeated,” Secretary of State John Kerry said in a speech at the National Defense University Wednesday. The changing nature...
by Mariana Alfaro | Jan 13, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Lawyers told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that Puerto Rico should be allowed to prosecute criminals under the dual sovereignty doctrine rather than leaving conviction decisions up to federal courts — an argument that could have major...
by Jacob Meschke | Jan 13, 2016 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — In response to an apparent fourth nuclear test by North Korea, a House panel debated Wednesday possible solutions to the threat to national security posed by the isolated communist country. The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the...
by Shane McKeon | Jan 13, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s unvarnished social media presence has helped him dominate political coverage the past few months, a GOP strategist said Wednesday. Trump — who polls show leading in New Hampshire and a close second in Iowa...
by Mariana Alfaro | Jan 12, 2016 | Politics, SOTU2018
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by Ethan Cohen | Jan 6, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Despite an almost certain presidential veto of the first Obamacare repeal bill to make it to the White House, a group of conservative congressmen strongly defended the measure but indicated they may differ with Republican leaders on what a GOP health care...
by Ashley Gilmore | Mar 19, 2015 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON— Lowering the voting age to 17 could increase youth participation in the next several election cycles, a national expert argues. The voting age in the United States is currently 18, as dictated by the 26th Amendment, which took effect in 1971 and lowered...
