by Annastazia Ng'ambi | Mar 21, 2024 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Martin O’Malley, Social Security Administration Commissioner, stated at a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on Wednesday that the Social Security Administration (SSA) has made it a priority to support American citizens in navigating the...
by Braedyn Speight | Mar 14, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — As diversity, equity and inclusion continues to come under fire on the state level, lawmakers and officials in Washington are trying to step into the issue on the federal level. The Congressional Black Caucus last week implored the Department of Justice...
by Alicia Tang and Jonah Elkowitz | Mar 12, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court wrestled with how to interpret a 1934 statute during oral arguments on Feb. 28 in a case to determine whether bump stocks, used in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, should be classified as machine guns. The justices wrangled with the...
by Maria Heim | Mar 8, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republicans were ready with a forceful response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address by having the youngest Republican woman ever elected to the Senate, Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama deliver a message of concern. “Our...
by Clare Zhang | Mar 8, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — At Thursday’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden called for higher taxation on the wealthy, tax credits for ordinary Americans and eliminating deceptive pricing for consumers. “Too many corporations raise their prices to pad their profits,...
by Aidan Johnstone | Mar 8, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — More than 40 pro-Palestinian groups organized the “People’s State of the Union” outside the White House hours before President Biden’s State of the Union address. According to protesters, “the state of our union is genocide.” “We are here to give a...
by Annastazia Ng'ambi | Mar 7, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — At least 50,0000 unknown children are being sexually exploited and there is a need to identify and rescue them, said former NFL player Tim Tebow to lawmakers during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. “Most of you came to Congress because...
by Jonah Elkowitz | Feb 29, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Topics
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Conservative Political Action Conference is known for its prominent conservative voices, views, and ideas. But there is another feature of the conference that makes it distinct: fashion. Many CPAC attendees spared no expense in creating...
by Ellie Skelly | Feb 28, 2024 | Featured, Politics
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Young conservatives rallied behind former president Donald Trump at this year’s Conservative Political Action Convention. Trump’s election in 2016 served as a political awakening for this new generation, who are ready to fight tooth and nail to...
by Maria Heim | Feb 28, 2024 | Featured, Politics
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Conservatives across the globe traveled to CPAC for its annual conference last weekend. It kicked off with the International Summit featuring right-wing leaders including former U.K. prime minister Liz Truss, President Nayib Bukele of El...
by Braedyn Speight | Feb 27, 2024 | Featured, Politics
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – At an election eve campaign rally in North Charleston the feelings were unanimous among those attending: they will support Donald Trump no matter the legal woes he attracts. Facing 91 felony counts in four indictments, the cult of personality...
by Lance Wilhelm | Feb 27, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Students in South Carolina prepared to cast their votes in the Republican presidential primary on Saturday. Young, college-aged voters have largely grown up in the post-Trump era. They have – as a result – become politically active in a very different...
