by Audrey Pachuta | Nov 15, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — In his first weekly press conference since the election, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., stressed the need for bipartisan solutions while pledging to push back “whenever necessary against far-right extremism.” Republicans officially...
by Jonas Blum | Nov 14, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Concern, questions and condemnation from veterans and members of Congress have grown since President-elect Trump announced Pete Hegseth, a Fox News contributor and retired Army National Guardsman, as his selection for Secretary of Defense. Hegseth, who...
by Audrey Pachuta | Nov 14, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Republicans gathered Wednesday afternoon at a hotel just blocks from the Capitol to elect their leadership team for the 119th Congress after projections showed that they would retain control of the lower chamber. “We have a very well-designed...
by Eli Kronenberg | Nov 13, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Republican Senators elected South Dakota’s John Thune to be their new Majority Leader on Wednesday morning, marking an end to Mitch McConnell’s 17-year stint atop the Senate Republican Conference. Thune defeated Senator John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) and...
by Caroline Killilea | Nov 13, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – Multiple witnesses criticized the U.S. government for its lack of transparency regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) information and called for greater accountability from the Executive Branch on Wednesday during a House Oversight and...
by Raj Ghanekar | Nov 11, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Health & Science, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON– Experts say the successful protection of abortion rights in seven states Tuesday shows reproductive rights are popular among voters. However, an interesting scenario in four states is raising questions about the issue. Voters in Nevada, Arizona, Montana...
by Eli Kronenberg | Nov 7, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – As a big screen at Vice President Kamala Harris’ election-night gathering at Howard University showed Jake Tapper announcing CNN’s call of North Carolina for former President Donald Trump, a smattering of boos rang out. Seconds later, Tapper and his CNN...
by Coby Potischman | Nov 7, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
President Joe Biden promised a peaceful transfer of power in a brief speech from the Rose Garden on Thursday, after an election that saw Vice President Kamala Harris decisively defeated by former President Donald Trump. “For over 200 years, America has carried on the...
by Sarah Lin | Nov 7, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Unhappy with the current state of American politics? Have you considered moving to Canada? You’re not alone — there’s been pervasive online discourse around fleeing to Canada among Americans despairing over a second Trump presidential term. The...
by Audrey Pachuta | Nov 7, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – In her presidential concession speech at Howard University Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris addressed young people about the future—and many were eager to listen. For Alice Still, a 20-year-old political science student at American University,...
by Coby Potischman | Nov 5, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Millions of voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday, and party control of the U.S. Senate remains up for grabs. Republicans see multiple paths toward winning a majority of seats in the chamber that they have not won since 2018, aided by one race which...
by Medill News Service | Nov 5, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics, Topics
Medill News Service reporters provide live updates from polling places across Maryland and Washington on Election Day. These reports are published in conjunction with the Washington Post. 6:07 p.m. – Few voters feel strongly towards Alsobrooks By Ananya Chag...
