by Mitchell Armentrout | Jan 23, 2013 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON – In a grueling day of long-awaited testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vehemently defended her handling of Sep. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, again taking responsibility for the...
by Stephanie Yang | Jan 22, 2013 | Politics
On the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Stoppatriarchy.org is the first organization to begin its protest for abortion rights. Stephanie Yang/MedillMembers of Stoppatriarchy.org tape together signs with pictures George Tiller, a doctor who was shot by an...
by Rachel Janik | Jan 22, 2013 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress and crime experts Tuesday stressed evidence-based reforms and ending an urban “school to prison pipeline” as ways to reduce gun violence. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., hosted a youth violence prevention summit in the Capitol Visitors Center...
by Taylor Hiegel | Jan 22, 2013 | Politics
Fairfax County Democrats celebrated the president’s reelection, but said they expect a lot from him in the next four years.
by Catherine Reid | Jan 22, 2013 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — A group of House Republicans met Tuesday at a conservative think tank for an event billed as Conversations with Conservatives – and Wednesday’s House vote on extending the debt limit topped their agenda. Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., said extending the...
by Fritz T. Burgher | Jan 22, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON – A canopy of cell-phone cameras covered the excited crowd as President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama made their way onto the stage at the Inaugural Ball Monday night. The first lady, wearing a glamorous ruby-red Jason Wu gown, stole the spotlight...
by Summer Delaney | Jan 22, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON—Despite the diverse faiths represented at the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service Tuesday morning, all of the religious leaders had the same plea for the next four years: unity. “In this service, we come together to acknowledge that in order for America...
by Alyssa Howard | Jan 22, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Fifty years ago, the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. killed four little girls who were attending Sunday school classes. On Tuesday, the mayor of Birmingham and three Alabama lawmakers proposed honoring the victims of the...
by Audrey Cheng | Jan 16, 2013 | National Security, Politics
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi greets Democrats as she enters the hearing room. (Audrey Cheng/Medill)Emily Nottingham, a mother of a victim from the Tucson shooting, and Chief Scott Knight of the Chaska, Minn., Police Department chat before the hearing. (Audrey...
by Taylor Hiegel | Jan 16, 2013 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Wednesday unveiled his gun-control proposals, including a prohibition on high capacity ammunition magazines, expanded background checks for gun purchases and a new assault weapons ban. The White House announcement called for...
by Marshall Cohen | Jan 16, 2013 | Business, Politics
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., and Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., prepare to announce a new bill that would eliminate the federal debt ceiling. (Kimberly Railey/Medill)Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., says the debt ceiling, now set at $16.4 trillion, was once a “mere...
by Fritz T. Burgher | Jan 16, 2013 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON – Although certainly a smaller scale, tens of thousands of Americans have descended upon the nation’s capital to observe the beginning of President Obama’s second term. Members of the media met with a number of inauguration organizers on Wednesday to...
