President Biden preaches unity – sort of – to Republicans during State of the Union

by Kate Walter | Feb 8, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON- Speaking in front of a divided Congress for the first time during his presidency, President Joe Biden rooted his State of the Union address in bipartisan appeals, while also drawing a distinct contrast between Democrat and Republican priorities.  The...

Arkansas Governor slams Biden’s State of the Union address in Republican response

by Julia Narvaez Munguia | Feb 8, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON— Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-Ark.) denounced President Biden, citing that he is the first president to “surrender to a woke mob” in a Republican response to the State of the Union address on Tuesday. The former White House press secretary in the...

House Judiciary Committee begins with partisan finger-pointing on border security

by Shannon Tyler | Feb 1, 2023 | Topics

WASHINGTON – Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee set out during the panel’s first hearing investigating border policies to pin the blame on President Joe Biden and his policies, while Democrats responded by attacking their colleagues on language they said...

Republicans launch new era of oversight with hearing on pandemic spending

by Logan Schiciano | Feb 1, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – The House Oversight Committee held its first hearing of the new Congress on Wednesday and its chairman, James Comer (D-Ky.), immediately blasted Democrats for their “lack of oversight accountability” with regard to multitrillion-dollar relief bills passed...

Members of congress call for expansion of American energy, but disagree on how to do it

by Davis Giangiulio | Jan 31, 2023 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress grappled with the intersection between energy and national and economic security on Tuesday along with the environmental impacts of energy expansion. In the first House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing of the 118th Congress,...