by Coby Potischman | Dec 20, 2024 | Featured, Politics
As reporters milled about the Capitol last month, pressing senators on Matt Gaetz’s nomination for Attorney General, I was fixated on one, far more pressing question. “Senator, what’s your favorite candy from the candy desk?” “Umm, Twix, it’s a good standby, nice to...
by Hannah Webster | Nov 19, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators grilled Visa and Mastercard executives in a Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, revitalizing Washington’s efforts to inject competition into the credit card industry. Retailers pay a fee when consumers make a purchase with...
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 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 Coby Potischman | Oct 17, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
NEWARK – Sarah McBride, the Democratic nominee for Delaware’s sole U.S. House seat, laid out her policy goals in a moderated discussion at University of Delaware’s Mitchell Hall on Wednesday, reiterating her agenda to potential voters with less than three weeks until...