by Avani Kalra | Feb 7, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden introduced a plan to tackle the country’s opioid overdose crisis, which is killing more than 70,000 Americans a year, in his State of the Union address Tuesday. Biden said that the country will launch a “major surge” to stop fentanyl...
by Caroline Neal | Feb 7, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Invited guests of the president and first lady at the State of the Union – like the family of Tyre Nichols and U2 lead singer Bono – may grab much of the attention tonight. But each member of Congress can also invite a guest to sit in the chamber, and...
by Jenny Huh | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — The People’s Convoy, also known as the “Freedom Convoy,” reached the D.C. area Sunday morning, looping twice around the Capital Beltway. About 1,000 vehicles participated, according to The Washington Post. Inspired by the Canadian freedom convoy protests...
by Zachary Miller | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The arrival of several truck convoys in the nation’s capital has, so far, failed to live up to the hype. In February, anti-vaccine and anti-mask protestors used cars and trucks to blockade Ottawa and a nearby major shipping highway. Similar protests...
by Jenny Huh | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Living, State of the Union
WASHINGTON – A day after President Biden’s State of the Union, a Texas judge issued a temporary restraining order, blocking the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from investigating two parents for providing gender-affirming health care to...
