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Why Some Lawmakers Opposed an Anti-Sex Trafficking Bill

Why Some Lawmakers Opposed an Anti-Sex Trafficking Bill

by Elizabeth Strassner | Mar 23, 2018 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — It’s an issue that has libertarians and prostitutes on one side and almost all of Congress on the other. The Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act passed the Senate by a nearly unanimous vote Wednesday, but critics on and off the Hill warn that the bill could...
European Far Right Likely to Win Big in Upcoming Hungarian Elections

European Far Right Likely to Win Big in Upcoming Hungarian Elections

by Elizabeth Strassner | Mar 22, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Hungarian citizens will head to the polls on April 8, but Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has little cause for concern. The rest of Europe, however, might have reason to worry. Orbán — and his party, the Alliance of Young Democrats, or Fidesz —have become a...
Timeline: McCabe the Latest Departure in a Tumultuous Trump Administration

Timeline: McCabe the Latest Departure in a Tumultuous Trump Administration

by Elizabeth Strassner | Mar 21, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe was set to resign in a few days when Attorney General Jeff Sessions abruptly fired him. Sessions said that McCabe “lacked candor” when talking to internal investigators about an inquiry related to former...
Video: Tillerson Out After Condemning Russia Before White House Did

Video: Tillerson Out After Condemning Russia Before White House Did

by Elizabeth Strassner | Mar 15, 2018 | Featured, Politics

  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reportedly learned that he was being fired when the rest of the country did: the morning of March 13, when the president posted the information to his Twitter account. “Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will...
10 Shortest Tenures in the Trump Administration

10 Shortest Tenures in the Trump Administration

by Elizabeth Strassner | Mar 13, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s announcement that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would be replaced by CIA director Mike Pompeo marks the latest high-profile exit in an administration characterized by upheaval. Tillerson joins economic adviser Gary Cohn and communications...
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