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Trump fires Rex Tillerson, the latest high-profile administration departure

Trump fires Rex Tillerson, the latest high-profile administration departure

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

WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s announcement that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would be leaving his post was just the latest shakeup in a tumultuous 14 months for President Donald Trump’s administration. Tillerson will join more than 30 top officials who have already come...
Pennsylvania special election: Six things to watch

Pennsylvania special election: Six things to watch

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

WASHINGTON — Although Pennsylvania’s 18th congressional district is landlocked, it may well be in the path of a big blue wave. The once solidly Republican southwestern Pennsylvania district, which Donald Trump won easily over Hillary Clinton in 2016, is holding a...

Trump’s proposal to arm certain teachers draws criticism from teachers’ groups

by Elizabeth Strassner | Feb 23, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – After a massacre at a Parkland, Florida high school earlier this month, Americans are demanding policy changes to strengthen safety in public schools. But President Donald Trump’s strategy to improve school safety has drawn furious criticism from some of...
Would proposed gun control policies have prevented previous mass shootings?

Would proposed gun control policies have prevented previous mass shootings?

by Elizabeth Strassner | Feb 23, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — The recent mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., which took the lives of 17 people, has intensified calls for gun control legislation. Even Republicans like Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and President Trump himself have signaled that they might...

Trump Delivers State of the Union to Sharply Divided Congress

by Elizabeth Strassner | Jan 30, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — A famous Zen riddle asks, “What’s the sound of one hand clapping?” That riddle might be unsolvable, but anyone curious about the sound of one party clapping need only have tuned in to the State of the Union Tuesday night. To say that Democrats and...
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