Lawmakers Question Effectiveness of U.S. Aid to Tunisia as Country’s Democracy Wavers

by Julia Mueller | Oct 14, 2021 | National Security

WASHINGTON — Once an example of democratic success in the Middle East, Tunisia has faltered in the decade since the Arab Spring, experts said at a Thursday hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and Global...

D.C. Circuit Hears Arguments in Appeal of Redacted Mueller Report

by Julia Mueller | Oct 13, 2021 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Conflicting privacy and public interests dominated oral arguments Wednesday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in a Freedom of Information Act case brought against the Department of Justice for its redaction of the Mueller Report.   The...

Election Fraud Claims Undermine Voter Trust in Democracy, Say Election Officials

by Julia Mueller | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and election officials decried an audit of the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County, Ariz., during a House hearing Thursday, saying that Trump supporters’ continued assertions of a fraudulent election undermines voter trust in...

Judiciary Committee Questions DOJ’s Commitment to Sexual Violence Survivors

by Julia Mueller | Oct 5, 2021 | Politics

WASHINGTON—At a Senate Judiciary hearing Tuesday to discuss reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, lawmakers questioned Deputy U.S. Attorney General Lisa Monaco about the Department of Justice’s commitment to sexual violence survivors. Monaco urged the...

Lawmakers Share Personal Stories while Evaluating Abortion Rights, Access

by Julia Mueller | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON—Three Democratic lawmakers on Thursday shared their personal experiences with rape, pregnancy and abortion during a hearing to examine current and mounting threats to reproductive rights and evaluate the impact of state-level legislation on constitutional...