by Kevin Schmidt | Oct 17, 2017 | Events, Topics
WASHINGTON — Moral courage is not something easily taught in the newsroom nor critiqued by an editor. Medill alumnus James Foley proved the extent of his moral courage when he was abducted and killed by ISIS while reporting during the Syrian civil war, becoming...
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by Kevin Schmidt | Oct 12, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan promoted the Republican tax reform plan on Thursday as a means to “lower tax rates at every income level for families,” but Democratic leaders fired back a few hours later, emphasizing that ending state and local...
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by Kevin Schmidt | Oct 11, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in town for the fourth round of North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations, met Wednesday with President Donald Trump, who said if the renegotiations don’t meet U.S. needs, the trade pact may end. But...
by Kevin Schmidt | Oct 5, 2017 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — After getting the stamp of approval from the House earlier this week, identical legislation that would ban abortions after a woman is five months’ pregnant was introduced in the Senate Thursday. It already has the backing of President Donald Trump. But...
by Kevin Schmidt | Oct 4, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans moved forward with budget resolutions for the new fiscal year Wednesday that would include tax cuts, but Democrats quickly lashed out at what they called an attack on the middle class. The House voted to move the bill to a...
