by Meaghan Downey | Feb 13, 2024 | Politics
NEWBERRY, S.C. – Nikki Haley supporters gathered outside the historic Newberry Opera House on Saturday morning clad in pink feather boas and beaded necklaces and holding “Pick Nikki” signs. There, she made the first of four stops this weekend in her...
by Meaghan Downey | Nov 29, 2023 | Politics
WASHINGTON – After passing bipartisan gun legislation last year, senators clashed Tuesday over the next steps in addressing gun violence. Democrats had called the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to address what they called a public health crisis caused by guns....
by Meaghan Downey | Nov 16, 2023 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality, Politics
WASHINGTON — In a powerful testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday, Talia Dror, a junior at Cornell University and the daughter of a Jewish-Iranian immigrant, explained how she never imagined that the antisemitism her family faced in Iran...
by Meaghan Downey | Nov 16, 2023 | Politics
VIRGINIA – In Fauquier County, Sandra Rodgers stood behind a folding table with a Republican party flag draped over the front. She handed out Republican sample ballots and copies of the U.S. Constitution to voters as they entered Marshall Middle School. Her reasons...
by Meaghan Downey | Nov 2, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Less than a week before Virginia’s legislative elections, experts at the American Enterprise Institute’s Election Watch 2024 panel determined that Virginia’s off-year-election would likely carry no predictive value for the 2024 general election. “I would...