by Meaghan Downey | Oct 25, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Members of the House Subcommittee on National Security, Border, and Foreign Affairs clashed Wednesday over whether religious persecution is only a problem outside of the United States. Witnesses were called to testify on the persecution of Christians in...
by Meaghan Downey | Oct 17, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Republicans failed on Tuesday to leave the chaos of the last two weeks behind, after Jim Jordan of Ohio fell short of the votes needed to win the race to be the next speaker of the House. Thirteen days after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as Speaker of...
by Meaghan Downey | Oct 11, 2023 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Majority Leader Steve Scalise emerged from the Republican House Conference’s closed-door vote Wednesday as the party’s nominee to run for speaker of the House. Scalise of Louisiana secured the nomination over House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio,...
by Meaghan Downey | Oct 5, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – A pandemic, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and other conflicts have slowed progress on sustainable development and international security, a senior US diplomat said Thursday. “Certainly, the challenges we face are exacerbated in this pivotal moment of history,...
by Meaghan Downey | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 – Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Rules and Administration Committee on Wednesday called for bipartisan legislation to limit the misuse of artificial intelligence in upcoming elections. Although Election Day is more than a year away,...
