by Beverly Banks | Oct 7, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of protestors demonstrated on the steps of the Capitol on Saturday before the Senate voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice. Demonstrators shouted “Shame” and “Who’s Court? Our...
by Adam Barnes | Oct 6, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court Saturday on a50-48 vote, the bitter end to a contentious process that saw demonstrations both outside the Capitol and in the Senate Chamber in the final hours. “You have to go back 137...
by Kietryn Zychal | Oct 4, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Police Thursday arrested abut 150 protesters who staged a sit-inside the Hart Senate Office Building to oppose Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanagh, capping a day of protests in which 4,000 people marched from the federal courthouse where Kavanaugh...
by Kietryn Zychal | Oct 4, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday that “we didn’t learn anything new” from the FBI report on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh delivered to the Senate Wednesday evening and that President Donald Trump remains confident...
by Adam Barnes | Oct 4, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — As the Senate began debate Thursday on the confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Republicans said the new FBI background check found no corroboration for allegations of sexual assault, while Democrats charged the White House...
by Beverly Banks | Oct 4, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON- The Senate easily passed bipartisan legislation Wednesday to combat the nation’s opioid crisis by bolstering programs to treat addiction, more closely monitoring of prescriptions and updating information on alternative treatments to addictive drugs. The...