by Julia Shapero | Jan 26, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Oath Keeper founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes and nine other members of the far-right militia group pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of seditious conspiracy and other charges for their actions related to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Eight...
by Jonathan Lehrfeld | Jan 26, 2022 | Featured, Politics
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough tasked his agency’s new Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs with helping the VA take more innovative approaches to serving Native American veterans. The newly created panel, one of 27 VA advisory committees,...
by Zoya Mirza | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – In the late hours of a cold Saturday evening, Sadia Ali and her family sat huddled together in a car parked outside of a defunct federal office situated west of the Hamid Karzai International Airport. Holding hands and clutching onto overstuffed backpacks...
by Annie Klingenberg | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Since 1974, anti-abortion activists have gathered each January in Washington, D.C., to protest the abortion rights granted under Roe v. Wade in January of 1973. With the Supreme Court set to issue a major ruling on abortion rights later this year...
by Cristobella Durrette | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, Politics
Here’s how members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation voted on major issues last week. HOUSE SUPPLEMENTAL IMPACT AID FLEXIBILITY ACT: Voting 414 for and 6 against, the House on Tuesday approved a bill (S.2959) to allow local education agencies involved in the...
by Courtney Degen | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Major voting rights legislation died in the Senate on Wednesday night, at least temporarily ending the potential for changes to Wisconsin election laws and a GOP-led effort to restrict voting rights in the state. The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act...
