by Jeannie Michele Kopstein | Oct 20, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Addressing some state and local governments’ failures to enforce the guidelines outlined by the Americans with Disabilities Act should be a priority for Congress, experts told lawmakers on Wednesday. “While the ADA has helped break down hidden barriers...
by Katherine Huggins and Jeannie Kopstein | Oct 12, 2021 | Featured, Politics
ALEXANDRIA, (Va.) — Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D) on Tuesday underscored his support for mandating COVID-19 vaccines in schools once fully approved by the FDA, telling reporters at a campaign stop in Alexandria that “we have to keep our...
by Ariel Gans and Isabel Miller | Oct 12, 2021 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of protesters marched to the White House on Monday, calling for President Biden to divest from fossil fuels and declare a national climate emergency. Participants paraded from Freedom Plaza to the White House, where leaders and members of...
by Jonathan Lehrfeld | Oct 12, 2021 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The naval engineer and his wife who allegedly tried to sell U.S. nuclear submarine secrets appeared today for the first time in federal court. Jonathan and Diana Toebee appeared this morning in federal district court in Martinsburg, West Virginia, after...
by Jeannie Michele Kopstein | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Activists gathered outside the White House on Tuesday called on President Biden to fight for the passage of two critical pieces of voting rights legislation. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which aims to restore the full protections of the...
by Cristobella Durrette | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — In a sign the Biden administration may be nearing the end of its review of the government’s sanctions strategy, the White House this week announced the nomination of a State Department veteran to oversee the office, which coordinates policy with the...