by Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | Jan 16, 2020 | Politics
Washington — Supreme Court justices appeared to struggle with whether or not the actions behind the 2013 Bridgegate scandal constituted a federal crime during oral arguments Tuesday. “I don’t see how this case works,” exclaimed Justice Stephen Breyer. ...
by Aishwarya Airy | Jan 15, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s plan to shift $7.2 billion from the Pentagon budget to pay for his planned wall on the U.S.-Mexico border is “playing politics with the nation’s defense,” the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Monday. “It is bad...
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by Kelly Cannon | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Preventing war with Iran is the House’s first responsibility, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. “We must avoid war,” Pelosi said. “And the cavalier attitude of this administration,” she continued, “it’s stunning.” Pelosi’s comments came hours ahead...
by Joe Snell | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The Iraqi Constitution lacks basic protections for marginalized communities including the Assyrians and Yazidis, according to a report released on Jan. 2 by the Assyrian Policy Institute. The study was released in the wake of massive anti-government...
by Joe Snell | Jan 5, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Two of them have taken this vote before. For another it will be the most historic of his first term. Two of them are certain to vote yes, four of them will likely vote no, while one’s decision remains a mystery. Wisconsin’s congressional delegation...
by Joe Snell and Mark Satter | Dec 11, 2019 | Featured, Politics
HERSHEY, Pa. — President Donald Trump and his supporters downplayed the possibility of impeachment at a campaign rally hours after House Democrats formally accused the president of abuse of office. “This is impeachment light. This is the lightest, weakest...
