by Medill News Service | Nov 9, 2023 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality, Social Justice
WASHINGTON – Fifty protesters gathered for a “pray-in” in Lafayette Square on Thursday afternoon, holding signs directly facing the White House that said, “Catholics say ceasefire now.” The Catholic and Christian-led prayer service was meant to urge President...
by Nicole Norman | Nov 8, 2023 | Politics
WASHINGTON – No incumbent president running for re-election has ever lost in a primary, but that did not stop some college-aged voters from filing into an auditorium on a mid-October evening to attend a campaign event for a Democratic candidate other than Joe Biden....
by Juliann Ventura and Nicole Norman | Nov 7, 2023 | Featured, Politics
Voters in Virginia will have a chance to elect new lawmakers to all 140 seats in the General Assembly when they head to the polls today, potentially shifting control of the state legislature. Virginia will vote under new district maps for the first time since...
by Kelly Adkins | Nov 3, 2023 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Experts and former employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission criticized its current leadership’s rule-making at a House Financial Services committee hearing Thursday. The hearing was called to discuss the “rule-making agenda,” and its impact on...
by Meaghan Downey | Nov 2, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Less than a week before Virginia’s legislative elections, experts at the American Enterprise Institute’s Election Watch 2024 panel determined that Virginia’s off-year-election would likely carry no predictive value for the 2024 general election. “I would...
by Esther Frances | Nov 2, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Senators criticized the Environmental Protection Agency for its slow going approval process for wells that store carbon dioxide captured from power plants, industrial facilities and other sources. The Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Nov....