by Nicholas Portuondo | Sep 29, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The mother of a 25-year-old man who was shot and killed by U.S Park Police during a traffic stop urged a House committee Tuesday to require all federal law enforcement officers to wear cameras. “Body cameras and dash cameras do an important...
by Medill News Service | Sep 27, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – On Saturday, President Donald Trump nominated federal appeals court judge Amy Coney Barrett as his pick for the Supreme Court, setting up a swift confirmation process promised by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that could lead to her taking the...
by Jay Silver | Sep 27, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – In accepting President Donald Trump’s nomination Saturday for a seat on the Supreme Court, federal judge Amy Coney Barrett acknowledged the late Justice Antonin Scalia, for whom she clerked, solidifying the view that she is likely to emulate his view of...
by Megan Sauer | Sep 27, 2020 | Featured, Politics
There are few members of Congress as critical about Washington politics as Rep. Justin Amash, the Libertarian from Michigan. In fact, he thinks both sides of Congress place more emphasis on theatrical “performance” than the quality of their legislation. In the last...
by Katie Livingstone | Sep 24, 2020 | Politics
WASHINGTON—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she was confident there would be a peaceful transition of power after the upcoming presidential election despite President Donald Trump’s refusal a day earlier to make the same commitment. “You are in the United...
by Nicholas Portuondo | Sep 24, 2020 | Environment
WASHINGTON — With wildfires devastating the Western United States and an abnormally active hurricane season battering the Gulf, experts at a House environmental subcommittee hearing on Thursday ripped the Trump administration for failing to act on climate...