by Catherine Buchaniec | Apr 29, 2022 | Featured, National Security
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 27 (UPI) — Defense lawyers who represent the accused mastermind behind the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole sought Wednesday to limit testimony from federal agents who interviewed an alternative suspected organizer of the attack. The...
by Cristobella Durrette and Hannah Schoenbaum | Apr 24, 2022 | Featured, Politics
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Michigan Republican Party endorsed Kristina Karamo as its secretary of state candidate Saturday, making her the first GOP secretary of state selection who has repeatedly cast doubt on the 2020 election outcome. Former President Donald Trump...
by Julia Shapero | Apr 20, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Washington Sen. Patty Murray is helping lead efforts to restrict arms sales to countries accused of human rights violations after years of congress facing weakened control over weapons sales. Murray recently reintroduced the Values in Arms Export Act, a...
by Dhivya Sridar | Apr 13, 2022 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — In 2021, CBP carried out over 1.6 million apprehensions at the border –– a level not seen for 20 years, according to a March report by the American Immigration Council. As the crisis at the southern border worsens, immigration advocates and...
by Cristobella Durrette | Apr 12, 2022 | Politics
Here’s how members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation voted on major issues last week. HOUSE MEDICAL MARIJUANA RESEARCH ACT: Voting 343 for and 75 against, the House on Monday approved (H.R. 5657) a marijuana research bill aimed at reducing barriers to...
by Katherine Huggins | Apr 6, 2022 | Politics
Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Jon Ossoff of Georgia introduced legislation in January that would ban for-profit corporations from operating political action committees in an effort to reduce corporate influence in Congress. “There is so much corporate...
