by Annie Klingenberg | Mar 4, 2022 | Politics
President Biden delivered his first State of the Union address on Tuesday. Members of the North Dakota and Minnesota delegations offered their thoughts on the state of the nation in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine Military conflict and the on-going pandemic. ...
by Annie Klingenberg | Mar 4, 2022 | Featured, Politics
A group of Bedouin girls in Egypt work at a gas station despite their jobs going against their traditional culture. The girls keep track of finances and assist customers that use the facility. While the girls are sometimes criticized for choosing to defy norms, they...
by Jeannie Michele Kopstein | Mar 4, 2022 | Featured, Politics
President Biden’s recent Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, met with Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar ahead of her confirmation hearings set to begin on March 21. Klobuchar is a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I just think that...
by Ariel Gans | Mar 4, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — A Democratic congressman is pushing for curtailing Russia’s access to the internet, saying that in recent days he has discussed that action against Vladimir Putin’s country with senior members of the Biden administration. The internet...
by Ariel Gans | Mar 4, 2022 | Environment
Last year, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who ran an historic—if unsuccessful—climate-centered campaign for president in 2019, signed two major climate initiatives into law, as part of his state’s Climate Commitment Act. The first initiative established a cap-and-trade...
by Julia Shapero | Mar 4, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s nominee for ambassador to Yemen responded to criticism from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday over the administration’s decision to remove the foreign terrorist designation from the Iran-backed...
