by Kiara Brantley-Jones | Aug 15, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON- Counter-protesters turned out in force to fight against the racism of a white nationalist rally on Sunday. The counter-protesters outnumbered a small group of United the Right marchers who rallied in front of the White House to demand that their civil...
by Holly Honderich & Juliette Rocheleau | Aug 12, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – About 1,000 protesters gathered a few blocks from a white nationalist rally Sunday, far outnumbering the fewer than two dozen Unite the Right activists who walked to Lafayette Park near the White House one year after the deadly riots in Charlottesville,...
by Charlene Zhang | Aug 9, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Four former clerks of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said fears that he would help overturn Roe v. Wade or promote pro-business decisions don’t understand his character. Rebecca Taibleson, who clerked for Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit Court...
by Giulia Petroni | Aug 5, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The Newseum, which features the First Amendment on the outside of its building, has some items for sale in the gift shop that are getting a lot of attention – “Make America Great Again” baseball hats and T-shirts emblazoned with the words “You’re all fake...
by Charlene Zhang | Aug 2, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats said Thursday they will try to block President Donald Trump’s new rule that allows consumers to buy short-term health insurance that doesn’t meet Affordable Care Act requirements The new rule on short-term, limited-duration insurance...
by Charlene Zhang | Aug 2, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON – In an escalating partisan fight over President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Republican senators Thursday called the “historic” number of documents requested by Democratic senators a stalling tactic to slow down the...