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by Alexa Erbach | May 2, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Some of the nation’s youngest lawmakers joined forces on Wednesday to inspire young voters and rally for gun reform. The event, “On the Frontlines of Democracy: Young and Fed Up,” included passionate speeches from Reps. Maxwell...
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by Alexa Erbach | Apr 19, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday tackled the question of what types of statements should be considered “true threats.” The Justices heard oral arguments in Counterman v. Colorado, which examines whether the government must show that a speaker...
by Alexa Erbach | Apr 13, 2023 | Featured, Politics
An update to this article was made on April 13, 2022: WASHINGTON – On Wednesday night, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decided to allow restricted access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Two of the major restrictions in the court’s decision include denying access...
by Emma Ricketts | Mar 16, 2023 | Politics
Standing before a crowd of more than 2,000 people shortly before her election as Prime Minister in 2017, Jacinda Ardern declared that climate change was her “generation’s nuclear free moment.” Referring to New Zealand’s decision in the 1980s to eschew atomic energy...
by Kaila Nichols | Mar 14, 2023 | Featured, Politics
After a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissioner proposed a ban on future gas stoves earlier this year, he sparked a national debate. But what’s behind this uproar? New studies have found that gas emissions from stoves may harm our health. However, years of...
by Molly Burke | Mar 10, 2023 | Featured, Politics
While the president has the power to appoint judges, the Senate reserves the power to approve or oppose the nominees. Before a future judge even has the chance to be voted on by the Senate, however, certain representatives get the chance to veto them. Blue slips are...
