by Katherine Huggins | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine have not gone far enough, and he should more directly target the Russian energy sector, according to a top Republican. “I’ve called on President Biden to...
by Katherine Huggins | Mar 2, 2022 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden underscored the importance of unification in his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, offering a “Unity Agenda” consisting of beating the opioid epidemic, improving mental health care and helping students make up...
by Hannah Schoenbaum | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is likely to highlight his responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in his first State of the Union address Tuesday evening. But Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and House Republican leaders expect the president...
by Courtney Degen and Julia Mueller | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Politics
How Florida members of Congress described the country ahead of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will give his State of the Union speech Tuesday at 9 p.m. EST amid a Russian invasion of Ukraine and a...
by Julia Mueller | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., is leading a congressional charge for an equal rights amendment to enshrine gender equality in the U.S. Constitution as lawmakers in New York push for a broader measure on the same issue in the state Constitution. The...
by Allison Novelo | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Politics
Shedrick Pelt remembers the endless waves of flags and red hats on Jan. 6, 2021, as a crowd moved along Pennsylvania Avenue after President Donald Trump urged his supporters to stop Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election. As he was jostled along...