by Julia Shapero | Nov 11, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a third attempt by former President Donald Trump to halt the release of records about the Jan. 6 insurrection. “In his renewed motion, despite the fact that he requests essentially the same relief as in his original...
by Jeannie Michele Kopstein | Nov 10, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — First Lady Jill Biden honored children in military and veteran care-giving families as part of her Joining Forces initiative at a White House event ahead of Veterans Day. Supporting these kids who are “growing up in the shadow of more than 20 years of...
by Julia Mueller | Nov 9, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on whether Puerto Rico residents can qualify for a federal benefit program. In 2012, Jose Luis Vaello-Madero left work because of serious illness and began receiving Supplemental Security Income, a federal...
by Allison Novelo | Nov 4, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — When the pandemic struck and schools closed, women stepped into the full-time role of both breadwinner and caregiver. Unable to juggle it all, many were pushed out of their jobs, and so began the nation’s first female recession. “Women spent 30% more of...
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by Julia Mueller | Nov 4, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republicans argued at a House Judiciary hearing Thursday that the controversial Texas SB 8, which bans abortions after the first detection of a fetal heart beat at six weeks, would protect mothers and children alike and aid in ending abortion procedures...
by Julia Shapero | Nov 4, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday expressed some skepticism about former President Donald Trump’s claims of executive privilege during the first hearing in a case challenging documents requested by a House select committee investigating the Jan. 6...
