by Julia Mueller | Oct 13, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Conflicting privacy and public interests dominated oral arguments Wednesday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in a Freedom of Information Act case brought against the Department of Justice for its redaction of the Mueller Report. The...
by Cristobella Durrette | Oct 13, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON—Supreme Court justices differed Wednesday on whether defense counsel made a compelling argument to reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. “At a trial, you don’t have these mini trials. If a person is on trial for murder...
by Jay Shakur | Oct 13, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON—Bipartisan talks surrounding federal police reform failed late last month and while the breakdown in negotiations presented another setback for President Biden and congressional Democrats, it could be potentially good news for local legislators. On Sept....
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by Katherine Huggins and Jeannie Kopstein | Oct 12, 2021 | Featured, Politics
ALEXANDRIA, (Va.) — Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D) on Tuesday underscored his support for mandating COVID-19 vaccines in schools once fully approved by the FDA, telling reporters at a campaign stop in Alexandria that “we have to keep our...
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by Jeannie Michele Kopstein | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Activists gathered outside the White House on Tuesday called on President Biden to fight for the passage of two critical pieces of voting rights legislation. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which aims to restore the full protections of the...
by Annie Klingenberg | Oct 7, 2021 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — After a month of highly politicized legislative measures from both sides of the aisle to either dismantle or further secure abortion rights, all eyes are now on the Supreme Court as it is set to hear a major abortion rights case this fall. Abortion...
