by Julia Mueller | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and election officials decried an audit of the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County, Ariz., during a House hearing Thursday, saying that Trump supporters’ continued assertions of a fraudulent election undermines voter trust in...
by Hannah Schoenbaum | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday that he has reached a short-term agreement with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to extend the debt limit through early December, clearing a path for Congress to avert default just 11 days before the...
by Jonathan Lehrfeld and Julia Shapero | Oct 6, 2021 | Featured, Politics
Senate Democrats and Republicans accused one another of playing partisan politics with voting rights at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. Lawmakers, government officials and election experts met to discuss the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act,...
by Zoya Mirza | Oct 6, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON – After much delay, nominees before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee appeared before lawmakers last week to discuss everything from global aviation security to support for overseas family planning funding that includes medical guidance about...
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by Julia Mueller | Oct 5, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON—At a Senate Judiciary hearing Tuesday to discuss reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, lawmakers questioned Deputy U.S. Attorney General Lisa Monaco about the Department of Justice’s commitment to sexual violence survivors. Monaco urged the...
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by Jeannie Michele Kopstein | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress gathered at Nationals Park Wednesday night to play in the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity. The game took place amid fierce partisan negotiations to avert a government shutdown and prevent a default on the nation’s...
