Weekly Roundup: February 4th
The South Carolina Republican was a steadfast ally for Donald Trump in Congress, but he voted to impeach the former president after he experienced the attack on the Capitol. Now, Trump has endorsed a ...
4 Feb 202220min
ISIS Leader Dead After U.S. Raid, Biden Says
President Biden said that ISIS leader Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi blew himself up as U.S. special forces conducted a pre-dawn raid in northern Syria on Thursday. The president said the all American...
3 Feb 202214min
How The Race For Ohio's Open Senate Seat Looks From The Campaign Trail
Republicans are the slight favorites to win an open Senate seat in Ohio, but first their candidate will need to prevail in a crowded primary fight. Democratic front-runner Tim Ryan is already keeping ...
2 Feb 202214min
Racial-Bias Issues Plague Justice Department Early-Release Program
Civil rights advocates say an algorithm at the heart the First Step Act, the 2018 bipartisan criminal justice reform law, should be overhauled or scrapped. Also: Kenneth Polite, a Black man who lost a...
2 Feb 202214min
Democratic Activists Say Biden Has Failed To Deliver On Immigration Promises
Activists say the president has made little substantive progress on overhauling the U.S. immigration system despite pledging as a candidate to work toward a more humane and open immigration system. Th...
31 Jan 202214min
Biden Says He'll Make His Supreme Court Pick By The End Of February
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats will move to confirm Biden's choice as quickly as possible. And Trump allies are under investigation for an electoral college gambit — but experts s...
28 Jan 202227min
Both Parties Vie For Latino Voters To Boost Midterms Hopes
A new congressional district in Colorado that is forty percent could be the site of one of the country's closest House races in November. Democratic organizers in Colorado and across the country are w...
27 Jan 202213min
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer To Retire
Breyer's retirement gives President Biden his first opportunity to name a new justice to the court. During the presidential campaign, he pledged to name an African American woman if he got the chance....
26 Jan 202213min
