by Tanya Somanader | Mar 26, 2015 | Monitor
"What is it that you saw, you learned, you heard, that made you think about the drug trade and its impact on the inner cities that compelled you to then want to tell these stories?" A beat reporter in Baltimore and a state senator from Chicago:...
by Ezra Mechaber | Dec 25, 2014 | Monitor
In this week's address, the President and First Lady wished Americans a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, and thanked our brave troops for their service. Especially as our combat mission in Afghanistan comes to a responsible end in the coming days, we are...
by Neil Eggleston | Dec 17, 2014 | Monitor
Before the Senate adjourned last night, it confirmed 12 federal district court nominees, for a total of 307 lifetime-appointed federal judges confirmed during President Obama’s first six years. These confirmations include two Supreme Court Justices, 53 circuit...
by David Hudson | Sep 2, 2014 | Monitor
Watch on YouTube In a video released this morning, President Obama addresses the people of West Africa about the Ebola outbreak that is currently affecting the countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Nigeria. The President reiterates in the video that, along...
by Lindsay Holst | Nov 21, 2013 | Monitor
Watch on YouTube. Something big happened in the Senate today: A majority of senators voted to change the way the filibuster works. (You can read more about what a filibuster does here.) Under today's rule change, all executive branch and judicial nominees...