Memorial Day

COMMENTARY
The World War I memorial in Washington, D.C. (Ed Saunders for States Newsroom)

A 24-note bugle tune honors all veterans, living and dead

BY: - November 11, 2023

Promptly at 5 p.m., every day, rain or shine, blizzard or heat, a volunteer bugler wearing a period World War I U.S. Army uniform stands at attention near the flagpole at the National World War One Memorial not far from the White House in Washington D.C. On a brilliant autumn day, I watched as a Black soldier […]

Rep. Nikema Williams of Georgia speaks along with other members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus outside the U.S. Capitol about negotiations on the debt limit on May 25, 2023. (Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)

With debt default as soon as a week away, U.S. House jets off for holiday break

BY: - May 25, 2023

WASHINGTON — U.S. House members walked down the steps of the Capitol building Thursday morning to head back to their districts for a Memorial Day recess exactly one week before the country could default on the debt. House Democrats took to the floor after the final vote of the week to give a series of […]