Alana Wise
Alana Wise joined WAMU in September 2018 as the 2018-2020 Audion Reporting Fellow for Guns & America. Selected as one of 10 recipients nationwide of the Audion Reporting Fellowship, Alana works in the WAMU newsroom as part of a national reporting project and is spending two years focusing on the impact of guns in the Washington region.
Prior to joining WAMU, Wise was a politics and later companies news reporter at Reuters, where she covered the 2016 presidential election and the U.S. airline industry. Ever the fan of cherry blossoms and unpredictable weather, Alana, an Atlanta native and Howard University graduate, can be found roaming the city admiring puppies and the national monuments, in that order.
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"This isn't a blood sport. It's not about entertainment. It's about reporting the facts to the American people," David Schoen told Fox News. -
Rep. Jamie Raskin played a series of video clips showing the former president encouraging or excusing violence against his perceived political opponents. -
Senators on both sides of the aisle were visibly affected by graphic and explicit new footage that included police body camera video and surveillance footage. -
The former president remains confident in his legal representation, senior adviser Jason Miller said, despite critiques of camp's early defense. -
The gist of the former Montgomery County district attorney's remarks hinged on the argument that Democrats were responding in a partisan way to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. -
The Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol exposed a number of security shortfalls at the seat of American democracy. Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman released a video statement Friday evening. -
President Joe Biden's core group of advisers is more racially diverse and has more women than those of former Presidents Donald Trump or Barack Obama. See a list of the picks and their experience.
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The former president is accused of having incited a mob of his supporters on Jan. 6, leading to the insurrection at the Capitol. -
Senate confirmation of the first immigrant to lead DHS comes on the same day President Biden is expected to sign a series of executive actions on immigration.
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"In light of recent events," the acting chief said, "I can unequivocally say that vast improvements to the physical security infrastructure must be made."
