Alana Wise
Alana Wise joined WAMU in September 2018 as the 2018-2020 Audion Reporting Fellow for . 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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The Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions convened Tuesday to address plans to reopen schools and workplaces amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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The leading Republican in the Senate was the latest in the party to break with President Trump and urge Americans to wear masks to combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
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Vice President Pence acknowledges that key parts of the country are seeing new infections but said the U.S. has made progress overall and that the task force is working closely with affected states.
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In a wide-ranging NPR interview, William Barr defended the Justice Department amid accusations of political interference, including recently in the case of ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn.
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Following the killing of George Floyd by police last month, Trump is expected on Tuesday to sign an executive order on police reform.
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Police use of chokeholds has come under renewed scrutiny in recent weeks following the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed by a white police officer.
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The president discussed plans for "holistic" recovery amid continued unrest surrounding police brutality as well as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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"The rallies will be tremendous," a campaign manager said. "You'll again see the kind of crowds and enthusiasm that Sleepy Joe Biden can only dream of."
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday urge the Trump administration to reopen the public square in front of the White House.
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President Trump labeled violence that has accompanied many protests against police killings of black people as "acts of domestic terror."