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 move comes as a flood of migrants to the southern border has tested the Biden administration's handling of immigration issues. -
The president touted the success of the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday and urged struggling Americans to enroll in the plan. -
Julia Letlow won a special election to fill the congressional seat left vacant when her husband died. In another Louisiana district, Democrats Troy Carter and Karen Carter Peterson head to a runoff. -
The president said he would announce his next vaccination goal next week. "We need millions more to get vaccinated," Biden said.
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The San Antonio man faces several weapons charges after police recovered a rifle and ammunition from his vehicle. -
More than 4,000 unaccompanied minors are in U.S. custody at the border, straining Homeland Security capacity. Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told lawmakers "it will take time" to get under control. -
The president, during an interview with ABC News, called to change the way the controversial Senate filibuster functions. -
Trump made the partial endorsement of the vaccine during a Tuesday evening interview with Fox News. -
Sperling is a longtime economic adviser. "He's ready to get to work. In fact, he's already hit the ground running," Biden said. -
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said new authorizations would have a more narrow focus.
