Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the Biden administration. Prior to this role, she covered the economic policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she worked in the financial sector as an investment banker at JPMorgan. She graduated with a master’s degree in business administration from Georgetown University.
Some want President Biden to take a harder line to quell the protests, while others are urging him to defend students’ freedom to protest against Israel.
At age 82, the Vermont independent, who caucuses with Senate Democrats, says his seniority puts him in a place to help Vermonters ‘in these difficult times.’
‘This work has never been more urgent. Climate change is the existential crisis of our time; no one can deny its impacts and staggering costs anymore,’ he said.