Keya Vakil

Keya Vakil

Keya is a reporter at COURIER, where he covers everything from healthcare to climate change. Prior to joining Courier Newsroom, Keya worked as a researcher in the film industry and dabbled in the political world.

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Climate President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One with his son Hunter Biden at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. The president and his allies enjoyed one of their most positive weeks of his term so far, including the passage of a major climate change and healthcare bill called the Inflation Reduction Act. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Climate  Here’s How the Inflation Reduction Act Helps North Carolina Families

The Democratic-led government is on the verge of passing a once-in-a-generation bill to lower healthcare costs, fight climate change, and increase taxes on big corporations.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil August 11, 2022 1:29 pm EDT
January 6 A video of President Donald Trump recording a statement on Jan. 7, 2021, is played, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
January 6 Pence’s Secret Service Team Feared for Their Lives and Other Takeaways From the Latest Jan. 6 Hearing

For more than three hours on Jan. 6, Trump did nothing to stop the attack on the Capitol.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil July 22, 2022 8:54 am EDT
Elections FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Trump supporters participate in a rally in Washington. Trump is casting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as a patriotic act. As part of this, Trump is attempting to spread suspicions about the circumstances of the death of Ashli Babbitt, who was in the pro-Trump mob that day. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Elections Jan 6. Hearings: Trump Preplanned Capitol March Knowing Violence Was Likely

Evidence presented during Tuesday's House committee hearing on the Jan. 6 Capitol attack contradicts Team Trump’s argument that the insurrection was spontaneous and that Trump cannot be blamed for his supporters’ actions.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil July 12, 2022 4:58 pm EDT
January 6 Rioters stand outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
January 6 Jan. 6th Hearings: The Facts So Far

Each of the Republican witnesses has painted a picture of a president willing to commit crimes to stay in office, regardless of the damage he might do to the country in the process.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil July 8, 2022 7:52 pm EDT
Law and Policy Hundreds of people gathered at Romare Bearden Park in Charlotte, on July 3rd for a Reproductive Rights Rally. Photo by Grant Baldwin Photography
Law and Policy Biden Signs Executive Order to Protect Patient Privacy From GOP Lawmakers Intent on Targeting Women, More

President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order that aims to protect access to reproductive health care and those who seek and provide abortions.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil July 8, 2022 7:16 pm EDT

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January 6 Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., listen as Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2022 (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
January 6 Trump’s Former Chief of Staff: Republican Witnesses at Jan. 6 Hearings Are Credible

"The significance of last week’s Congressional Jan. 6 committee hearings cannot be overstated," Mulvaney wrote in an op-ed published in the Charlotte Observer this week.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil July 7, 2022 1:43 pm EDT
Elections Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Elections 10 Shocking Takeaways From Tuesday’s Jan 6. Hearing From Mark Meadows’ Aide

“You know, I don’t f-ing care that they have weapons. They’re not here to hurt me. Take the f-ing mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here. Let the people in. Take the f-ing mags away,” Trump said on Jan. 6, according to aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony. 

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil June 28, 2022 6:59 pm EDT