Monica Sanchez
Assistant Editor, Reporter
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Monica is MRCTV’s assistant editor and West Coast correspondent. Prior to working at MRCTV, Monica worked for CNS News and The Heritage Foundation, operating primarily in digital media and video production. 

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Monica Sanchez | June 30, 2015
Image via Giphy In celebration of our nation's Independence Day, here are five of the biggest, most extravagant, downright patriotic Fourth of July fireworks displays around the country.   1. New York City, New York Image via Eleven40 The "Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Show" in New York is hard to beat. The country’s largest pyrotechnic show features four 1.5-mile-long barges lining the…
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Monica Sanchez | June 30, 2015
According to a collective of scientists based in the UK, a mass of warm water in the northeast Pacific Ocean may be responsible for the California drought. First spotted off the West Coast in 2013, “the blob” is "about 1,000 miles across and 300 feet deep, with temperatures between 2 and 7 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal," reports CBS San Francisco. “The ‘blob’ is a giant patch of…
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Monica Sanchez | June 29, 2015
On June 11, a 13-year-old girl was bitten by a shark at Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina.  Three days later, two teenagers lost their left arms in shark attacks just 90 minutes apart at Oak Island.  Three more attacks occurred this past weekend, two on Friday and one on Saturday, off the coast of the Outer Banks. So here’s the question everyone is asking: Why are so many shark attacks…
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Monica Sanchez | June 29, 2015
After announcing her new pregnancy on Thursday, Bristol Palin faced a firestorm of criticism and hateful comments from people calling her a hypocrite for preaching abstinence to teens. Palin, 24, responded to her critics in a new Patheos blog post on Sunday that, while she fears her family and friends will be disappointed by the news, she does not regret or view her pregnancy as a mistake. “…
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Monica Sanchez | June 26, 2015
Many 2016 presidential candidates took to Twitter to share their reactions to the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision on Friday, which ruled 5-4 that states cannot prohibit the marriage of same-sex couples. In contrast with declared Democrats Hillary Clinton, former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley, and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders who praised the ruling as one that was a long time…
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Monica Sanchez | June 26, 2015
A divided Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges on Friday morning, ruling that same-sex couples nationwide have the right to marry. The Court found that state prohibitions on gay marriage violate the Constitution under the Equal Protection Clause. In the majority opinion, Justice Kennedy writes, "It is now clear that the challenged laws burden the…
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Monica Sanchez | June 26, 2015
“SCOTUScare is here to stay, unless and until the Republicans win the White House and hold the Senate,” political commentator Charles Krauthammer said on Fox News Thursday night. “If they do, there is no question that they are going to repeal and replace.” His remarks followed Thursday’s King v. Burwell Supreme Court decision in favor of President Obama’s healthcare law. With a ruling of 6-3…
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Monica Sanchez | June 25, 2015
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of President Obama’s healthcare law on Thursday, upholding tax credit subsidies for insurance brought through by Obamacare federal exchanges. In a statement released following the conclusion of King v. Burwell, Health and Human Services secretary Sylvia M. Burwell says that she hopes the “positive decision” will help government officials and politicians…
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Monica Sanchez | June 23, 2015
Image Credit: Scott Kelly, NASA NASA astronaut Scott Kelly posted a gorgeous photo and video of an aurora he spotted from the International Space Station Tuesday afternoon. On day 87 of his year-long tour on the station, Kelly took the photo about 250 miles away from the natural light display.    Day 87. The red curtain of an #aurora closes on another day. Good night from @space_station…