by Cate Bikales | Nov 30, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – For Ruby Chen, this Thanksgiving holiday served as a reminder of the dark reality his family has faced for 54 days. “We celebrated Thanksgiving with an empty chair,” Chen said. Chen’s 19-year-old son, Itay, has been held hostage by Hamas since its Oct. 7...
by Cate Bikales | Nov 28, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON – Doctors and medical experts on Tuesday called on lawmakers to take a public health approach to the gun violence epidemic they say is plaguing the United States. Since 2020, guns have become the number one cause of death for children and teenagers,...
by Cate Bikales | Nov 21, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden turned 81 on Monday, but he wasn’t the only one being celebrated. Two turkeys, Liberty and Bell, were pardoned by the President during a South Lawn ceremony, continuing the annual White House tradition of pardoning the Thanksgiving...
by Cate Bikales | Nov 15, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Marine veteran Jonathan Lubecky attempted suicide five times after returning home from deployment in Iraq in 2006. “I am not special. My story is the same as every other veteran suffering with PTSD,” Lubecky said. An average of 16.8 veterans commit...
by Cate Bikales | Nov 14, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced an initiative on Monday that will drastically improve how the federal government funds and approaches women’s health research. The White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research addresses a fundamental problem in the...
by Cate Bikales | Nov 8, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — After more than 90 minutes of oral arguments, Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed inclined to side with the Biden administration, which argued that it is “common sense” to prevent dangerous people from possessing firearms. The case before the court,...
by Cate Bikales | Nov 1, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — Sexual health experts say achieving global gender equality and empowerment — a broadly bipartisan goal — is not possible without increased political and financial support for reproductive rights. At the current rate of progress, and with a deepening...
by Cate Bikales | Oct 31, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Despite high consumer prices and rising interest rates, the U.S. economy surged this summer, driven largely by consumer spending. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose at a 4.9% inflation-adjusted annual rate in the July-through-September period, up from 2.1%...
by Cate Bikales | Oct 19, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government’s current response to pandemic-related fraud is outdated and not fit to fight back against dynamic foreign adversaries, experts warned at a House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee hearing on Thursday. One solution could be emerging...
by Cate Bikales | Oct 11, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has been touting the success of the Inflation Reduction Act since its passage one year ago, but whether it has reduced the country’s reliance on China has been hotly debated. The law, which passed solely with Democratic votes,...
by Cate Bikales | Oct 6, 2023 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — She has been called a deal killer, an anti-capitalist and even a giant slayer. But as one of the Biden administration’s main antitrust enforcers, Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), said her main goal is to protect free and fair...
by Cate Bikales | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — A freshman congressman from the Nashville area became the latest lawmaker seeking to restrict abortion by introducing a bill on Thursday morning that would prohibit medical abortions and penalize the selling or distribution of abortion pills. Rep. Andy...
