by Kristen Axtman | Dec 13, 2023 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has taken aim at the for-profit college industry with a new rule to help prevent students from being saddled with massive debts. The fate of the program, however, could lie in who occupies the White House in 2025. In September,...
by Kristen Axtman | Dec 7, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Congress believed it delayed fights over funding the wide-ranging Farm Bill by working in a one-year extension in the temporary budget deal in November. In reality, the debate over the biggest component of the bill – providing money for food and nutrition...
by Kristen Axtman | Nov 28, 2023 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court considered whether a judge can overturn a jury’s murder acquittal on the basis that it contains inconsistencies, and is therefore “repugnant,” and allow the prosecution of a Georgia man for a second time. In McElrath v. Georgia, Damian...
by Kristen Axtman | Nov 9, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Tribal leaders on Wednesday urged the federal government for more money and law enforcement support to help them tackle the spread of fentanyl – a synthetic opioid that is up to 100 times as potent as morphine – in Native communities. At a Senate Indian...
by Kristen Axtman | Nov 2, 2023 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Election officials from Arizona, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Tennessee urged lawmakers on Wednesday for more federal funding so that local and state governments have the resources to conduct fair and safe elections on local and national levels. The...
by Kristen Axtman | Oct 25, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – A Senate panel on Wednesday sought to address a key issue affecting working parents: the lack of a federal paid leave program. Although no specific bill was debated during the Senate Finance Committee hearing, several Democratic lawmakers cited their...
by Kristen Axtman | Oct 17, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — As Congress continues to weigh how to regulate how college athletes are being paid, University of Florida gymnast Trinity Thomas was among those urging lawmakers to create national standards regarding how college-athletes profit from their personal...
by Kristen Axtman | Oct 11, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – As the Israel-Hamas war rages on for its fifth day, the Biden Administration reaffirmed its “unwavering support for Israel” and discussed American casualties from the attack at Wednesday’s press briefing. American Intelligence is aware of 22 Americans...
by Kristen Axtman | Sep 29, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Members of a House oversight and investigations subcommittee on Thursday grilled officials from Hawaii on their protocols and prevention policies two months after the country’s deadliest wildfire disasters in more than 100 years. The wildfires that...
by Kristen Axtman | Sep 27, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, advocated for a bill he introduced in April that would fund Medicare for decades to come, according to an estimate released last week from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
