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Postal service ‘unprepared’ to check mail for illicit drugs, senator says

Postal service ‘unprepared’ to check mail for illicit drugs, senator says

by Rachel Frazin | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science, Living

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is “unprepared to police the mail arriving in our country” that contains illegal drugs, especially opioids, the head of a Senate homeland security investigations subcommittee said Thursday.  Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said the...
Thousands march in “Power to the Polls” women’s march

Thousands march in “Power to the Polls” women’s march

by Rachel Frazin | Jan 20, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – On the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, thousands of women, joined by many men, marched from the Lincoln Memorial area to the White House on Saturday to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the 2017 Women’s March, which was...
8,000 women expected to march in favor of voter turnout this weekend

8,000 women expected to march in favor of voter turnout this weekend

by Rachel Frazin | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON – To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the historic Women’s March on Washington following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, as many as 8,000 people are expected to participate in Saturday’s women’s march to support female candidates in the 2018...

Tech Leaders and Researchers Spar Over Extremist Content

by Rachel Frazin | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Technology

WASHINGTON — Facebook, Twitter and YouTube officials disagreed Wednesday with a foreign policy expert who told a Senate Committee that the social platforms take too long to identify extremist and terrorist content.  Testifying before the Senate Commerce, Science and...
Protesters swarm Senate office building demanding a fix for DACA

Protesters swarm Senate office building demanding a fix for DACA

by Rachel Frazin | Jan 16, 2018 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of “dreamers” and supporters swarmed a Senate office building Tuesday, blocking the doors to a number of the senators’ offices and occupying others as the chanted “Dream Act now” and demanded that Congress pass legislation this week to let them...
Trump in “excellent health,” White House physician says

Trump in “excellent health,” White House physician says

by Rachel Frazin | Jan 16, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Despite borderline high cholesterol and borderline obesity, President Donald Trump is in “excellent health” both mentally and physically, White House Physician Dr. Ronny Jackson said Tuesday at a White House briefing. Jackson said he performed a...
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