by Zinya Salfiti | Dec 8, 2021 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Recent research breakthroughs in nuclear fusion have sped up the timeline to bring the pollution-free energy source to the U.S. energy grid by decades, experts say, renewing interest among scientists and lawmakers in the technology’s potential...
by Zinya Salfiti | Dec 7, 2021 | Education, Topics
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is pushing to fund universal preschool nationwide in the Build Back Better bill, but the program’s success will hinge on whether states agree to implement it. Advocates say the program, touted as universal pre-K because it...
by Zinya Salfiti | Dec 3, 2021 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Protesters gathered outside the Department of Justice Friday demanding the Attorney General’s Office pursue a criminal lawsuit against the Sackler family, owners of the billion-dollar pharmaceutical company that manufactures the prescription drug...
by Zinya Salfiti | Nov 18, 2021 | National Security
Lawmakers blamed the eventual collapse of the U.S.-supported Afghan government on current and past administrations and pushed for quick action to help Americans and Afghans still there during a Wednesday Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing aimed at learning...
by Zinya Salfiti | Nov 11, 2021 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Tim Keefe, a Navy veteran from Maine, recounted foraging for food and living like a “caveman” in the months when he didn’t qualify for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during a House subcommittee hearing...
by Zinya Salfiti | Nov 4, 2021 | Cybersecurity
WASHINGTON – Companies too often prioritize cost over protection when it comes to cybersecurity, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said at a hearing Thursday, but critical infrastructure industry officials said Biden administration...
by Zinya Salfiti | Oct 26, 2021 | Technology
WASHINGTON -— Senators castigated the leaders of TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube for not doing enough to protect children against harmful content on their sites Tuesday and listed a number of legislative remedies that have been proposed to keep kids safe online. “We need...
by Zinya Salfiti | Oct 21, 2021 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Climate experts warned a House subcommittee Thursday that the window for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is narrowing and that an international effort to increase countries’ commitments to climate action is essential. “We’re running out of...
by Zinya Salfiti | Oct 13, 2021 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The goal to have at least 40% of people in every country vaccinated by the end of 2021 and at least 60% by mid-2022 is ambitious but not impossible, World Trade Organization Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who is a member of the multilateral...
by Zinya Salfiti | Oct 5, 2021 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco told a Senate hearing Tuesday that the pandemic has exacerbated the increased demand for services for survivors of sexual violence as senators consider a bill to strengthen and renew the Violence Against Women Act. ...
by Zinya Salfiti | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – Top defense experts said al-Qaida and the jihadist movement are big beneficiaries of the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan at a Senate hearing Thursday, part of a series of congressional hearings aimed at understanding how the 20-year, $2 trillion war...
