by Caroline Vakil | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — One Amtrak passenger train collided with a CSX freight train while traveling in South Carolina on Feb. 4 resulting in two deaths and over 100 people injured. On Jan. 31, another train carrying passengers to a GOP retreat hit a garbage truck in...
by Maggie Harden | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao testified in support of President Trump’s infrastructure plan at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing Thursday, despite serious criticism over the plan’s funding gaps. “Infrastructure is the...
by Libby Berry | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured, National Security, Politics
When Saddam Hussein’s forces invaded Kuwait in August of 1990, hundreds of Americans were taken hostage by the Iraqi dictator. As the United States joined forces with 38 other nations, including many from the Middle East, Ambassador Frank G. Wisner II moved to protect...
by Anna Laffrey | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump endorsed legislative solutions to gun violence Wednesday, urging lawmakers to take bipartisan actions on gun control that have long been opposed by the majority of his party and the National Rifle Association. In an hour-long...
by Maggie Harden | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – A controversial Department of Labor proposal could cost service workers billions of dollars in tips, experts say — and female service workers would be hit the hardest. The proposal has met harsh criticism, and earlier this month, the agency’s inspector...
by Erica Snow & Syd Stone | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump honored the late Rev. Billy Graham in the Capitol on Wednesday, calling the evangelist “an ambassador for Christ.” Graham is the fourth private citizen — but the first religious figure — to lie in honor at the Capitol Rotunda....
by Libby Berry & Paola de Varona | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The debate over criminal justice reform is heating up in Washington as the president and lawmakers promote dueling approaches to the issue. The White House outlined their goals for criminal justice reform on Tuesday, focusing on work training, re-entry...
by Libby Berry | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Less than 24 hours after the Supreme Court declined to hear a case on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, a few dozen of more than 100 Catholic leaders and activists were arrested Tuesday in a Senate office building as they demanded that...
by Stavros Agorakis | Feb 28, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has made it clear she is intent on restructuring or repealing Obama administration regulations. Front and center is a rule that requires colleges to show that their graduates earn enough money to repay their loans — an...
by Caroline Vakil | Feb 27, 2018 | Education, Featured, Living, Topics
WASHINGTON — Regina Montoya, a senior at California State University, Sacramento, is managing a busy schedule this semester: two internships and a full course load. But she used to face a very different challenge: when the dorms were closed, she was homeless....
by Ben Trachtenberg | Feb 27, 2018 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — America’s coastal communities are threatened by storms and hurricanes more than ever, but the law regulating development on coastal wetlands — and determining which areas cannot get federal flood insurance — is outdated, experts told a House subcommittee...
by Priyanka Godbole | Feb 27, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – More help is needed to protect female scientists from unwanted sexual advances and intimidation, experts from various scientific institutions told a congressional committee Tuesday, and urged the lawmakers to pass legislation to combat sexual harassment...
