by Ruby Grisin | Mar 6, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Senators on Wednesday heard from companies and nonprofit groups on effective ways to have producers take responsibility for packaging waste and other sustainability goals as they weigh legislation to curb pollution from plastics and disposable items. The...
by Annastazia Ng'ambi | Feb 29, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — People with disabilities are still being excluded from gainful employment and are still often being paid below the minimum wage, lawmakers were told during a hearing on Thursday conducted by the Senate Special Committee on Aging. “It is time we stop...
by Lindsey Byman | Feb 29, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warned lawmakers that preparing for potential government shutdown is “an extraordinary waste of time and resources.” “This team is working their tail off,” Vilsack said on Wednesday during a USDA oversight hearing by the...
by Ruby Grisin | Feb 29, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – When Justin Charles Evans began suffering from kidney failure, he said his career as an actor and stunt double came to a halt. He and others rallied outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday morning to advocate for the improved care of dialysis patients. Evans...
by Charlotte Ehrlich | Feb 29, 2024 | Environment, Featured
BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. — Gregory Bledsoe, 23, gazed out over the dimly lit field bordering the town cemetery in Blythewood, S.C., just outside of the state capital of Columbia. The distant sound of Amtrak’s Silver Star line seemed to get louder as he shook his head at the...
by Jonah Elkowitz | Feb 29, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Topics
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Conservative Political Action Conference is known for its prominent conservative voices, views, and ideas. But there is another feature of the conference that makes it distinct: fashion. Many CPAC attendees spared no expense in creating...
by Emma Sullivan | Feb 28, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — When Tennessee resident Allie Phillips heard she was pregnant with her second child, she said she and her husband Brian were “so excited.” However, after 19 weeks, Phillips met with a fetal specialist and received news that no expecting parent wants to...
by Ellie Skelly | Feb 28, 2024 | Featured, Politics
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Young conservatives rallied behind former president Donald Trump at this year’s Conservative Political Action Convention. Trump’s election in 2016 served as a political awakening for this new generation, who are ready to fight tooth and nail to...
by Aidan Johnstone | Feb 28, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Justices seemed poised to remand Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski to the Ninth Circuit Court – a case related to a $1.2 million Dogecoin giveaway in 2021. The lawsuit originated from a claim that Coinbase – a cryptocurrency exchange platform – did not...
by Lily Ogburn | Feb 28, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Uyghur Policy Act is one of Congress’s newest efforts aimed at fighting China’s oppression of the Uyghur people. The bill has passed in the House of Representatives, and activists are urging the Senate to act quickly on the legislation. What is the...
by Ruby Grisin | Feb 28, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Bipartisan concern about microplastics in the Senate brought about a rich discussion on Tuesday regarding future research and policy. In a hearing focused on the presence of plastic particles in drinking water and wastewater, senators grappled with how...
by Maria Heim | Feb 28, 2024 | Featured, Politics
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Conservatives across the globe traveled to CPAC for its annual conference last weekend. It kicked off with the International Summit featuring right-wing leaders including former U.K. prime minister Liz Truss, President Nayib Bukele of El...
