by Catherine Kim | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON –– The false missile alarm in Hawaii earlier this month was “inexcusable” and raises serious issues regarding emergency alert systems, the chairman of the Senate commerce committee said Thursday as Hawaii’s senator demanded such messages get Pentagon review...
by Erica Snow | Jan 24, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz called Wednesday for a U.S. policy aimed at eliminating North Korea’s nuclear capabilities. Cruz denounced any appeasement strategies, saying instead American leaders must show resolve in an “incremental and deliberate”...
by Mila Jasper | Jan 24, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders announced Wednesday that the Trump administration will release an immigration package for Congress on Monday that would provide a solution for “dreamers,” secure the southern U.S. border and end some programs that...
by Anna Laffrey | Jan 24, 2018 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – Proposed legislation to regulate driverless cars, which would set safety and testing guidelines, will also require public education programs, senators and auto experts said at a committee hearing Wednesday. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and...
by Libby Berry | Jan 24, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The mission of the Congressional Budget Office would be “degraded” if the funding arrangement that ended the recent government shutdown remains in force for the rest of the year, CBO Director Keith Hall testified Wednesday. Speaking at a Senate oversight...
by Maggie Harden | Jan 24, 2018 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The recently passed federal tax bill is one of the most significant tax code rewrites in U.S. history, according to Laura Wheeler, a senior fiscal researcher at Georgia State University. Wheeler and four other tax experts, speaking Wednesday at the Urban...
by Kristina Karisch | Jan 24, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — American senior citizens are lacking the crucial information they need to navigate crucial healthcare benefits, experts said at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. “People’s lives are changing, and they need to be educated or they will fall through the...
by Syd Stone | Jan 23, 2018 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON—Young immigrants known as “dreamers” expressed their disappointment with the Senate Democrats’ actions to end the government shutdown Tuesday. Several dozen activists from Make the Road Pennsylvania and “dreamers” who receive protection...
by Jakob Lazzaro | Jan 23, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration isn’t doing enough to combat the threat that Russian interference poses to Western democracies, to NATO and especially to the United States, former Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday. “I don’t know of any system-wide...
by Priyanka Godbole & Caroline Vakil | Jan 23, 2018 | Featured, Politics, Topics
% of Americans believe the news media plays a critical or very important role in our democracy % of Americans say they can think of a news source that reports the news objectively of Democrats have a favorable opinion of the news media 54% 54% of Republicans have an...
by Renzo Downey | Jan 23, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON—Rail transportation and other mass transit are particularly vulnerable to terrorist attacks, yet President Donald Trump has proposed cutting the surface transportation security budget in half, a member of a Senate subcommittee...
by Catherine Kim | Jan 23, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON –– Experts lambasted Trump’s plans for nuclear warfare strategy, leaked earlier this month, during a Tuesday event here sponsored by the Arms Control Association. The plans, described in a draft of the Nuclear Posture Review, are an...
