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False missile alarm in Hawaii ‘inexcusable,’ senator says, raises issues with emergency alert systems

False missile alarm in Hawaii ‘inexcusable,’ senator says, raises issues with emergency alert systems

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...
Cruz calls for denuclearization policy on North Korea

Cruz calls for denuclearization policy on North Korea

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”...
White House to release immigration reform framework Monday

White House to release immigration reform framework Monday

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...
Proposed Senate bill would regulate driverless cars

Proposed Senate bill would regulate driverless cars

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...
CBO chief warns that cuts could undermine legislative process

CBO chief warns that cuts could undermine legislative process

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...
How state taxpayers will be affected by new federal tax law

How state taxpayers will be affected by new federal tax law

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...
Seniors struggle to navigate healthcare information, says Senate panel

Seniors struggle to navigate healthcare information, says Senate panel

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...
Expressing betrayal, DACA supporters blast Democrats after shutdown vote

Expressing betrayal, DACA supporters blast Democrats after shutdown vote

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...
Joe Biden slams Trump administration’s response to Russian election meddling

Joe Biden slams Trump administration’s response to Russian election meddling

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...
New poll shows most Americans value journalists, but don’t trust them

New poll shows most Americans value journalists, but don’t trust them

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...
Despite terror threats to rail and air transport, Trump proposes cutting security budget in half

Despite terror threats to rail and air transport, Trump proposes cutting security budget in half

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...
Leaked Trump nuclear strategy “unsafe,” according to national security experts

Leaked Trump nuclear strategy “unsafe,” according to national security experts

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...
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