by Rishika Dugyala | Oct 4, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON— The co-author of a 1987 book that cast Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as a savvy businessman once again criticized Trump’s egotistical approach to politics Tuesday, joining with civil rights leaders to blast Trump for derogatory remarks about...
by Evelyn Wang | Oct 4, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Journalists and partisans who rose at an ungodly hour Tuesday morning expecting Julian Assange to release a hyped data dump that could possibly damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign instead received a two-hour long Wikileaks commercial. Their only consolation...
by Darby Hopper | Oct 4, 2016 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Chinese renminbi’s recent designation as an International Monetary Fund reserve currency will change China’s relationship with emerging markets such as those in Latin America – but exactly how remains to be seen, a Hong Kong University professor...
by Dan Waldman | Oct 4, 2016 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Advanced economies will keep trudging along on a disappointing economic growth path, whereas developing economies should start to excel, the International Monetary Fund’s research director said Tuesday. “Global growth remains weak even though it...
by Kelly Norris | Oct 4, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke to a room of retired military officials at an event Monday sponsored by The Retired American Warriors PAC in Dulles, Virginia. His comments regarding PTSD caught national attention with critics...
by David Gernon | Oct 3, 2016 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON —The World Bank should more aggressively court private sector partnerships to find new ways to reduce extreme global poverty while making sure the poorest populations benefit, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said Monday. Kim said the World Bank needs to...
by Eunice Lee | Oct 3, 2016 | Business, Energy, Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – For rural Americans and folks living in small towns, biobased products offer “tremendous hope” of more jobs and cleaner energy, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday at a National Press Club luncheon. When it comes to biobased products,...
by Michelle Kim | Oct 3, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Retired Gen. and former CIA director David Petraeus said Monday the next president should make an “enduring commitment” to continue the U.S. military and diplomatic effort in Afghanistan as an essential part of a broader fight against terrorism....
by Andrew Merica | Sep 28, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The risk of hacking into voting systems on Election Day is remote and unlikely, some election officials and experts said Wednesday during a hearing that was briefly hijacked by Rep. Elijah Cummings’ impassioned criticism of Georgia Secretary of...
by David Fishman | Sep 28, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Congress voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow victims of 9/11 to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, an unprecedented change to sovereign immunity that legal experts say could open the U.S. to a flood of litigation and the first veto override for...
by Michelle Kim | Sep 28, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON. — Republicans wasted no time Wednesday in turning FBI Director James Comey’s appearance before the House Judiciary Committee into another review of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. The FBI closed...
