by Sarah Serota | Feb 14, 2025 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – House Republicans pressed to overhaul how the Securities and Exchange Commission regulates cryptocurrency at a hearing Tuesday, aligning themselves with the pro-cryptocurrency agenda President Donald Trump championed during the first few weeks of his...
by Jiah Choe | Feb 13, 2025 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats pressed Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon on her views for President Donald Trump’s education agenda including DEI, school choice and the president’s promise to downsize the Department of Education at her confirmation hearing...
by Rachel Spears | Feb 13, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Democrats say that a pause in foreign assistance is detrimental while House Republicans expressed their support for a restructuring of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). “Instead of putting blame everywhere, we [should] focus on...
by Jeremy Fredricks | Feb 13, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Two foreign policy experts pushed Congress to support the new Syrian government as a means of stopping Russian and Iranian influence, and a bipartisan group of senators embraced their message. Former President Bashar al-Assad was forced out of office by a...
by Paris Fransway | Feb 13, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Senators on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee agreed the U.S. must increase its military presence in and relations with Greenland as China and Russia also try to establish Arctic military dominance. However, senators are divided on how to...
by Zoe Singer | Feb 12, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Trump initiated phone conversations Wednesday with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aimed at ending the ongoing war “immediately.” “The administration is wholeheartedly committed to a peace...
by Lenna Peterson | Feb 12, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Following on President Trump’s call for the United States to acquire Greenland, senators from both parties on Wednesday coalesced around the need to increase US influence on the Arctic island. In a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and...
by Jerry Wu | Feb 11, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — House Republicans reprimanded leaders of Veterans’ Affairs education programs at a Tuesday subcommittee hearing for “wasting billions and millions” of federal funds on recent projects, including the process to digitize the GI Bill. “We’re not going...
by Jorge Martinez and Rachel Spears | Feb 11, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — On a recent afternoon the lunch rush was in full swing as Hill staffers stood in line in one of the Capitol’s many dining spots. From Dunkin’ to Subway to a beloved frozen yogurt stand, the options available can fulfill any craving. As most Americans can...
by Norah D'Cruze and Micah Sandy | Feb 7, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — In response to the announcement Tuesday evening that nearly all employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development would be put on leave, thousands gathered in front of the Capitol building to protest. Former USAID employees, elected officials,...
by Sasha Draeger-Mazer | Feb 6, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Discussions about the role overregulation played in the January wildfires that tore through Los Angeles quickly devolved into partisan flamethrowing as Republicans and several witnesses blamed Democrats for the devastating event. “This was a man-made...
by Zoe Singer | Feb 6, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Testifying about near-death experiences and losing loved ones to fentanyl, witnesses emphasized their concerns about the drug epidemic during a hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday. “Someone intentionally laced that cocaine with fentanyl,” said Raymond...
