by Audrey Pachuta | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – As President-elect Donald Trump plots his transition back to the Oval Office from his Mar-a-Lago perch, Senate Democrats have begun racing against the clock to confirm more than two dozen of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees before the lose...
by Jonas Kalderon Blum and Coby Potischman | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Embattled former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his attorney general nomination on Thursday after questions surrounding his sexual misconduct allegations reached a fever-pitch. President-elect Donald Trump selected Gaetz for the position one week ago,...
by Heather Zhu | Nov 21, 2024 | Business, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Michael Barr, Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, reaffirmed his intent to serve his full term during a heated House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday. The session was marked by Republican criticism of Biden-era financial regulations and...
by Emma Richman | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Native American tribal leaders urged lawmakers to increase federal funding and implement national reporting systems to help solve the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women on Wednesday. At a House Appropriations Subcommittee meeting, lawmakers...
by Audrey Pachuta | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – During a Wednesday House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee hearing, Republican lawmakers pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra about whether the department is prioritizing speed over public safety when it comes to placing...
by Sonya Dymova | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv issued a warning on Wednesday morning that Russia might launch a “significant air attack,” closing the embassy and recommending employees to shelter in place, with at least two other Western embassies—Greece and Italy—joining in....
by Marisa Guerra Echeverria | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — In the first House Homeland Security hearing on immigration since Republicans’ decisive 2024 election victory, both sides of the aisle derailed a conversation on migrant children trafficking to debate their administrations’ respective immigration...
by Sonya Dymova | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Nov. 19, Ukraine marked 1,000 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion with a military milestone—its first use of the U.S.-manufactured Army Tactical Missile Systems to strike into Russian territory. The move came days after...
by Jonas Blum | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — The gallery filled and protesters chanted, but the House Homeland Security Committee hearing entitled “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland” did not start on Wednesday after scheduling conflicts with the witnesses. The hearing, which would be the...
by Eli Kronenberg | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican congressional leaders dodged questions surrounding Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) resolution that would ban transgender women from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol complex, weeks after Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.) became the first ever...
by Caroline Killilea | Nov 19, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers sparred with Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), over vaccines and the future of the agency under President-Elect Donald Trump at a House Appropriations Committee Hearing on Tuesday. The hearing was held...
by Hannah Webster | Nov 19, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators grilled Visa and Mastercard executives in a Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, revitalizing Washington’s efforts to inject competition into the credit card industry. Retailers pay a fee when consumers make a purchase with...
