by Charlotte Ehrlich | Jan 17, 2024 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Congressional lawmakers and witnesses examined whether slower U.S. infrastructure growth and disruptions in the supply chain are hurting basic transportation needs during a hearing on Wednesday assessing the state of the industry. Rep. David Rouzer...
by Alicia Tang | Jan 17, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the White House announced Wednesday an initiative cracking down on overdraft fees to increase transparency for consumers. A new proposed rule would force banks and credit unions with more than $10 billion in...
by Lindsey Byman and Ruby Grisin | Jan 17, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Conservative justices on The Supreme Court seem poised to overturn a doctrine that allows federal agencies to interpret ambiguous legislation, after oral arguments Wednesday. The doctrine came under threat from two separate cases involving small fishing...
by Jonah Elkowitz and Braedyn Speight | Jan 17, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Republicans on Wednesday again hammered the Biden administration over its border policies by asserting that are failing to enforce even basic immigration laws. The hearing comes on the heels of the joint staff report between the House Committee on...
by Lance Wilhelm | Jan 17, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Protesters gathered in Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House on Saturday, opposing the Biden administration’s support of Israel in the Israel-Hamas war. Tens of thousands were present at the rally, with organizers suggesting attendance...
by Clare Zhang | Jan 17, 2024 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Strong economic performance, including solid retail sales growth, signals a good likelihood that the Federal Reserve board will cut interest rates this year, Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher Waller said Tuesday. In the fourth quarter of 2023,...
by Rafaela Jinich | Jan 17, 2024 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON- Attendees in Washington D.C. celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with a fervent peace rally followed by a parade that echoed the principles of equality and justice that the civil rights figure championed. The heart of the commemoration lay in...
by Jonah Elkowitz | Jan 16, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands marched on Freedom Plaza on Saturday calling for President Biden to support a ceasefire in Gaza and halt support for Israel amidst the climbing death toll in the region. Organized by the American Muslim Task Force for Palestine, in...
by Ellie Skelly | Jan 16, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) has negotiated a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) that would extend government funding until March. The stopgap extension would prevent a partial government shutdown from taking place at...
by Alicia Tang | Jan 13, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — The leader of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce emphatically praised American free enterprise and innovation at the Chamber’s annual State of American Business address. “The State of American Business is optimistic,” said Suzanne P. Clark, president and CEO...
by Emma Sullivan | Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Only 5% of the new enrollees in the Veterans Health Administration over the past 18 months lived in rural areas. Such statistics are disconcerting to lawmakers like Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), who called on the Department of Veterans Affairs to do better....
by Aidan Johnstone | Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Country music artist and rapper Jason “Jelly Roll” DeFord urged lawmakers on Thursday to pass legislation to help combat the fentanyl crisis that is gripping the country. The Grammy nominee was arrested at 14 years old and spent the following years...
