by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas | Mar 2, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) made a renewed push on Thursday to support formerly incarcerated individuals by reintroducing a bill to create a program at the Small Business Administration that would help them start their own businesses. Cardin joined members of...
by Avani Kalra | Mar 2, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Abortion-rights lawmakers in Congress are aiming to close loopholes that may force providers and hospitals to disclose a patient’s medical records if they are subpoenaed or requested by law enforcement. These exceptions have become especially worrisome...
by Avani Kalra | Mar 1, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday blamed immigration at the southern border for an increasing number of fentanyl deaths, stepping up their criticisms of Biden administration policies and calling for stricter regulations and more surveillance at the border....
by Nicole Markus and Kate Walter | Mar 1, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican Senators on Wednesday grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland for the Department of Justice’s handling of attacks and arrests on anti-choice protesters, the fentanyl crisis and classified documents. Today’s testimony before the Senate...
by Ishmael Bonsu | Mar 1, 2023 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – In a second, lesser-known case, the Supreme Court this week heard oral arguments from individual borrowers about whether they have the legal standing to challenge the Department of Education’s student-debt relief plan. The court also considered...
by Saul Pink | Mar 1, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Members of the Senate Budget Committee heard from climate experts and stakeholders at a hearing Wednesday about the economic costs of climate change on coastal communities, continuing the debate over how – and whether – to distribute funds to...
by Shannon Tyler | Mar 1, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House garnered bipartisan support for a measure aimed at putting checks on presidential power by passing the REINS Act in a 272-148 vote on Wednesday. The measure, which stands for Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny,...
by Logan Schiciano | Mar 1, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The House Select Committee on China convened for the first time on Tuesday night and its members vowed to work together to improve the United States’ standing in economic competition with China. “We must practice bipartisanship and avoid anti-Chinese...
by Anson Zhang | Mar 1, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON–House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) called out the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Tuesday for granting licenses that allow critical American technology to be sold to U.S. adversaries.. This comes after the recent...
by Caroline Neal | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON –– Holding signs highlighting Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and urging the United States’ to provide more aid, hundreds of demonstrators on Saturday met at the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the one year anniversary of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Hosted by...
by Jacob Wendler | Feb 28, 2023 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON –– Hundreds of activists gathered outside the Supreme Court Tuesday morning to urge the justices to allow President Joe Biden’s student debt relief program to take effect. Inside the high court, the justices heard oral arguments in Biden v. Nebraska, a case...
by Lucia Barnum | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Members of the new GOP-led House Committee on Homeland Security debated the issue of fentanyl at the border at the first hearing of the new Congress, saying Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the rest of President Joe Biden’s...
