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...
by Lily Ogburn | Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers tried to identify better ways of enforcing laws to combat the imports of goods made with slave labor and called on U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials to suggest how to improve tracking of goods that violate the Uyghur Forced Labor...
by Rafaela Jinich | Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers made a concerted effort on Wednesday to find grounds to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas by focusing on how border enforcement policies have increased drug trafficking. The hearing, led by Rep. Mark Green...
by Clare Zhang | Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Journalism executives called on legislators Wednesday to require generative artificial intelligence developers to license and pay for news content they are using to train their software. The use of AI to spread misinformation has been an increasing worry...
by Maria Heim | Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — After a failed rule vote on the House floor, both Senate and House Republicans held a press conference on Wednesday, labeling the situation at the southern border as an “imminent national security threat.” “I think it is a huge mistake...
by Lindsey Byman and Ruby Grisin | Jan 11, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency’s new methane emission regulations drew rebuke from House Republicans on Wednesday when they said small and midsize oil and gas companies would struggle to survive, while Democrats and environmental advocates...
by Simone Garber | Jan 10, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Republicans on Wednesday began efforts to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas amid partisan debates over the U.S.-Mexico border conflict. The House Committee on Homeland Security, chaired by Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), led the...
by Jonah Elkowitz | Jan 10, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The White House reaffirmed an effort on Wednesday to combat against attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea by the Houthis, an Islamic military organization based in Yemen, according to John Kirby, spokesperson for National Security Council in the...
by Rachel Schlueter | Jan 5, 2024 | Education, Featured
For 15 years, three large boulders located on the University of Texas at Dallas campus were used to publicize events, display art and present political messages. After Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack of Israel, which killed about 1,200 people, and Israel’s subsequent...
