by Avani Kalra | Feb 7, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden introduced a plan to tackle the country’s opioid overdose crisis, which is killing more than 70,000 Americans a year, in his State of the Union address Tuesday. Biden said that the country will launch a “major surge” to stop fentanyl...
by Caroline Neal | Feb 7, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Invited guests of the president and first lady at the State of the Union – like the family of Tyre Nichols and U2 lead singer Bono – may grab much of the attention tonight. But each member of Congress can also invite a guest to sit in the chamber, and...
by Nicole Markus | Feb 7, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – A crowd of Rep. George Santos’s (R-N.Y.) constituents gathered outside his office in the Capitol Tuesday afternoon to deliver a petition calling for his expulsion, as the embattled freshman congressman faces continued scrutiny. “Santos exploited the...
by Jacob Wendler | Feb 7, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The House Committee on Armed Services raised new worries about China’s threats to U.S. national defense and prospects for possible confrontation over Taiwan in the wake of the public’s attention over a suspected Chinese spy balloon that traversed the...
by Saul Pink | Feb 7, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Republicans on the House Oversight Committee sparred with Democrats over the Biden administration’s policies regarding the southern U.S. border Tuesday, which GOP lawmakers say has created a “crisis.” The hearing – part of the House GOP’s promise to...
by Joanna Hou | Feb 2, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden discussed the legacy of the Family and Medical Leave Act and his own administration’s work supporting labor rights at a White House event marking the act’s 30th anniversary Thursday. The FMLA required eligible employees to receive...
by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas | Feb 2, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON —- Several advocates dressed in groundhog costumes gathered outside the Capitol Thursday morning to urge Congress to expand the Family and Medical Leave Act and ensure paid leave for workers. “We’re tired of being in the shadows,” said Ruth Martin, senior...
by Nicole Markus and Jacob Wendler | Feb 2, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON –– House Republicans voted Thursday to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, citing her past remarks about Israel, America’s longtime ally. Omar has been heavily critical of Israel in her position on the committee....
by Davis Giangiulio | Feb 2, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — After weeks of early conversation about how Congress and the White House will tackle raising the debt limit this year, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Joe Biden met on Wednesday to discuss the issue for the first time. The highly...
by Logan Schiciano | Feb 1, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The House Oversight Committee held its first hearing of the new Congress on Wednesday and its chairman, James Comer (D-Ky.), immediately blasted Democrats for their “lack of oversight accountability” with regard to multitrillion-dollar relief bills passed...
by Joanna Hou | Feb 1, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and his Presidential Competition Council presented ideas to increase economic competition and lower everyday costs for Americans at their Wednesday meeting, targeting a variety of “junk fees” in the travel and entertainment...
by Avani Kalra | Feb 1, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON –– The Republican-led House on Wednesday is pressing through a series of measures aimed at immediately ending the national health emergency issued at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, although the move may be more symbolic after President Biden this week...
