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Pompeo and Panetta urge bipartisan action to deter China from collaborating with U.S. adversaries

Pompeo and Panetta urge bipartisan action to deter China from collaborating with U.S. adversaries

by Lily Ogburn | Jan 30, 2024 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned lawmakers on Tuesday that China is increasingly collaborating with nations hostile to the United States and urged lawmakers to provide more support to help Taiwan...
Biden wins New Hampshire primary after successful write-in campaign

Biden wins New Hampshire primary after successful write-in campaign

by Emma Sullivan | Jan 27, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured

HAMPTON, N.H. — President Joe Biden easily won the New Hampshire Democratic primary on Tuesday as a write-in candidate. Biden won 64% of the vote, beating nearly two dozen opponents, including Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and Marianne Williamson. The Democratic...
Senators demand accessible, affordable flood insurance as Congress looks to reauthorize a federal program

Senators demand accessible, affordable flood insurance as Congress looks to reauthorize a federal program

by Charlotte Ehrlich and Clare Zhang | Jan 25, 2024 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers on Thursday stressed the urgency of renewing the National Flood Insurance Program, with reforms to rein in ever-increasing premiums that are becoming harder for homeowners to afford. The Senate Banking Committee is working to reauthorize the...
Trump voters in New Hampshire say border security a top concern

Trump voters in New Hampshire say border security a top concern

by Emma Sullivan | Jan 25, 2024 | Featured, Politics

HAMPTON, N.H. — Heading into the New Hampshire primaries, Hampton resident Linda McGrath knew which candidate would get her vote: former President Donald Trump.  She held two signs outside a polling station in Hampton — one read “Secure Borders” and the other “No...
Senators worry that government is having trouble keeping up with AI

Senators worry that government is having trouble keeping up with AI

by Jonah Elkowitz | Jan 25, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Senators and legal experts on Wednesday questioned the integrity of artificial intelligence in analyzing evidence in criminal cases as more police departments and intelligence agencies turn to artificial intelligence for their core functions.  The Miami...
VIDEO: How One Small Town Prepared for the N.H. Primary

VIDEO: How One Small Town Prepared for the N.H. Primary

by Maria Heim | Jan 25, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics

ATKINSON, N.H. — Every four years poll workers in New Hampshire gear up for the first-in-the-nation primary. In Atkinson, a town of about five thousand voters, ballot clerks are trained weeks in advance and meet the night before.  Town Moderator Jim Garrity oversees...
Pro-Palestinian supporters quietly hope ‘ceasefire’ write-in initiative will make an impact

Pro-Palestinian supporters quietly hope ‘ceasefire’ write-in initiative will make an impact

by Ruby Grisin | Jan 25, 2024 | Featured, Politics

Published Jan. 24; Updated Jan. 25 HAMPTON, N.H. – Pro-Palestinian activists organized an initiative to urge voters in the Democratic primary to write-in “ceasefire” on Tuesday in hopes of sending a message to President Joe Biden. But after the election, it’s not...
Use of artificial intelligence by government agencies needs ‘guardrails,’ Klobuchar says

Use of artificial intelligence by government agencies needs ‘guardrails,’ Klobuchar says

by Simone Garber | Jan 25, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Officials at three federal agencies responsible for preserving records and history said Wednesday that artificial intelligence has the ability to improve their jobs, but several lawmakers on the Senate Rules and Administration Committee urged caution in...
United Auto Workers endorses Biden for president

United Auto Workers endorses Biden for president

by Clare Zhang | Jan 24, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – The United Auto Workers union endorsed President Joe Biden Wednesday, joining a growing list of unions supporting his re-election bid. UAW President Shawn Fain delivered the endorsement before Biden’s keynote speech on the last day of the union’s national...
Lawmakers and activists condemn China and recommend stronger action after U.N.’s review of China’s human rights violations

Lawmakers and activists condemn China and recommend stronger action after U.N.’s review of China’s human rights violations

by Lily Ogburn | Jan 24, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Activists and lawmakers are calling on the United Nations to push for concrete changes in China’s treatment of Tibetans, Hong Kongers and the Muslim-minority Uyghurs after the global body released its universal periodic review, or UPR, of China on...
Proposed act seeks to restore U.S. patent system, emphasizing biotechnology

Proposed act seeks to restore U.S. patent system, emphasizing biotechnology

by Aidan Johnstone | Jan 24, 2024 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON – Intellectual property experts told Congress members on Tuesday that the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) is essential to encourage more inventors to apply and get their patents approved, adding that the act would benefit American innovation...
Senate Armed Services Committee Holds Confirmation Hearings for Key Defense Nominations

Senate Armed Services Committee Holds Confirmation Hearings for Key Defense Nominations

by Rafaela Jinich | Jan 23, 2024 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – The Senate Armed Services Committee convened to scrutinize the nominations of three crucial roles within the Department of Defense on Tuesday. Melissa Griffin Dalton, nominated for Under Secretary of the Air Force, Douglas Craig Schmidt, nominated...
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