by Shannon Tyler | Feb 16, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) on Thursday pressed to expand food-stamp benefits to people who have been barred, saying that such a step will help diminish hunger. A Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the 2023 Farm Bill...
by Kate Walter | Feb 16, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON- In response to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest report and President Joe Biden accusing some Republicans of wanting to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits, talk of entitlement program reform has swept across the halls of Congress in recent...
by Jacob Wendler | Feb 15, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a rumored Republican presidential or vice presidential candidate, touted her own credentials in standing up to the influence of the Chinese government Wednesday during a keynote address in Washington. During her speech at...
by Davis Giangiulio | Feb 15, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Senators on Wednesday grappled with the already-existing and looming-future economic costs of climate change, and how to prevent them. At a Budget Committee Hearing, experts delivered testimony that revealed a concerning state that America is in:...
by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas | Feb 15, 2023 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — The surging popularity of ChatGPT has raised concerns about the future of learning, but several experts say educators should embrace the tool. ChatGPT – short for Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer – is an artificial intelligence chatbot that was...
by Nicole Markus | Feb 15, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – One hundred faces lined the walls of the Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters in the first week after the fentanyl memorial was created last May. Now, less than a year later, over 4,800 people are memorialized there. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram...
by Logan Schiciano | Feb 15, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Nikki Haley formally launched her 2024 presidential bid Wednesday morning in front of friends, family and supporters in downtown Charleston, S.C., setting the stage for a bout with her former boss, Donald Trump, in the Republican primary. Haley affirmed...
by Emiliana Betancourt | Feb 14, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis created controversy last month when the Florida Department of Education threatened to reject AP African American studies. DeSantis was criticized for the move and accused of pursuing it to further his political agenda. He...
by Caroline Neal | Feb 14, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) called for stricter legislation limiting social media use for minors under 16 years old during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday. The hearing, called “Protecting Our...
by Saul Pink | Feb 14, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden started his career in politics in 1971 as a member of the New Castle, Del., County Council. Over half a century later, he touted his administration’s economic efforts to more than two thousand county officials at Tuesday’s National...
by Jacob Wendler | Feb 14, 2023 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans urged President Joe Biden Tuesday to address the nation about a recent surge of flying objects shot down by the U.S. military. The military downed three flying objects over Alaska, Canada and Michigan this weekend using missiles...
by Logan Schiciano | Feb 9, 2023 | Environment, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – The National Rural Water Association (NRWA) hosted the 24th Great American Water Taste Test on Wednesday at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill 44 state-winning water samples were sent to Washington and the five finalists were judged in front of a crowd of...
