by Emiliana Betancourt | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – The State Department strategically announced Thursday it was imposing sanctions on more than 40 groups linked to Russia’s mercenary outfit Wagner Group as senators demanded action in a separate meeting. Victoria Nuland, undersecretary of state for...
by Caroline Neal | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Politics
A once normally quiet and private affair to elect a party chair has turned into a public political sprawl, placing some of most prominent Republican leaders on opposite sides of the race. The latest election for Republican National Committee chair pits its longtime...
by Joanna Hou | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The American Lung Association’s annual State of Tobacco Control report, released Wednesday, found tobacco and e-cigarette use among teens rose slightly in 2022 after three years of decline. The higher rates of tobacco use among the nation’s youth come...
by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Leaders of the House Pro-Choice Caucus reintroduced a bill on Thursday that would allow the use of federal funds for abortions, marking a continuation of their efforts to expand access. The Equal Access to Abortion Coverage (EACH) Act was first...
by Brennan Leach | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Republicans have revitalized a plan to eliminate the IRS and replace it with a mammoth sales tax. This time, it may even get a vote in Congress. The Fair Tax Act, introduced this month by Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), breathes new life into a...
by Davis Giangiulio | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) praised President Joe Biden’s track record on the economy while voicing frustration with House Republicans’ economic proposals on Thursday. Jeffries touted the economic achievements of Biden’s first two...
by Davis Giangiulio | Jan 26, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — The debate over raising the U.S. debt limit is poised to be one of the hottest fights to hit Washington this year, and will feature a cast of characters both widely and lesser known to investors and everyday Americans. President Joe Biden and House...
by Avani Kalra | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON –– Amy Neville’s son Alexander was an avid Snapchat user in the summer of 2020. Through the app, he expanded his circle of friends and connected with “suggested” people in his area, eventually finding his way to a drug dealer. At 14, Alexander took a...
by Nicole Markus | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee considered nominations for five of President Biden’s district court nominees on Wednesday, as the White House continues its aggressive push to fill vacancies throughout the federal court system. At the outset of the hearing,...
by Saul Pink | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are facing pushback from their own members over legislation to reduce migration at the U.S.-Mexico border, thwarting plans to bring a border security vote to the floor in the first weeks of the new Congress. The border bill, introduced...
by Lucia Barnum | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Democratic Caucus leaders on Wednesday condemned House Republicans’ recent attacks on reproductive rights, saying the three bills they have brought to the floor so far demonstrate the party’s “extreme” anti-abortion stances. “That’s who Kevin McCarthy...
by Jacob Wendler | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the U.S. will send 31 of its powerful M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, capping months of anticipation over whether the West would provide Ukraine with some of its strongest military equipment. “These tanks are...
