by Ishmael Bonsu | Mar 1, 2023 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – In a second, lesser-known case, the Supreme Court this week heard oral arguments from individual borrowers about whether they have the legal standing to challenge the Department of Education’s student-debt relief plan. The court also considered...
by Saul Pink | Mar 1, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Members of the Senate Budget Committee heard from climate experts and stakeholders at a hearing Wednesday about the economic costs of climate change on coastal communities, continuing the debate over how – and whether – to distribute funds to...
by Shannon Tyler | Mar 1, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House garnered bipartisan support for a measure aimed at putting checks on presidential power by passing the REINS Act in a 272-148 vote on Wednesday. The measure, which stands for Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny,...
by Logan Schiciano | Mar 1, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The House Select Committee on China convened for the first time on Tuesday night and its members vowed to work together to improve the United States’ standing in economic competition with China. “We must practice bipartisanship and avoid anti-Chinese...
by Anson Zhang | Mar 1, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON–House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) called out the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Tuesday for granting licenses that allow critical American technology to be sold to U.S. adversaries.. This comes after the recent...
by Caroline Neal | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON –– Holding signs highlighting Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and urging the United States’ to provide more aid, hundreds of demonstrators on Saturday met at the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the one year anniversary of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Hosted by...
by Jacob Wendler | Feb 28, 2023 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON –– Hundreds of activists gathered outside the Supreme Court Tuesday morning to urge the justices to allow President Joe Biden’s student debt relief program to take effect. Inside the high court, the justices heard oral arguments in Biden v. Nebraska, a case...
by Lucia Barnum | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Members of the new GOP-led House Committee on Homeland Security debated the issue of fentanyl at the border at the first hearing of the new Congress, saying Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the rest of President Joe Biden’s...
by Nicole Markus | Feb 28, 2023 | Education, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday for Biden v. Nebraska, a case which challenges President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 for those with federally held student debts. The case looked at two major issues: standing and merit. The...
by Shannon Tyler | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — In early January the Biden administration proposed new rules for asylum seekers, requiring them to use an app to make an appointment for entry at the border. Modernizing the asylum process has been a priority for the president, but the forced use of the...
by Brennan Leach | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Senators discussed the legality and impact of the Equal Rights Amendment, which would guarantee gender equity under the law, in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this Tuesday. The Equal Rights Amendment, also called ERA, was first introduced in 1923...
by Emiliana Betancourt | Feb 27, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Last week the U.S. Supreme Court considered two cases that could drastically change how social media platforms function. On Tuesday, the court heard Gonzalez v. Google LLC, which could rewrite Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, taking away...
