by Shravya Pant | Oct 18, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Senators finally held a confirmation hearing on Wednesday for President Biden’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, for a position that has been vacant for nearly two years. Bertagnolli was nominated in May after...
by Khadija Ahmed | Oct 18, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Partisan discord over the federal government’s regulatory powers was on full display Wednesday during a Senate committee hearing on the implications of a Supreme Court ruling in May that drastically scaled back wetland protections and forced the Biden...
by Julian Andreone | Oct 18, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Reform proposals targeting deceptive marketing practices that private insurance companies use against seniors and Americans with disabilities to turn profits appeared to receive broad bipartisan support from members of the Senate Committee on Finance in a...
by Jessica Ma | Oct 18, 2023 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Immigration attorneys and judges implored lawmakers on Wednesday to find solutions to the nation’s backlogged immigration court system, where 2.6 million cases remain pending — a significant uptick from 1.6 million cases in December 2021. They called for...
by Angela Zhang | Oct 18, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Protesters in support of Israel and the Palestinian cause took to the streets in Washington, D.C., last weekend as casualties in the Israel-Hamas war continue to rise. Just days apart, hundreds of participants — some as young as nine — rallied blocks away...
by Jessica Ma and Kristen Axtman | Oct 17, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — As Congress continues to weigh how to regulate how college athletes are being paid, University of Florida gymnast Trinity Thomas was among those urging lawmakers to create national standards regarding how college-athletes profit from their personal...
by Pavan Acharya | Oct 17, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday failed to elect their designated choice for speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), marking the start of what is expected to be another prolonged and divisive speaker election process. Among House Republicans present during the...
by Luis Castaneda | Oct 17, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is now available after receiving approval from the CDC and FDA last week. This year, the COVID-19 shots will be commercialized, selling on the market between $120-$130. 92.3% of Americans, according to the CDC, are currently...
by Gaby Striano | Oct 13, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — While the United Nations Security Council has approved the deployment of a multinational security force to Haiti to crack down on rampant gang violence throughout the country, the mission — to be led by 1,000 Kenyan officers — faces roadblocks before...
by Jessica Ma | Oct 13, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The White House announced plans to fund $7 billion in seven hydrogen hubs across 16 states on Friday — one of its largest investments in clean manufacturing. The hydrogen hubs are estimated to bring public and private investments of almost $50 billion. ...
by Kunjal Bastola | Oct 12, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Republicans on Thursday zeroed in on the District of Columbia’s rising crime rates to portray Democrats as being soft on crime, while Democrats asserted that the hearing was called to “distract and mislead the American people.” Members of Congress...
by Rachel Schlueter | Oct 12, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The U.S. government will begin arranging charter flights on Friday for U.S. citizens and their immediate family members to leave Israel as the war between Hamas and Israel continues into its sixth day. The death toll of Americans who have died as a...
