by Janea Wilson | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — U.S. territories like the Virgin Islands are in need of more federal funding to improve infrastructure so they can withstand hurricanes or improve trade, the head of the Virgin Islands Public Works Department told a House hearing on Thursday. Delegate...
by Gregory Svirnovskiy | Feb 6, 2020 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Several Democrat and Republican members of the House agreed Thursday that current federal child care policies have set families back, hurting children and disproportionately affecting poorer families. At the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood,...
by Sneha Dey and Suzy Vazquez | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to acquit President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment, bringing the five-month long trial proceedings to a close. In the lead up to the verdict, Senators faced partisan pressures from fellow Congressmen and their...
by Angelina Campanile | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Juliana Keeping is overcome with mixed emotions every time she celebrates her son’s birthday. Eli, 7, has cystic fibrosis. Another year older means another $300,000 in medical bills. “I’m deeply frustrated with the current system,” said Keeping, who...
by Cassidy Wang | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, Living, Topics
WASHINGTON — Democrats on Wednesday criticized a Trump administration plan to change the measure for determining whether someone is poor, making it harder to qualify for public assistance progrms. The House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing was held to...
by Martha Castro | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON— Experts on disease control said on Wednesday that quarantines and travel bans on China are not enough to control the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak and said the U.S. should provide more assistance to China and collaborate with other nations. “We don’t have a...
by Evan Ochsner | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The USS Fitzgerald returns to sea this week after its 2017 collision with a tanker off the coast of Japan in which seven service members were killed. On Wednesday, Navy Vice Admiral Richard A. Brown and Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Steven R. Rudder told a joint...
by Zamone "Z" Perez | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called for the House to pass a bill designated to strengthen workers’ rights to unionize and collectively bargain. Pelosi was joined at the news conference before Thursday’s scheduled House vote by union members and...
by Angelina Campanile | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, SOTU2020, State of the Union
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Congress should approve his plan to replace Obamacare with a new health care program that would provide “affordable alternative” insurance options and criticized Democrats for trying to impose “a socialist takeover...
by Suzy Vazquez | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, SOTU2020
Washington – Through fashion choices, Twitter storms or sheer absence, Democratic members of Congress found ways to express disdain for President Donald Trump at this year’s State of the Union. At least 10 Democrats decided to boycott Trump’s address. Reps. Earl...
by Rupa Palla | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, SOTU2020
WASHINGTON – While Democrats and Republicans Tuesday showed few signs of bipartisanship during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, there were a few moments where the two sides appeared to agree — on criminal justice reform and increasing...
by Zamone "Z" Perez | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, SOTU2020
WASHINGTON — Speaking at her daughter’s high school in East Lansing, Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivered the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, saying Trump’s claims of a strong economy don’t jibe with wage...
