by Heena Srivastava | Jan 24, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday voted against President Donald Trump’s proposal to end the shutdown and build the border wall as well as a Democratic measure for short-term funding to reopen government while seeking a compromise on border security. The...
by Henry Erlandson | Jan 24, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Some House Democrats on Thursday criticized the Interior Department for bringing furloughed workers back to their jobs without pay to continue processing oil and gas leasing and permits. California Rep. Alan Lowenthal asserted that the Bureau of Ocean...
by Cameron Peters | Jan 24, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an unannounced appearance at an Organization of American States Permanent Council special meeting Thursday to urge the group to unequivocally recognize Juan Guaido as the legitimate president of Venezuela. Venezuelan...
by Ester Wells | Jan 24, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for unity among Democrats and health care activists Thursday to achieve a “Medicare for all” system and to “stave off the assaults” on health care by Republicans. “Our diversity is our strength, but our unity is our...
by Samantha Handler | Jan 24, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – On day 34 of the partial government shutdown, former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Thursday it may take months or even years to recover from the damage done to homeland security by the shutdown. “We are in the midst of a security crisis,and...
by Ester Wells | Jan 23, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Two marches brought tens of thousands of women to Washington this weekend in support of diametrically opposed causes. The one thing in common? Both were controversial. At the 46th annual March for Life on Friday, a video of students in “Make America Great...
by Justin Askenazy | Jan 23, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – A Florida congressman Wednesday said he is renewing his fight to protect undocumented spouses of active-duty military and veterans from deportation. Democrat Darren Soto’s bill to mandate that marriage to a member or veteran of the armed forces be a...
by Brooke Fowler | Jan 23, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday to pass an appropriations bill that would fund closed federal agencies but provide no money for the $5.7 billion border wall that President Donald Trump demanded in return for signing legislation to end the partial...
by Nirmal Mulaikal | Jan 23, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Students and faculty of the nation’s military educational institutions generally have been unaffected by the partial government shutdown because the Defense Department is funded, but the at least two major military schools are taking big hits. At the...
by Heena Srivastava | Jan 23, 2019 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer announced Wednesday that the Senate will vote Thursday on the president’s weekend proposal for border wall funding and a three-year reprieve from deportation for thousands of undocumented immigrants who were brought...
by Charlotte Walsh | Jan 23, 2019 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON–Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and his wife, Bloomberg journalist Yeganeh Rezaian, were preparing to attend a surprise birthday party for Yeganeh’s mother when Iranian agents came to the building where the couple lived in Tehran. The agents,...
by Leslie Bonilla | Jan 22, 2019 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – Forty-three of the 50 states have failed to meet optimal traffic safety laws, according to a report released Tuesday by a highway safety group. The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, an alliance between insurance companies and consumer, medical and...
