by Priyanka Godbole | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured, Politics
Millions of middle-class Americans and businesses will enjoy substantial economic benefits in the coming years as a result of President Donald Trump’s tax and budget policies, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said at a hearing Thursday. Mnuchin testified before the...
by Jakob Lazzaro | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Paul Ryan offered condolences for the victims and families of yesterday’s Parkland school shooting, in which 17 people were killed and at least 14 injured, during a Thursday press conference at the Capitol. “Our first thoughts are with the...
by Paola de Varona | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured, Politics
Seven weeks into 2018 the nation is having an all too familiar conversation: How do we prevent school shootings? With seventeen confirmed dead in the latest shooting in Parkland, Florida on Wednesday, this marks the eighth school shooting in the U.S. in 2018 that has...
by Syd Stone | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — House Republicans said at a hearing on Thursday that the environmental damage caused by an unsecured border endangers public lands and natural resources. A National Park Service report last year warned that illegal immigration and drug running have...
by Anna Laffrey | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Better efforts to combat mental illness and enforcement of existing gun laws may have prevented yesterday’s mass shooting at a school in Parkland, FL, said Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “Focusing on dangerous people, mentally ill people, can...
by Caroline Vakil | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Employers need to provide more treatment and recovery services to those affected by the opioid epidemic, said Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) during a congressional hearing Thursday. 70 percent of U.S. companies offer programs to help employees facing substance...
by Rachel Frazin | Feb 15, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – The U.S. faces a shortage of workers with technical skills, a gap that could be filled with more access to training, experts said at a congressional hearing. The House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing focused on the importance of community...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Feb 14, 2018 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON-The controversial acting deputy director of the National Parks Service testified before a Senate committee Wednesday in opposition to legislation establishing various National Heritage Areas. That stance follows a reversal of previous NPS policy that...
by Stavros Agorakis | Feb 14, 2018 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — With only 19 days until protection for “dreamers” expires, Congress is more divided than ever in reaching a bipartisan fix that satisfies the demands of Republicans, Democrats and President Donald Trump on immigration. After a Senate vote on altering the...
by Syd Stone | Feb 14, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence spoke out about the Rob Porter scandal on Wednesday, declaring that White House officials “could have handled this better.” “This administration has no tolerance for domestic violence,” Pence said in a...
by Priyanka Godbole | Feb 14, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Ending a program that provides temporary legal immigration status for Salvadorans could have massive economic impacts on the U.S., immigration experts and advocates said Wednesday. “We have had a fruitful and very close relationship with the...
by Paola de Varona | Feb 14, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Four months since the viral spread of the #MeToo movement, President Donald Trump, early Saturday morning, seemingly weighed in on the growing cultural movement amid previous silence on the issue: Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere...
