by Maggie Harden | Feb 7, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Despite recent reports of sexual misconduct by senior military leaders, no more than 1 percent of generals have been accused of improper sexual relationships or sexual misconduct, Department of Defense and military experts said Wednesday at a...
by Jakob Lazzaro | Feb 6, 2018 | Cybersecurity, Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Uber’s handling of a data breach that exposed 57 million customers to data theft was “morally wrong and legally reprehensible” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) said at a hearing Tuesday. The firm failed to notify the government or the public...
by Stavros Agorakis | Feb 6, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Tensions flared over college affordability at a Senate hearing Tuesday, with some lawmakers calling for more regulation on the issue. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee’s priority should be to help the 40 million students with...
by Mila Jasper | Feb 6, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON– Without a spending resolution that would fund the defense budget for a year—which the House will vote on later this afternoon ahead of Thursday’s shutdown deadline—the Defense Department’s plans to bolster the military will have to be changed. That...
by Libby Berry & Paola de Varona | Feb 6, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Following recent allegations of sexual misconduct levied against lawmakers and the ongoing #MeToo movement House lawmakers unanimously voted Tuesday to change the way claims of sexual harassment and misconduct are handled on the Hill. “There is no place...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Feb 6, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON—The Bikini Atoll, site of dozens of U.S. nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958, was the subject of a Capitol Hill debate over U.S. federal oversight versus native self-governance Tuesday. The 167 inhabitants of Bikini voluntarily left the island in...
by Priyanka Godbole & Caroline Vakil | Feb 6, 2018 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Virtual currencies and the online platforms where they are traded must be regulated by the government, top financial regulators told lawmakers Tuesday. Jay Clayton, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission testified in front...
by Eric Miller | Feb 6, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON –President Trump vowed on Twitter last month that “no more” would Pakistan provide safe haven to terrorists. Shortly thereafter, the administration announced it would suspend nearly a billion dollars in security aid to Pakistan. This followed years of...
by Catherine Kim | Feb 6, 2018 | Cybersecurity, Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON –– The government’s slow and inefficient response to Russian interference in the 2016 election shows the need for an increase in cybersecurity funding, said New York Rep. Eliot Engel. Engel is the ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee which held a...
by Libby Berry | Feb 1, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Thursday thanked congressional Republicans for their role in passing the tax reform bill and called for continued unity between his office and Congress. “I give everybody in this room credit,” Trump said at the congressional...
by Priyanka Godbole | Feb 1, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – There still is no effective drug treatment for the most common form of arthritis – osteoarthritis – and all types of the disease combined cost about $304 billion a year in medical care and lost wages so more federal research funding is needed, arthritis...
by Catherine Kim | Feb 1, 2018 | Featured, Politics
The “Nunes Memo” is the document prepared by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., that allegedly details FBI’s abuse of power during its investigation on the President Donald Trump campaign’s Russian ties. The House Intelligence Committee approved the...
