by Mila Jasper | Feb 1, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON—Expanding the U.S. fleet from 275 to 355 ships is front and center in plans to restore naval muscle, despite the price tag of $102 billion a year for 30 years, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said Thursday. Speaking at the...
by Caroline Vakil | Feb 1, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — High schools should provide more educational and career-related opportunities to students to help them transition better into college or the workforce, former Education Secretary John B. King Jr. said Thursday. “We give the kids who need the most...
by Jakob Lazzaro | Feb 1, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — After “going through some turbulence as a result of a Tweet here and a Tweet there” by President Donald Trump, the relationship between the United States and Qatar is looking better after a one-day meeting between diplomats for the two countries earlier...
by Maggie Harden | Jan 31, 2018 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — The substantial declines in teen pregnancy over the last 20 years have saved the country billions of dollars, a sign that President Donald Trump’s recent cuts to teen pregnancy prevention programs could end up costing the government in increased...
by Eric Miller | Jan 31, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The same failures of leadership that bogged down the U.S. in Vietnam are happening today in Iraq and Afghanistan, a panel of military experts warned Wednesday. According to Bing West, former Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan,...
by Renzo Downey | Jan 31, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON— Recent military moves by Turkey and the United States in Syria have strained the long-standing relationship between the allies, regional experts at a Turkish Heritage Organization panel said Wednesday. Earlier this month, Turkey began an offensive to push...
by Kristina Karisch | Jan 31, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — “Dreamers” – the young adults who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children and now face deportation – have valuable skills and should be eligible to enlist in military service, three retired military officials said in a press conference call...
by Anna Laffrey & Erica Snow | Jan 31, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — One day after President Donald Trump made overtures for bipartisanship, lawmakers expressed strong disapproval for his first State of the Union address, with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi ridiculing Trump’s “lame, puny” infrastructure plan. Trump...
by Syd Stone | Jan 31, 2018 | Featured, Politics, SOTU2018
WASHINGTON — Facing political turmoil and historically low approval ratings, President Donald Trump stressed unity and bipartisanship in his first State of the Union address, appealing to Americans’ sense of civic duty and proposing new infrastructure projects across...
by Erica Snow | Jan 31, 2018 | Featured, Politics, SOTU2018
WASHINGTON — Although President Donald Trump called for unity and bipartisanship in his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, Democratic lawmakers generally saved their applause and lambasted what they saw as a hypocritical message. During the speech...
by Libby Berry & Paola de Varona | Jan 30, 2018 | Featured, Politics, SOTU2018
WASHINGTON – Members of Congress, mainly Democrats and women, as well as audience members showed support for the the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements at Tuesday’s State of the Union address by wearing black and pins with the slogans, but President Donald Trump did not...
