by Dasha Dubinina | Mar 5, 2026 | Business, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Chief Executive Officer of the Internal Revenue Service Frank Bisignano on Wednesday celebrated bigger refunds for American taxpayers, while lawmakers criticized Bisignano’s for exposing tens of thousands of U.S. taxpayers’ private information. “This is...
by André Hiroki | Feb 27, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — As Section 230 marks its 30th anniversary, legal and technology experts warned Thursday that excluding generative artificial intelligence from the law’s protections could dramatically reshape online speech. Enacted as part of the Communications Decency...
by Anisha Iqbal | Feb 25, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON –– The Trump administration announced Tuesday they plan to formalize a new economic security coalition designed to counter China’s dominance in rare minerals and artificial intelligence infrastructure. “The nation that controls the industrial foundation of...
by Dasha Dubinina | Feb 19, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund was prepared to bring Ukraine’s $8.2 billion loan package to its executive board within days, after the war-ravaged country met requirements and secured other financing assurances from partner nations, the IMF’s top...
by Clara Martinez | Feb 12, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Growing energy consumption from AI data centers dominated the agenda at the National Association of State Energy Officials’ 2026 Energy Policy Outlook Conference last week. Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Judy Chang said...
by Dasha Dubinina | Feb 11, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — As Americans struggle with the affordability crisis, a panel of top Democratic‑aligned economists at the Center for American Progress on Tuesday debated whether price controls should be the centerpiece of an affordability agenda. The think tank gathered...
by Melody Xu | Feb 4, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers questioned Tesla and Waymo executives about the safety and privacy of their self-driving cars at a Senate Commerce, Science, & Technology Committee hearing Wednesday. Rules on self-driving cars currently differ state-to-state, and lawmakers...
by André Hiroki and Clara Martinez | Feb 4, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — A Senate antitrust hearing on Netflix’s proposed $83 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery began Tuesday with debate on market power, labor competition and consolidation in the entertainment industry — before exploding into a partisan fight over...
by Clara Martinez | Jan 29, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Federal Open Market Committee announced that the federal funds rate will remain at 3.5-3.75% on Wednesday. In his first press conference since the Department of Justice opened a criminal investigation into renovation spending, Federal Reserve Chairman...
by Clara Martinez | Jan 22, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee Chairman Eric Burlison, R-Miss., blamed rising home prices on a supply issue, which he claimed is caused entirely by government policy during a hearing on Thursday. “That is not a failure of the free...
by André Hiroki | Jan 21, 2026 | Business
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers pressed Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner on oversight of federal housing programs and the Federal Housing Administration during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, as housing affordability remains a...
by Clara Martinez | Jan 15, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – In a House Financial Services committee hearing Wednesday, representatives repeatedly criticized the Trump administration’s criminal charges against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Although the Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market...
