by Summer Hu | Oct 1, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Senators called for greater accountability from tech companies at a subcommittee hearing Wednesday, amid a nationwide reconciliation with cybersecurity and recent AI attacks. Senators questioned a panel of AI industry executives and experts, including a...
by Sophia Bateman | Sep 30, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Senate failed to advance a bill aimed at stopping households and small businesses from footing the bill for data centers’ growing electricity needs Wednesday, falling three votes short of the 60 needed to move the measure past the filibuster. The...
by Grace Wu | Sep 30, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires fought for the agency’s immediate fiscal future before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property on Tuesday, citing a three-year low in backlog but glossing over details of patent...
by Clara Martinez | Mar 20, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — His top hat, fake mustache and the thick wad of cash he used to wipe his brow made it clear who was sitting behind Netflix’s Co-CEO Ted Sarandos at a Senate hearing in February. An attendee dressed as Mr. Monopoly stood out in the packed room as the...
by Jasmine Kim | Mar 19, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — From a coffee cart inside the Cannon House Office Building to a pop-up inside a vintage clothing store, Washington entrepreneurs are rethinking how to start a business by turning to temporary setups instead of traditional storefronts. With commercial...
by Clara Martinez | Mar 12, 2026 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties raised concern over both Iran war spending and how future generations will be impacted by the national debt in a Finance subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., called out past Democratic and Republican...
by André Hiroki | Mar 12, 2026 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — Senators examined the rapidly growing pet economy Wednesday as veterinarians and business owners warned that rising costs and workforce shortages are squeezing small businesses across the industry. Each year, Americans spend more on their pets, reaching...
by André Hiroki | Mar 12, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Basma Ahmad leaves her apartment in Arlington, Va., just after 7 a.m., walking a few blocks to a Metro station before catching the train into Washington. By the time she reaches her office downtown, the commute has taken close to an hour. Ahmad, 25, moved...
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...
