by Ester Wells | Mar 6, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON — A health expert and the family members of elderly abuse victims told a Senate committee Wednesday that many nursing homes are unsafe and treat their patients abusively, including rape. Seminole, Florida resident Maya Fischer told the Senate Finance...
by Henry Erlandson | Feb 28, 2019 | Featured, Immigration, Living
WASHINGTON – In the months after the Trump administration formally ended its family separation policy at the U.S.-Mexico border, more than 200 new immigrant children were separated from their families and the number previously separated was much larger than reported....
by Heena Srivastava | Feb 12, 2019 | Featured, Living, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – The pop-up kitchen Chefs for Feds closed its doors Feb. 1 after feeding furloughed workers throughout the 35-day partial government shutdown. The kitchen, café, and resource center remained open until furloughed workers received their first paychecks....
by Gabrielle Bienasz | Feb 7, 2019 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON—Voter rights and campaign finance were at the center of the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Wednesday. Democrats promoted the For the People Act, also known as H.R. 1, which would create extensive reforms to the election system, including...
by Leslie Bonilla | Feb 7, 2019 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — The federal government needs to invest in and repair aging American bridges instead of “limping along” with short-term partial fixes, roads and transit systems, said city and state leaders Tuesday at a House Transportation and Infrastructure...
by Henry Erlandson | Feb 6, 2019 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – Many American seniors have little or no retirement savings according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. That was the focus of a bipartisan hearing where Senators urged action in Congress to relieve the financial stress for...
by Brooke Fowler | Jan 31, 2019 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – Advocates for women’s rights in the Gulf countries have adopted a style of feminism that blends western equality with secular values, several experts said Thursday. Academics, economic experts and human right advocates gathered at an event hosted by...
by Nirmal Mulaikal | Jan 24, 2019 | Featured, Living
SUITLAND, Md. — Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant is giving low-income students a “license to dream” as they started their first day Thursday at a new after-school facility a few blocks from the apartment where Durant grew up. The Maryland native pledged...
by Gabrielle Bienasz | Jan 23, 2019 | Living
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday told a meeting of U.S. mayors that President Donald Trump is holding 800,000 federal workers “hostage” to fulfill a campaign promise to build a border wall and urged Republican mayors to stop their party from rubber...
by Leslie Bonilla | Jan 22, 2019 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – Forty-three of the 50 states have failed to meet optimal traffic safety laws, according to a report released Tuesday by a highway safety group. The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, an alliance between insurance companies and consumer, medical and...
by Henry Erlandson | Jan 16, 2019 | Living
WASHINGTON — Thomas and Elfriede Flavin lost over $80,000 to someone claiming on Facebook to represent their grandson, leaving them with barely enough money from Social Security and pensions to cover daily living expenses, their daughter told the Senate Special...
by Leslie Bonilla | Jan 16, 2019 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — The 26-day partial government shutdown is hurting financial markets as well as low-income renters, the head of the House Financial Services Committee said Wednesday. The Financial Services Committee oversees the securities, insurance, banking and housing...
