by Kristina Karisch | Mar 24, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — It appears likely that Congress can prevent a “perfect storm” of problems that could jeopardize the accuracy of the 2020 census by giving the Census Bureau a crucial $1.3 billion funding hike. An inaccurate census means more than a mistaken count of...
by Paola de Varona | Mar 22, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The House passed a $1.3 trillion spending bill Thursday that funds the federal government through Sept. 30. Now the Senate faces a Friday deadline to pass the bill to avoid a government shutdown, which would be the third such shutdown this year. The...
by Libby Berry & Maggie Harden | Mar 22, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday to pass a $1.3 trillion omnibus bill that would fund the government until September. The bill includes several controversial provisions, including increased funding for border security and no long-term fix for DACA...
by Rachel Frazin | Mar 22, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Between 50 and 70 percent of the young prisoners in state juvenile justice systems have a mental disability, but an analysis of those systems found that only one state — Indiana — requires all teachers in such facilities to have special education...
by Anna Laffrey | Mar 22, 2018 | Featured, Technology
WASHINGTON— A sleek minibus cruises the streets of National Harbor, Maryland, stopping for walkways and making clean turns. The black-and-white vehicle rolls up to street curbs where riders who have summoned it with an app stand waiting, all the while avoiding...
by Maggie Harden | Mar 22, 2018 | Featured, Politics
POLITICAL COMMENTATORS are calling 2018 the “year of the woman” based on the record-breaking number of women running for Congress this year. According to estimates from the Center for American Women and Politics, 575 women have declared their intention to...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Mar 21, 2018 | Environment, Featured
Environment Reporter Ben Trachtenberg visits the United States Botanic Garden to learn about ways it is helping to teach sustainable gardening and landscaping across the...
by Caroline Vakil | Mar 21, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON — House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer said Wednesday he hopes Congress will pass a resolution to protect “dreamers” who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children ahead of the massive annual spending bill that must be passed by Friday to avoid a...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Mar 21, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON—Supreme Court justices had tough questions for both parties Wednesday during oral arguments in a case that could determine judicial jurisdiction over Indian tribes. The case concerns a parcel of land in Washington state purchased by the Upper Skagit Indian...
by Catherine Kim | Mar 21, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON –– Democrat Conor Lamb’s win in the special election for a long-time GOP congressional seat in Pennsylvania does not indicate a more conservative turn for Democrats, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley said at a press conference Wednesday. ...
by Rachel Frazin | Mar 20, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Hours after a student shot two classmates in Maryland on Tuesday, a teacher who survived the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting in Florida told House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers that students in her school still are often absent...
by Renzo Downey | Mar 20, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The lines between terrorists and organized crime groups have become increasingly blurred, but both are national security threats, members of the House Financial Services Committee said Tuesday. In a memorandum, the committee said that terrorist...
