by Zamone "Z" Perez and Benjamin Rosenberg | Jan 15, 2020 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The full Senate looks on track to approve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement this week, after the last four Senate committees considering the trade deal advanced it Wednesday. Republicans in the Senate are aiming to push USMCA through before the start of...
by Evan Ochsner and James Pollard | Jan 15, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday named House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler and five other House members as the impeachment managers who will present the case against the president in...
by Joey Maya Safchik | Jan 14, 2020 | National Security
WASHINGTON — At a hearing Tuesday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee probed the recent tensions in Iran. Witnesses questioned whether the targeted strike was in response to an “imminent” threat, as President Trump has asserted. Notably absent was...
by Gregory Svirnovskiy | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Technology
WASHINGTON –Record turnouts in the 2018 midterm elections coupled with high levels of “enthusiasm” among voters indicate a dramatic increase in voter participation in 2020. Election officials want to make sure they are prepared to make the electoral process run...
by Martha Castro | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in the 2013 New Jersey “Bridgegate” scandal on whether using government workers and property to punish a political enemy should be a federal crime. Aides to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie obstructed...
by Sneha Dey and Angelina Campanile | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON –Top Department of Homeland Security officials told a congressional hearing Tuesday that the agency has made significant progress in ensuring that children sent to border detention centers get health care and has administered thousands of vaccinations to...
by Evan Ochsner | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Democrat-controlled House will vote Wednesday to send its two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, Democratic leaders said Tuesday, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell swiftly responded that the Senat trial will...
by Suzy Vazquez | Jan 14, 2020 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON –Despite concern from Republicans that a bill would force religious organizations to make employment decisions that conflict with their faith, the House Education and Labor Committee on Tuesday approved the measure prohibiting discrimination against...
by Joshua Irvine | Jan 14, 2020 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON -Environmental concerns did not deter the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee from recommending that the Senate pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The committee voted 16-4 in support of the USMCA, with mostly Republican senators...
by Rupa Palla and Cassidy Wang | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON –Across the country, gentrification has exacerbated homelessness and the lack of affordable housing, experts and tenant advocates told the House Committee on Financial Services Tuesday. Karen Chapple, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley,...
by Janea Wilson | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON –The federal government can learn from some states’ successes in the 20-year battle against opioid addiction, the chairwoman of a House investigations subcommittee said Tuesday. During that time, more than 400,000 people have died from opioid...
by Martha Castro | Jan 10, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives passed legislation to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to go to war against Iran without congressional approval Thursday, but it still needs approval by the Republican-controlled Senate. The measure, approved 224-194...
