by Kristina Karisch | Jan 18, 2018 | Energy, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — Better access to government resources and federal contracts is crucial for small businesses, members of the House Small Business subcommittee said at a hearing on Thursday. Members met to discuss resources available to small businesses through the...
by Libby Berry | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Anti-abortion advocate Stephanie Gray on Thursday kicked off the annual anti-abortion demonstrations by March for Life ahead of the Jan. 22 anniversary of Roe v. Wade by telling the conference that a pregnant woman’s circumstances – poverty, rape, youth –...
by Mila Jasper | Jan 18, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON–House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that he wants the House to approve Defense Department funding for the rest of the fiscal year ahead of Friday’s deadline for Congress to approve short-term funding to keep the government running for another...
by Renzo Downey | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders Wednesday presented former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest distinction awarded by Congress. President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader...
by Syd Stone | Jan 17, 2018 | Environment
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is part of two recent landmark agreements to protect the Arctic and Antarctic oceans because of damage from climate change and melting ice, diplomats said Wednesday. The U.S., the European Union and eight countries bordering the Arctic concluded...
by Kristina Karisch | Jan 17, 2018 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — European countries are major players in North American imports and exports so their impact should be considered in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, experts on international trade said Wednesday. The experts, hosted by the...
by Mila Jasper | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Two House Foreign Affairs subcommittees Wednesday tried to look beyond North Korea’s nuclear risks and investigate the state of chemical, biological and conventional weapons programs in the “rogue” nation. “We need to take stock of what we do and...
by Anna Laffrey | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Americans living in rural areas may be forced to leave because of inadequate access to health care, North Dakota Sen. Heidkamp said Wednesday at the rollout of a new study that recommended telemedicine and doctor training programs to increase access to...
by Caroline Vakil | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON – A group of university presidents united with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus called on Congress Wednesday to pass a bill to protect “dreamers” from imminent deportation with the expiration of temporary visas provided by the Obama...
by Rachel Frazin | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Technology
WASHINGTON — Facebook, Twitter and YouTube officials disagreed Wednesday with a foreign policy expert who told a Senate Committee that the social platforms take too long to identify extremist and terrorist content. Testifying before the Senate Commerce, Science and...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON— Republican Sen. Jeff Flake on Wednesday compared President Donald Trump to Joseph Stalin over his use of the phrase “enemy of the people” to describe journalists who write negative stories about his administration. Flake also condemned the...
by Jakob Lazzaro | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion could be contributing to the opioid epidemic because its low co-payments mean Medicaid recipients can re-sell the drugs for a profit, a report released Wednesday from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security...
