by Jakob Lazzaro, Eric Miller & Caroline Vakil | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics
CORAOPOLIS, Pa. — President Donald Trump touted his tax plan as boosting Americans’ paychecks and praised Republican congressional candidate Rick Saccone Thursday during a speech at a manufacturing company outside of Pittsburgh. Calling Saccone a...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Jan 18, 2018 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON— Last year was the one of the warmest on record, according to a joint report released Thursday by scientists from NASA and NOAA. “2017 was the second warmest year in the NASA GISTEMP record, only less than 2016,” said NASA Goddard Institute...
by Stavros Agorakis | Jan 18, 2018 | Education
WASHINGTON — Getting financial aid at American colleges is too complicated and should be simplified immediately to make it easier for low-income students to apply for the funds while also consolidating the confusing number of programs, the chairman of Senate Health,...
by Renzo Downey & Priyanka Godbole | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Paul Ryan said Senate Democrats are using “dreamers” to threaten a government shutdown at the expense of a proper military budget, while House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Republicans are to blame for the impending shutdown, which she...
by Rachel Frazin | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the historic Women’s March on Washington following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, as many as 8,000 people are expected to participate in Saturday’s women’s march to support female candidates in the 2018...
by Kristina Karisch | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — House Democrats from the Congressional Black Caucus and the Judiciary Committee on Thursday introduced a resolution to censure President Donald Trump for his recent comments about Haiti, El Salvador and African nations. “We will not stand quietly by and...
by Syd Stone | Jan 18, 2018 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Cleaning up the hazardous waste at Superfund sites is taking too long and the fact that some sites from the original 1980 list have not been fixed is “embarrassing,” a member of the House Subcommittee on Environment said Thursday during a hearing. The...
by Catherine Kim | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON –– Though South and North Korean athletes’ joint march during the Pyeongchang Olympics’ opening ceremony could symbolize a warming relationship, North Korea also may be taking advantage of the situation to expand its nuclear weapons program under the radar,...
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...
