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...
by Zamone "Z" Perez | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Department of Agriculture plan to cut off food stamp eligibility for some adults with no dependents could severely hurt veterans, the chairman of a House subcommittee said Thursday, but a USDA official said the program could lead to veterans being...
by Sneha Dey and Olivia Olander | Jan 9, 2020 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The 2020 census could undercount hard-to-reach populations because it will be the first to be completed largely online and the Trump administration’s failed attempt to add a citizenship question may scare away immigrants, especially those who are...
by Benjamin Rosenberg | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — It seems a foregone conclusion that President Donald Trump will be acquitted of impeachment charges by the Republican majority in the Senate. But that didn’t stop a group of frustrated current and former Republicans who want Trump to be removed from...
by Virginia Langmaid | Jan 9, 2020 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON—The new decade will bring increased youth and social media action protesting climate change, the rise of economic arguments for environmental preservation, and corporate and technological interest in sustainability, the World Resources Institute predicted...
by Angelina Campanile and Joey Safchik | Jan 9, 2020 | National Security
WASHINGTON – A continuing U.S. military presence in Iraq is vital to U.S. interests, and President Donald Trump’s insistence that America doesn’t need Middle East oil is misguided, the head of the National Council on U.S. Arab Relations said Thursday. “The thought of...
by James Pollard | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured, National Security
James Pollard WASHINGTON — New York City had to undertake an “immense response” to ensure its security after the killing of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani by U.S. armed forces, Deputy Police Commissioner John J. Miller told a House committee Thursday. The New York...
by Megan Lebowitz and Evan Ochsner | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON –House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said she would proceed “smartly and strategically” in determining when to send the House articles of impeachment to the Senate for a trial while also laying out the case for a House resolution that would reign in...
by Janea Wilson | Jan 9, 2020 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON A House energy subcommittee Thursday approved a measure that would renew program to help Native American tribes with energy education, planning and management. The Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy sent the measure, for action...
by Greg Svirnovsky and Cassidy Wang | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The CEOs from the three biggest voting systems companies appeared before the House Administration Committee on Thursday as Chairwoman Rep. Zoe Lofgren said current voting technologies are vulnerable to foreign hackers whose attacks pose serious threats to...
