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Officials call coastal wetland development regulations “outdated”

Officials call coastal wetland development regulations “outdated”

by Ben Trachtenberg | Feb 27, 2018 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — America’s coastal communities are threatened by storms and hurricanes more than ever, but the law regulating development on coastal wetlands — and determining which areas cannot get federal flood insurance — is outdated, experts told a House subcommittee...
More anti-harassment policies needed in STEM fields, experts say

More anti-harassment policies needed in STEM fields, experts say

by Priyanka Godbole | Feb 27, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON – More help is needed to protect female scientists from unwanted sexual advances and intimidation, experts from various scientific institutions told a congressional committee Tuesday, and urged the lawmakers to pass legislation to combat sexual harassment...
Secretary of Defense ordered by 9/11 trial judge to explain recent firing of top Guantanamo official

Secretary of Defense ordered by 9/11 trial judge to explain recent firing of top Guantanamo official

by Catherine Kim | Feb 26, 2018 | National Security

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA –– The judge for the pre-trial hearings for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed on Monday ordered Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to explain why the Pentagon fired the two top military commissions officials – the person responsible for...
The problem with today’s driverless car technology is the drivers

The problem with today’s driverless car technology is the drivers

by Anna Laffrey | Feb 23, 2018 | Featured, Living, Technology

A Tesla Model S that was cruising at highway speeds rammed into the back of a parked fire truck on a freeway in Culver City, CA in late January. The man behind the wheel claimed his car was running on Tesla’s enhanced autopilot system. But shouldn’t he still have...
Pence calls Trump’s first year “consequential” for conservatism

Pence calls Trump’s first year “consequential” for conservatism

by Erica Snow | Feb 22, 2018 | Featured, Politics

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.  — Vice President Mike Pence boasted Thursday that the first year of the Trump administration was “the most consequential year” for conservatism at the annual CPAC conference, the largest gathering of conservatives in the country.  Speaking in a...
In wake of Parkland shooting, young conservatives react to Trump’s new gun control proposals

In wake of Parkland shooting, young conservatives react to Trump’s new gun control proposals

by Catherine Kim | Feb 22, 2018 | Featured, Politics

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Several young conservatives at the Thursday opening of CPAC, the largest American conservative convention, supported President’ Donald Trump’s proposal that to arm teachers, but were less enthusiastic about other proposals to increase gun...
Freedom of speech issue energizes conservative conference

Freedom of speech issue energizes conservative conference

by Paola de Varona & Rachel Frazin | Feb 22, 2018 | Featured, Politics

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. -Students and speakers decried the protests erupting across the country over conservative speakers being brought to present at universities at the Conservative Political Action Conference. The issue of freedom of speech resonated with the crowd at...
Mattis puts tactical nukes back on the table for Russia strategy

Mattis puts tactical nukes back on the table for Russia strategy

by Mila Jasper | Feb 22, 2018 | National Security

WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense James Mattis has asserted on Capitol Hill that the Pentagon needs to invest in low-yield nuclear weapons to counter a Russian strategy of “escalate to de-escalate” — firing low-yield nuclear weapons with the...

As ‘new economy’ jobs expand, labor laws must adjust, Labor Secretary says

by Kristina Karisch | Feb 22, 2018 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON —The United States needs to adjust its labor laws and regulations that are holding back growth of an expanding technology-based economy, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said Thursday. Speaking to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Technology Engagement Center’s...
Niece of far-right French presidential candidate calls for conservative unity at CPAC

Niece of far-right French presidential candidate calls for conservative unity at CPAC

by Ben Trachtenberg | Feb 22, 2018 | Politics

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.— The niece of far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen delivered one of the first addresses at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, calling for unity among conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic to unit against...
How China could make or break solving the North Korea crisis

How China could make or break solving the North Korea crisis

by Mila Jasper | Feb 22, 2018 | National Security

WASHINGTON — China may prove the key to defusing the North Korea crisis, according to experts, but it might not be ready to take action if that action would either destabilize the region or give the U.S. more power in the region.   Experts say China is playing a...
Economic impacts of Trump’s decision to end TPS program for Salvadorans

Economic impacts of Trump’s decision to end TPS program for Salvadorans

by Priyanka Godbole | Feb 22, 2018 | Business

WASHINGTON – Otto Madrid is a former temporary protected status holder turned small business owner and citizen who fled El Salvador in 2001 because of devastating earthquakes. After arriving in the U.S., he settled in a Virginia suburb of Washington and got a job as a...
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