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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Anna Laffrey | Feb 22, 2018 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — In the wake of mass shootings like the ones in Las Vegas or at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, people often wonder whether improving mental health care would have prevented the perpetrators from committing mass murder....
by Rhytha Zahid Hejaze | Feb 22, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON – World leaders trampled over human rights in 2017, suppressing people’s right to protest in countries such as France and failing to protect women’s rights in countries such as the U.S., Russia and Poland, according to Amnesty International’s annual report...
by Maggie Harden | Feb 21, 2018 | Living
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s infrastructure proposal sets aside $50 billion in block grants specifically for rural infrastructure projects — 25 percent of the proposed $200 billion federal infrastructure funding – but the money may not end up helping...
by Rachel Frazin | Feb 21, 2018 | Education
When Amirius Clinton saw white nationalist flyers at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb last fall, he said he was scared. The signs posted around the campus an hour west of Chicago had simple messages: One just featured the name of the group – Identity Evropa...
by Jakob Lazzaro | Feb 21, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Pennsylvania’s new, court-ordered congressional district map has created a twist in the March 13 special election for the current 18th district – both candidates for the seat no longer live there. That means eight months after the winner comes to...
by Rachel Frazin | Feb 21, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The number of neo-Nazi groups in America rose about 22 percent – from 99 to 121 – last year, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s annual survey of extremist groups. In the report issued Wednesday, the SPLC, which works to end discrimination,...
by Syd Stone | Feb 21, 2018 | Education
WASHINGTON — Elementary and high school curricula must include civics education now more than ever, former Florida governor Bob Graham said referencing statistics proving historically low political engagement among young people. “This is a critically important issue,”...
