by Evelyn Wang | Oct 4, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Journalists and partisans who rose at an ungodly hour Tuesday morning expecting Julian Assange to release a hyped data dump that could possibly damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign instead received a two-hour long Wikileaks commercial. Their only consolation...
by Darby Hopper | Oct 4, 2016 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Chinese renminbi’s recent designation as an International Monetary Fund reserve currency will change China’s relationship with emerging markets such as those in Latin America – but exactly how remains to be seen, a Hong Kong University professor...
by Dan Waldman | Oct 4, 2016 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Advanced economies will keep trudging along on a disappointing economic growth path, whereas developing economies should start to excel, the International Monetary Fund’s research director said Tuesday. “Global growth remains weak even though it...
by Kelly Norris | Oct 4, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke to a room of retired military officials at an event Monday sponsored by The Retired American Warriors PAC in Dulles, Virginia. His comments regarding PTSD caught national attention with critics...
by David Gernon | Oct 3, 2016 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON —The World Bank should more aggressively court private sector partnerships to find new ways to reduce extreme global poverty while making sure the poorest populations benefit, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said Monday. Kim said the World Bank needs to...
by Eunice Lee | Oct 3, 2016 | Business, Energy, Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – For rural Americans and folks living in small towns, biobased products offer “tremendous hope” of more jobs and cleaner energy, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday at a National Press Club luncheon. When it comes to biobased products,...
by Michelle Kim | Oct 3, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Retired Gen. and former CIA director David Petraeus said Monday the next president should make an “enduring commitment” to continue the U.S. military and diplomatic effort in Afghanistan as an essential part of a broader fight against terrorism....
by Benjamin Din | Sep 29, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced legislation Wednesday to end economic aid to the Palestinian Authority if it continues its practice of compensating terrorists and their families. Along with Republican Sens. Dan Coats of Indiana and Roy Blunt of...
by Marissa Page | Sep 28, 2016 | Topics
WASHINGTON – During a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the Obama administration’s plan to admit 110,000 refugees in fiscal 2017, Democrats and Republicans clashed fiercely over U.S. refugee policy. Democrat Al Franken called for expanding admissions, while...
by Ross Krasner | Sep 28, 2016 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the first U.S ambassador to Cuba in more than 50 years faced immediate opposition from GOP senators Wednesday, casting serious doubt on the long-shot attempt to get Senate confirmation of Jeffrey DeLaurentis....
by Andrew Merica | Sep 28, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The risk of hacking into voting systems on Election Day is remote and unlikely, some election officials and experts said Wednesday during a hearing that was briefly hijacked by Rep. Elijah Cummings’ impassioned criticism of Georgia Secretary of...
