by Eunice Lee | Sep 27, 2016 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The wage gap between black workers and white workers remains wide, according to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute. Black men make 22 percent less and black women make 34.2 percent less than their white counterparts. And yet, poverty or...
by David Fishman | Sep 27, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Republican senators sharply criticized FBI director James Comey Tuesday for his agency’s handling of recent terrorism incidents, including a bombing in New York and a shooting in an Orlando nightclub. “Let’s just admit we’re...
by Benjamin Din | Sep 27, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs has overpaid more than $100 million in pensions and other compensation to veterans who are in prison, VA Inspector General Michael Missal said Tuesday at a House Veterans Affairs subcommittee hearing. Federal law...
by Lauren Bally | Sep 26, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
MOS Pre-Debate Opinions from Medill Washington 2 on Vimeo. WASHINGTON — Monday marks the first presidential debate between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Tourists outside the White House Monday are from the...
by Dan Waldman | Sep 26, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans and Democrats clashed again Monday over funding levels for Zika research, the Flint, Michigan water crisis and Securities and Exchange Commission campaign contributions oversight — a fight that has blocked a stopgap spending bill...
by Anna Waters | Sep 26, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – As many as 100 million people are expected to watch Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton face off for the first time in a televised debate Monday night. But a panel of bipartisan activists, moderated by Federal Election Commission Commissioner Ann Ravel, has...
by Dan Waldman | Sep 26, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans and Democrats clashed again Monday over funding levels for Zika research, the Flint, Michigan water crisis and combating opioid addiction — a fight that has blocked a stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown on Friday....
by Kelly Norris | Sep 26, 2016 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Locally based exercise and health programs are the most effective way to improve American longevity, according to several municipal and community health leaders. A panel, meeting Monday at the Newseum, focused on integrating mental health, exercise and...
by Ross Krasner | Sep 26, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A top Obama administration official teamed up with a Democratic lawmaker Monday to push for ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker defended the agreement, arguing it will result in “more jobs...
by Darby Hopper | Sep 26, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Indonesia’s strategy to combat Islamic State inroads with Muslim-based civic organizations should serve as a model for global counterterrorism, an Indonesian scholar said Monday. Abubakar Eby Hara, a senior lecturer at the University of Jember and a...
by Benjamin Din | Sep 26, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Law enforcement needs a nuanced understanding of how Islamic extremists recruit in order to be effective, Jesse Morton, a former extremist and al-Qaida recruiter, said at a George Washington University event Monday. For Revolution Muslim — a New...
by David Gernon | Sep 26, 2016 | Business, Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The recent spate of price increases for prescription drugs got more attention Monday as a Minnesota lawmaker called for new policies to combat rising drug prices in the pharmaceutical industry. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn, at the Center for American...
