by Renzo Downey | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders Wednesday presented former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest distinction awarded by Congress. President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader...
by Syd Stone | Jan 17, 2018 | Environment
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is part of two recent landmark agreements to protect the Arctic and Antarctic oceans because of damage from climate change and melting ice, diplomats said Wednesday. The U.S., the European Union and eight countries bordering the Arctic concluded...
by Kristina Karisch | Jan 17, 2018 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — European countries are major players in North American imports and exports so their impact should be considered in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, experts on international trade said Wednesday. The experts, hosted by the...
by Mila Jasper | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Two House Foreign Affairs subcommittees Wednesday tried to look beyond North Korea’s nuclear risks and investigate the state of chemical, biological and conventional weapons programs in the “rogue” nation. “We need to take stock of what we do and...
by Anna Laffrey | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Americans living in rural areas may be forced to leave because of inadequate access to health care, North Dakota Sen. Heidkamp said Wednesday at the rollout of a new study that recommended telemedicine and doctor training programs to increase access to...
by Caroline Vakil | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON – A group of university presidents united with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus called on Congress Wednesday to pass a bill to protect “dreamers” from imminent deportation with the expiration of temporary visas provided by the Obama...
by Rachel Frazin | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Technology
WASHINGTON — Facebook, Twitter and YouTube officials disagreed Wednesday with a foreign policy expert who told a Senate Committee that the social platforms take too long to identify extremist and terrorist content. Testifying before the Senate Commerce, Science and...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON— Republican Sen. Jeff Flake on Wednesday compared President Donald Trump to Joseph Stalin over his use of the phrase “enemy of the people” to describe journalists who write negative stories about his administration. Flake also condemned the...
by Jakob Lazzaro | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion could be contributing to the opioid epidemic because its low co-payments mean Medicaid recipients can re-sell the drugs for a profit, a report released Wednesday from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security...
by Paola de Varona & Rachel Frazin | Jan 16, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of “dreamers” and supporters swarmed a Senate office building Tuesday, blocking the doors to a number of the senators’ offices and occupying others as the chanted “Dream Act now” and demanded that Congress pass legislation this week to let them...
by Kristina Karisch & Anna Laffrey | Jan 16, 2018 | Featured, Politics
The Supreme Court was back Tuesday after a break for the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday. The justices heard arguments in two cases from their January session. The Supreme Court is a place of tradition — it does not allow cameras, no tweeting; reporters...
by Erica Snow | Jan 16, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — After the Senate bipartisan effort to protect “dreamers” from deportation became mired in accusations of racist remarks by the president, three House members said Tuesday they have a solution that would extend protections to the 700,000 young immigrants...
