by Emma Sullivan | Feb 6, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on the House Committee for Ways and Means on Tuesday called on manufacturers to improve transparency as the U.S. experiences a nationwide drug shortage. Active shortages are at their highest levels since 2014, according to the American...
by Aidan Johnstone | Feb 6, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Small Business Administration (SBA) is adjusting standards that determine which businesses can access government contracts and benefits designated for small businesses. These policy changes may alter small businesses’ competition and access to...
by Simone Garber | Feb 6, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers were divided Tuesday over the threat artificial intelligence poses to First Amendment rights, with Republicans asserting that the federal government is using the technology to censor free speech and Democrats calling attention to misinformation...
by Rafaela Jinich | Feb 1, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers on the Senate banking committee on Thursday sought answers on how to spot and shut down financial scams and fraud, especially as new platforms to send money proliferate. Committee Chair Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) underscored the distressing surge in...
by Ellie Skelly | Feb 1, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — For weeks Republican lawmakers insisted that any funding for Ukraine must be met with a stricter border policy. Now, with a supplemental security bill within reach, some Republicans are backing away from a deal following former president Donald Trump’s...
by Braedyn Speight | Feb 1, 2024 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) announced Thursday that he and other senators are directing the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, to examine the delays surrounding the updates to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid...
by Jonah Elkowitz | Feb 1, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said Thursday that he was “praying for peace” as conflicts like the Israel-Hamas war and the Houthi terror attacks near Yemen rage around the world. “Not only do we pray for peace, we are actively working for peace, security,...
by Alicia Tang | Feb 1, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday left its key interest rate unchanged for the fourth consecutive meeting, with Chair Jerome Powell quashing hope of rate cuts in March. The unanimous vote by the 12-member, rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee called...
by Emma Sullivan | Feb 1, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — In an effort to lower drug costs, Medicare will begin price negotiations with drug manufacturers on Thursday for the 10 most costly prescriptions covered by Medicare. It marks the first step in historic negotiations under the Medicare Drug Price...
by Lindsey Byman | Feb 1, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured
MANCHESTER, N.H. – After years of political leaders making unfounded claims about election fraud, many voters in the U.S. still doubt the security of elections. A CNN entrance poll to this year’s Iowa caucuses found that 66% of Republican participants did not think...
by Simone Garber | Feb 1, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Health experts on Wednesday urged Congress to take more action to address the growing problem of unaffordable health care and deteriorating quality of care as spending is expected to continue to rise. Health care spending rates grew 4.1% to reach $4.5...
by Aidan Johnstone | Jan 31, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers slammed top executives of large tech companies on Wednesday for not doing enough to prevent online exploitation of children as protesters helped pack the audience sharing victims’ pictures and grim statistics of the problem. “There is blood on...
