by Charlotte Ehrlich | Feb 20, 2024 | Business, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case involving commercial truckers that could expand the definition of transportation workers to include people who drive goods for companies that are not in the transportation sector. The case,...
by Alicia Tang | Feb 15, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Economists promoted increased usage of the Fed’s discount window to insulate the economy from risks of financial crisis at a hearing on Thursday. The economists stressed the importance of destigmatizing discount window lending from the Fed before the...
by Charlotte Ehrlich | Feb 15, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Officials from the construction, manufacturing and transportation industries outlined to lawmakers the challenges they are facing in implementing President Biden’s Build America, Buy America provisions enacted as part of the Infrastructure Investment and...
by Ellie Skelly | Feb 15, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers expressed bipartisan support for the reauthorization of legislation aimed at protecting health care workers from burnout Wednesday. The legislation follows an uptick in mental health emergencies faced by health care providers as a result of...
by Rafaela Jinich | Feb 15, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Amid rising concerns over a surge in investment scam losses and the potential compromise of citizens’ privacy, the Committee on Financial Services convened on Wednesday to scrutinize the operations of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...
by Lindsey Byman | Feb 14, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – House Republicans on Wednesday attacked environmental regulations as “burdensome” for small businesses, saying they stifle innovation, even as some testified that the rules align community and business interests. The Environmental Protection Agency’s...
by Simone Garber | Feb 14, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough faced intense questioning Wednesday from Republican lawmakers regarding allegations of sexual misconduct among the department’s high-ranking employees. The House Veterans Affairs’ Committee decided in a...
by Maria Heim | Feb 14, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Republicans narrowly impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a 214-213 vote, making him the second Cabinet secretary in U.S. history to be impeached on Tuesday evening. The former secretary is charged with willfully refusing to...
by Clare Zhang | Feb 14, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The House Rules Committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to take away the Department of Energy’s authority over liquefied natural gas permits, effectively reversing the Biden administration’s pause on permit approvals that began last month. During the...
by Cate Bikales and Shravya Pant | Feb 8, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
Black women are at greatest risk of dying from pregnancy-related complications. Emerging technologies, like artificial intelligence and remote patient monitoring devices, are showing promise in helping prevent such deaths. The U.S. medical community is desperately...
by Jonah Elkowitz | Feb 8, 2024 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Senators voiced fierce opposition over the state of the U.S. economy on Thursday during a hearing to examine the results of the Treasury Department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council annual report, released in December. The report highlighted how...
by Maria Heim | Feb 8, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — In an unprecedented case that could determine the fate of former President Donald Trump’s appearance on the Colorado Republican primary ballot, oral arguments before the Supreme Court lasted over two hours on Thursday. At the center is whether the...
