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...
by Lauren Bally | Sep 28, 2016 | Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON- Politicians have no business interfering with young women’s health decisions, and it’s time to repeal the 40-year ban on federal funding for abortions, Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., said on Wednesday. Lee, along with Reps. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., Rosa...
by David Fishman | Sep 28, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Congress voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow victims of 9/11 to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, an unprecedented change to sovereign immunity that legal experts say could open the U.S. to a flood of litigation and the first veto override for...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Sep 28, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Border security and possible insurgencies remain as concerns in the planned China Pakistan Economic Corridor that would make trade easier between the two countries, the head of a major Pakistan security firm said Wednesday. The project, funded by a...
by Michelle Kim | Sep 28, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON. — Republicans wasted no time Wednesday in turning FBI Director James Comey’s appearance before the House Judiciary Committee into another review of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. The FBI closed...
by Dan Waldman | Sep 28, 2016 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said Wednesday that larger banks should have more stringent regulations than smaller ones in light of the recent Wells Fargo fraud findings. Yellen testified before the House Financial Services Committee on...
by Anna Waters | Sep 28, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan, a close observer of the 2016 campaign, still thinks about his unsuccessful race for vice president four years ago. “My 9th grade daughter was just elected high school vice president,” Ryan said. “Goes to show that at...
by Kelly Norris | Sep 28, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s child care plan proposes a payment cap of 10 percent of a family’s income for expenses, while Republican nominee Donald Trump would increase access for families to open tax-free saving accounts,...
by Kelly Norris & Ben Din | Sep 28, 2016 | Featured, National Security
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Robert McDonald, secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, stand next to each other during the national anthem. Both leaders spoke at the launch of Hidden Heroes. (MNS) MSNBC anchor Richard Liu emceed the Hidden Heroes...
by Rishika Dugyala & Fallon Schlossman | Sep 27, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Protesters spread dozens of empty shoes in front of the Department of Health of Human Services Tuesday, symbolically representing those affected by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and unable to attend the event. Loetta Vann,...
