by Caroline Killilea | Oct 22, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON –The Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health analyzed practices for reducing tobacco consumption, including switching from traditional cigarette use to e-cigarettes, at a joint public meeting on smoking cessation on Monday. “We’ve...
by Ananya Chag and Heather Zhu | Oct 17, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen emphasized the need for the U.S. to maintain healthy economic global relations and warned against former President Trump’s proposed tariffs on Thursday at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. “Calls for walling...
by Coby Potischman | Oct 17, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
NEWARK – Sarah McBride, the Democratic nominee for Delaware’s sole U.S. House seat, laid out her policy goals in a moderated discussion at University of Delaware’s Mitchell Hall on Wednesday, reiterating her agenda to potential voters with less than three weeks until...
by Audrey Pachuta | Oct 17, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – In a span of two weeks, Florida endured two hurricanes, forcing immigrant communities to overcome storm preparations and recovery hurdles amidst language barriers, infrastructure challenges and a pervasive distrust of law enforcement. Many of...
by Sonya Dymova | Oct 16, 2024 | Environment, Featured
Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared receptive to upholding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s right to place generic limits on ocean sewage discharge as San Francisco took its contentious battle to the high court Wednesday, despite resistance from...
by Erica Schmitt | Oct 16, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
In this second episode of Point by Point, we take on the issue of immigration, a key topic in the 2024 presidential election. With insights from Colleen Putzel-Kavanaugh, an Associate Policy Analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, we break down former President...
by Emma Richman | Oct 16, 2024 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism during oral arguments in Bouarfa v. Mayorkas on Tuesday over whether a visa petitioner can obtain judicial review for a petition initially approved and later revoked by the Department of Homeland Security. The...
by Caroline Killilea | Oct 15, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justices appeared receptive to broadening the scope of civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) cases during oral arguments for Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn on Tuesday. The justices seemed likely to side with Daniel...
by Jonas Blum | Oct 15, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
BALTIMORE, Md. — Former Governor Larry Hogan, a Republican, and his Democratic opponent, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, squared off in suburban Baltimore on Thursday. The debate, hosted by Maryland Public Television, saw the candidates clash on...
by Hannah Webster | Oct 15, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller credited the Shadow Open Market Committee for “[elevating] the public debate about monetary policy” and added to the consideration of monetary policy rules, in a keynote address at the group’s 50th anniversary...
by Marisa Guerra Echeverria | Oct 15, 2024 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — With only 21 days until the U.S. elections, the topic of immigration remains high on voters’ minds due to bipartisan calls for stricter border policies and politicians’ rhetoric against Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio. Republican presidential...
by Emma Richman | Oct 10, 2024 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump’s proposed mass deportation of undocumented immigrants could cost $967.9 billion over more than a decade and devastate the labor market, according to a new report from the nonprofit advocacy organization American Immigration...
