by Sophia Didinova | May 8, 2024 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers were divided Wednesday over the need for legal protections for Dreamers — noncitizens who were brought to the United States as children — with Republican senators asserting that their legalization cannot be discussed until what...
by Sophia Didinova | May 2, 2024 | Politics
WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) — Senators and medical professionals met Thursday to find solutions to the growing healthcare crisis and the acute shortage of minority healthcare workers as the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions delved into the...
by Sophia Didinova | May 2, 2024 | Politics
WASHINGTON – “There’s only one solution – intifada, revolution,” chanted May Day March protesters on Wednesday. Organized by the Washington DC branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), this year’s event aimed to unify...
by Sophia Didinova | Apr 25, 2024 | Living
WASHINGTON — “Bring Moms Home for Mother’s Day,” called protesters at the 10th Anniversary FreeHer March and Rally on Wednesday. Organized by The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, the peaceful protest emphasized that this...
by Annastazia Ng'ambi | Apr 17, 2024 | National Security
WASHINGTON — As the Presidential elections are approaching, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, stated that a bipartisan bill is necessary to safeguard the upcoming elections since artificial...
by Laeba Hafiz | Apr 17, 2024 | Politics
WASHINGTON—On Thursday, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and others urged the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution and Limited Government to protect the fundamental liberties of journalists and their sources. Advocates of a federal shield law argue that it would...
by Sophia Didinova | Apr 12, 2024 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Representatives on the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on Wednesday reviewed the effectiveness of Department of Veterans Affairs programs to ensure equity for women veterans. According to Erica Scavella, Assistant Under Secretary for Health...
by Annastazia Ng'ambi | Apr 11, 2024 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) are set to expire after the end of 2025, Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Committee on Small Business said in a Wednesday hearing. He added that the future of American small business is...
by Clare Zhang | Apr 10, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Topics
Modern video platforms like TikTok are aiding activists in southwest Louisiana in a yearslong fight against the long-established liquefied natural gas industry. President Joe Biden’s decision to pause approvals for LNG export projects, announced in January, may...
by Ellie Skelly | Apr 2, 2024 | Featured, Politics
RUCKERSVILLE, Va. — Ralph Morton is a third-generation farmer in Virginia’s Greene County. His family are the only Black farmers in the area. Both Morton’s father and grandfather experienced discrimination while trying to secure loans from the USDA’s Farm Service...
by Lindsey Byman | Apr 2, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Topics
Since David Laird was young, the “lush, green forests” of the western United States meant an annual summer trip to hike, camp and fish. But the last time Laird was in Wyoming’s Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, a bark beetle had ravaged an estimated two-thirds of...
by Laeba Hafiz | Mar 28, 2024 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court signaled it may reject a challenge to the Federal Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone during oral arguments Tuesday. If the court does so, it would preserve access to the abortion pill. Supporters and opponents of the abortion...
