by Luis Castaneda | Nov 30, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Efforts to build trust between House Republicans and the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Mandy Cohen, fell short Thursday morning as GOP members continued to use the agency as a lightning rod for their criticism of the...
by Khadija Ahmed | Nov 30, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The United States Botanic Garden’s annual holiday exhibit is now open, spotlighting model trains and D.C. landmarks made from plant materials. Upholding the tradition requires a large undertaking. “We close the holiday show every year on January 1, and we...
by Casey He and Jessica Ma | Nov 30, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee authorized subpoenas Thursday to two individuals with close ties to Supreme Court justices, moving forward with an investigation into the personal conduct of the justices and potential conflicts of interests. The subpoenas...
by Julian Andreone | Nov 30, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Senators discussed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s role in preventing recessions by regulating banks and financial institutions and debated whether the agency is operating within its jurisdiction in a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and...
by Cate Bikales and Rachel Schlueter | Nov 30, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – For Ruby Chen, this Thanksgiving holiday served as a reminder of the dark reality his family has faced for 54 days. “We celebrated Thanksgiving with an empty chair,” Chen said. Chen’s 19-year-old son, Itay, has been held hostage by Hamas since its Oct. 7...
by Shravya Pant | Nov 29, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON – Chicago-area medical experts and community health advocates brought their advocacy to Washington on Tuesday at a Senate panel on gun violence led by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). To local community leaders, gun violence is personal. Illinois has the...
by Cate Bikales and Kunjal Bastola | Nov 28, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON – Doctors and medical experts on Tuesday called on lawmakers to take a public health approach to the gun violence epidemic they say is plaguing the United States. Since 2020, guns have become the number one cause of death for children and teenagers,...
by Kristen Axtman | Nov 28, 2023 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court considered whether a judge can overturn a jury’s murder acquittal on the basis that it contains inconsistencies, and is therefore “repugnant,” and allow the prosecution of a Georgia man for a second time. In McElrath v. Georgia, Damian...
by Cate Bikales | Nov 21, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden turned 81 on Monday, but he wasn’t the only one being celebrated. Two turkeys, Liberty and Bell, were pardoned by the President during a South Lawn ceremony, continuing the annual White House tradition of pardoning the Thanksgiving...
by Pavan Acharya | Nov 16, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Veterans’ advocates on Wednesday expressed wide support for a recently introduced piece of legislation that aims to reduce fees for military veterans starting small businesses. At a Wednesday Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing,...
by Cate Bikales and Shravya Pant | Nov 15, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Marine veteran Jonathan Lubecky attempted suicide five times after returning home from deployment in Iraq in 2006. “I am not special. My story is the same as every other veteran suffering with PTSD,” Lubecky said. An average of 16.8 veterans commit...
by Angela Zhang | Nov 15, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Over 100,000 people across dozens of U.S. cities came together on Nov. 4 to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. “I had never been to something as big as that in my life before,” said Fredi Cortes, an organizer of Solidaridad Boricua con Palestina in his home...
