by Casey He | Nov 7, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Testimony from a Meta whistleblower on the company’s reluctance to act on online safety and privacy led to a rare bipartisan push for legislation to protect children’s online safety and privacy Tuesday. “Meta knows the harm kids experience on their...
by Pavan Acharya | Nov 7, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Military veterans who owned small businesses told policymakers on Tuesday that shortcomings in government efforts to aid those transitioning out of the military are making it more difficult for service members to build their own businesses after leaving...
by Elleiana Green and Shravya Pant | Nov 7, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — A Meta whistleblower sounded the alarm to Congress on Instagram’s product design, alleging that the popular social media platform knowingly designed products at the expense of teens’ mental health and safety in testimony on Tuesday. Senators on both sides...
by Gaby Striano | Nov 7, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters was called before Congress on Tuesday to explain what the agency is doing to address staffing shortages and crumbling infrastructure in federal prisons. The bureau has been under fire since the Associated Press...
by Rachel Schlueter | Nov 6, 2023 | Featured, Politics
THE PLAINS, VA. – Natalie Erdossy had always voted for Democrats in state and nationwide elections. Until Glenn Youngkin came along two years ago. “Governor Youngkin is the first Republican that I ever voted for for a higher office,” the mom of four said. “And it was...
by Shravya Pant | Nov 2, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) called attention to the veteran suicide crisis on Wednesday, urging the Department of Veteran Affairs to expand its medical research and improve its efforts at suicide prevention, especially for those living in rural communities....
by Julian Andreone | Nov 2, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Senators decried the increased violence and harassment that election officials have faced since the 2020 presidential election cycle and expressed further concern about decreasing faith in election administration across the country during a Committee on...
by Kristen Axtman | Nov 2, 2023 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Election officials from Arizona, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Tennessee urged lawmakers on Wednesday for more federal funding so that local and state governments have the resources to conduct fair and safe elections on local and national levels. The...
by Cate Bikales | Nov 1, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — Sexual health experts say achieving global gender equality and empowerment — a broadly bipartisan goal — is not possible without increased political and financial support for reproductive rights. At the current rate of progress, and with a deepening...
by Rachel Schlueter | Nov 1, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — As former president Donald Trump continues to face legal battles across the country, one case involving his name has reached the Supreme Court. But he was not in the courtroom on Wednesday, nor is he one of the parties involved. The Supreme Court heard...
by Kunjal Bastola and Jessica Ma | Nov 1, 2023 | Environment, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Climate experts warned lawmakers about the effect of climate change on extreme weather during the first-ever congressional hearing on extreme event attribution, a field of climate science. They offered solutions to help Congress navigate more frequent and...
by Angela Zhang | Nov 1, 2023 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — House representatives are worried that on-the-ground development of the submarine industrial base may become a victim of the new House speaker’s push to reduce government expenses. The issue became a focus of a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing...
