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Senate Republicans call for Biden to address the nation following downed flying objects

Senate Republicans call for Biden to address the nation following downed flying objects

by Jacob Wendler | Feb 14, 2023 | Featured, National Security, Topics

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans urged President Joe Biden Tuesday to address the nation about a recent surge of flying objects shot down by the U.S. military. The military downed three flying objects over Alaska, Canada and Michigan this weekend using missiles...
Video: Judges name cleanest rural water in US

Video: Judges name cleanest rural water in US

by Logan Schiciano | Feb 9, 2023 | Environment, Featured, Topics

WASHINGTON – The National Rural Water Association (NRWA) hosted the 24th Great American Water Taste Test on Wednesday at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill 44 state-winning water samples were sent to Washington and the five finalists were judged in front of a crowd of...
Congress ramps up sharp focus on China after balloon incident raises surveillance concerns

Congress ramps up sharp focus on China after balloon incident raises surveillance concerns

by Emiliana Betancourt and Jacob Wendler | Feb 9, 2023 | Featured, National Security, Topics

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers on Capitol Hill raised new warnings about China’s threats to the U.S. and condemned its brazen attempts at spying after the U.S. Air Force shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon, prompting new worries about the relationship between the two...
Sanders, Braun press on railroads to guarantee 7 days of paid sick leave

Sanders, Braun press on railroads to guarantee 7 days of paid sick leave

by Shannon Tyler | Feb 9, 2023 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON – Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) on Thursday demanded that railroad companies guarantee seven days of paid sick leave for their employees — something Sanders had on his agenda last Congress without much success.   “We are here today to...
7 Congress members introduce formal resolution to expel George Santos

7 Congress members introduce formal resolution to expel George Santos

by Nicole Markus | Feb 9, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) led a group of seven House Democrats to introduce a formal resolution Thursday to expel Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from Congress. It’s the first formal move to remove the embattled freshman congressman, who is the subject of...
After Biden’s State of the Union Address, House Democrats double-down on labeling GOP as extreme

After Biden’s State of the Union Address, House Democrats double-down on labeling GOP as extreme

by Brennan Leach | Feb 9, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – House Democrats doubled-down on the label of “extreme MAGA Republicans” in Congress after heckles during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.   “I’m confident that the overwhelming majority of the American people found that aggressive,...
Witnesses at the Education and Workforce Committee hearing emphasize innovative education paths

Witnesses at the Education and Workforce Committee hearing emphasize innovative education paths

by Joanna Hou | Feb 9, 2023 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON — Job openings nationwide increased to 11 million in 2022, even as the rate of college-educated adults continues to increase. To address this disparity, the Republican-led Education and Workforce Committee met on Wednesday to explore alternative systems to...
Local and national leaders show their pride at Dominicans on the Hill

Local and national leaders show their pride at Dominicans on the Hill

by Lucia Barnum | Feb 9, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and community leaders from across the country gathered to talk health, baseball and resiliency at the fifth Annual Dominicans on the Hill event on Wednesday. Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), the first Dominican American to serve in the House,...
Partisan conflict takes the stage at House Oversight Committee Twitter hearing

Partisan conflict takes the stage at House Oversight Committee Twitter hearing

by Stephanie Markowitz | Feb 9, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee’s hearing on Wednesday over Twitter’s temporary suppression of an article about Hunter Biden’s laptop rapidly devolved into partisan fighting about First Amendment rights, claims of collusion between Twitter and the...
House votes to end COVID-19 vaccine mandate for foreign travelers

House votes to end COVID-19 vaccine mandate for foreign travelers

by Avani Kalra | Feb 8, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON –– Members of the House voted Wednesday to end the vaccine mandate for travelers into the United States. Though the bill needs to pass the Senate to become law, it is one of a number of initiatives brought forward by the Republican-controlled House to end...
Democratic lawmakers reintroduce bill to raise minimum teacher pay to $60,000

Democratic lawmakers reintroduce bill to raise minimum teacher pay to $60,000

by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas | Feb 8, 2023 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers reintroduced the American Teacher Act on Wednesday, following President Joe Biden’s call to raise teacher salaries during his State of the Union address this week.  Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) introduced the bill last year, and if...
In his State of the Union address, Biden emphasized unity while House Dems warn of a dysfunctional GOP

In his State of the Union address, Biden emphasized unity while House Dems warn of a dysfunctional GOP

by Brennan Leach | Feb 8, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – In his first State of the Union address to a divided Congress, President Joe Biden emphasized unity. House Democrats, however, spotlight chaos and dysfunction within the GOP that have made that goal nearly impossible.  Biden began his speech Tuesday...
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