by Khadija Islow | Mar 5, 2020 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Hostages are being held in crowded prisons in Iran where coronavirus cases are surging, said a family member of two American hostages in Iran during a briefing on Thursday. “I’m horrified for my brother and father. They are cooped up in overly...
by Martha Castro and Khadija Islow | Mar 5, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON— Families of American hostages in Iran on Thursday called on the House to approve a bill that would increase government assistance to Americans wrongfully detained abroad and impose sanctions on foreign officials responsible for the detainments. “Any...
by Sneha Day and Megan Lebowitz | Mar 5, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on a highly anticipated case that could restrict access to abortions by requiring doctors who perform abortions to be able to admit patients at nearby hospitals. The case, June Medical Services LLC v. Russo,...
by Joshua Irvine | Mar 4, 2020 | Technology
WASHINGTON — More than half of federal agencies surveyed have not kept pace in replacing expiring telecommunications contracts, which could cost the government millions of dollars, an official from the Government Accountability Office told a House Oversight...
by Janea Wilson | Mar 4, 2020 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON—Financial support is what is most needed by local governments to fight coronavirus Illinois Department of Public Health Director Ngozi Ezike told the House Committee on Homeland Security on Wednesday. Ezike said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
by Martha Castro | Mar 4, 2020 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON—While some Democrats in Congress have criticized the Trump administration’s program requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for a ruling on their claims, some experts say lawmakers should attempt to block funds for the program and require more oversight....
by Rupa Palla | Mar 4, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Topics
RICHMOND — Virginia Commonwealth University students felt the “Bern” at a Super Tuesday watch party as they anxiously waited for results, but a Bernie Sanders victory never came. Nearly all of the VCU students who gathered to watch the election results on TV at...
by Virginia Langmaid | Mar 4, 2020 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON—Republicans and Democrats found some room for agreement on Capitol Hill Wednesday, as Republican Rep. Tom McClintock and Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse denounced the federal land management policy as proposed in the Department of the Interior’s 2021 budget...
by James Pollard, Gregory Svirnovskiy and Cassidy Wang | Mar 4, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Topics
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina–Former Vice President Joe Biden won the North Carolina Democratic primary on Tuesday in decisive fashion, capturing over 40% of the state’s vote while overtaking the national delegate lead and putting Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign on the...
by Sneha Dey and Angelina Campanile | Mar 4, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
RICHMOND, Virginia.– Former Vice President Joe Biden swept Virginia on Tuesday, despite early polls showing Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg running neck-and-neck. Virginia was one of the 10 Super Tuesday states Biden carried,...
by Angelina Campanile and Rupa Palla | Mar 3, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Topics
RICHMOND, Virginia.– Support for former Vice President Joe Biden’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination has surged in Virginia after his landslide victory in South Carolina Saturday, but he still trails behind Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-V.t., leading into...
by Joshua Irvine | Mar 3, 2020 | Business, SOTU2020, Topics
WASHINGTON –The federal government’s top lawyer argued Tuesday to reduce the power of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau in a case before the Supreme Court that could strike down the independent regulatory agency as unconstitutional. Solicitor General Noel...
