by Jason Harward | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted late Thursday to raise the public debt limit by $480 billion, punting the political fight over the debt ceiling into early December. Although the bill itself passed on a 50-48 party-line vote, 11 Senate Republicans — a coalition...
by Ali McCadden | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Gabriel Madison began advocating for immigration reform a few years ago in support of a friend who is undocumented. On Thursday, as part of a demonstration in front of the White House, he and 50 other protesters — in a heightened display of communal...
by Christina van Waasbergen | Oct 7, 2021 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — People forced to flee their homes because of climate change should be considered refugees by the U.S., Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, said Thursday. Speaking at an event hosted by the advocacy group Climate Refugees, Castro said America’s...
by Mikayla Denault | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — It has been 20 years since the 9/11 attacks, and emergency communications have come a long way since the disaster. The House Committee on Homeland Security held an Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Subcommittee meeting Thursday to...
by Mary Yang | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — Fair prices, supply chain backlogs and vaccines for pigs were hot topics Thursday at a House committee hearing on the United States livestock industry. Inventories of beef, pork and poultry are down for a variety of reasons such as drought, disease...
by Rayna Song | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Congress’ Joint Economic Committee members disagreed along party lines Wednesday on the financial impact of the Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan, with Democrats listing the benefits to working families with kids as well as small businesses,...
by Dan Hu | Oct 6, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – In a surprising move, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell offered to help Democrats in their effort to raise the debt limit on Wednesday. After stonewalling the issue for weeks, including tanking a similar vote on Sept. 27, McConnell’s last-minute...
by Baylor Spears | Oct 6, 2021 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Some buildings in historically Black colleges and universities are in such bad shape that “when it rains outside, many times it rains inside,” the Tennessee State University president told a House subcommittee on Wednesday. Tennessee State University is...
by Henry Rogers | Oct 6, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s pledge to beef up federal antitrust enforcement made headway Wednesday as the president’s nominee for the Justice Department’s antitrust chief, Jonathan Kanter, fielded questions from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee....
by Rayna Song | Oct 5, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen asked Congress to create regulations to rein in the tech company, which she claims prioritizes financial benefits over public interests, in a Tuesday Senate subcommittee hearing. “I believe in the potential of...
by Yiming Fu | Oct 5, 2021 | Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services’ botched response to rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine for Native Americans caused significant delays in getting the vaccine to urban American Indians, the president of the National Council of Urban Indian Health...
by Jason Harward | Oct 5, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Staring down a possible default on the federal debt in less than two weeks, congressional leaders Tuesday remained firm in their positions on how to raise the debt ceiling, with Senate Republicans refusing to give Democrats any avenue to address the debt...
