by Diego Ramos Bechara | Feb 11, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Some lawmakers expressed concern on Wednesday about releasing billions of dollars in held Afghan assets to combat the country’s humanitarian crisis amid fears the Taliban would seize the funds as they continue to expand control in the region. ...
by Jenny Huh | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Amid Afghanistan’s growing humanitarian crisis, lawmakers are brainstorming ways to ensure humanitarian aid reaches the Afghan people, while not empowering the Taliban. “The worst case scenario of all would be if humanitarian aid were...
by Zachary Kessel | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – For Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and ranking member Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Thursday’s hearing on dual-enrollment in Medicare and Medicaid was an opportunity to tout an accomplishment all too rare in today’s political climate:...
by Samantha Aguilar | Feb 9, 2022 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Tuesday used an Interior Department nomination hearing to criticize the Biden administration’s role in validating new oil and gas leases. “We have higher energy prices here because this administration has kind of led an effort to...
by Samantha Aguilar | Feb 9, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The valuation process needed to acquire land under the Land and Water Conservation Fund has become increasingly and unreasonably time consuming, both Republican and Democratic senators said during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. “Appraisals that literally...
by Shannon Coan | Feb 9, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Gigi Sohn told sometimes skeptical lawmakers on Wednesday that recusals from issues relating to retransmission fees and television broadcast copyright would not hinder her ability to serve on the Federal Communications Commission. “It’s a voluntary,...
by Grace Deng | Feb 9, 2022 | Education, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – On Monday, substitute teachers in the district protested for higher wages, benefits and professional development outside of Mayor Bowser’s office. “Mayor Bowser, you’ve been really disrespecting the substitute teachers. You have a large surplus in your...
by Zachary Miller | Feb 9, 2022 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Cryptocurrencies shed more than $1 trillion in global value since November, and the space is overrun with scams. Wednesday, the regulatory agency tasked with overseeing digital assets told senators they lacked the information, resources and mandate to...
by Zachary Miller | Feb 8, 2022 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — March 2023. That’s when Kimberly Ann Naranjo told senators she was expected to die of mesothelioma. “It all happened so fast,” Naranjo, a mother of seven, told the Senate Judiciary subcommittee Tuesday. “One week I was enjoying my forever home, surrounded...
by Charlotte Varnes | Feb 8, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON –– Advocates called for renewed funding for American waterways, ports and ecosystems and continued work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during a House hearing on Tuesday. “Water infrastructure is central to prosperity in California and the West, and...
by Shannon Coan | Feb 3, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers challenged Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal on his agency’s handling of the coronavirus during a House judiciary hearing on Thursday. “The BOP has failed to effectively utilize its authority to request compassionate relief for...
by Zachary Miller | Feb 3, 2022 | Business, Energy, Featured
WASHINGTON — The rollout of new ultra-fast fifth generation (5G) cellular networks was supposed to revolutionize internet access and cement the U.S.’s technological position against a rising China. Now, lawmakers are trying to figure out how it went so wrong. “We...
