by Zamone "Z" Perez and Olivia Olander | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration broke the law when it withheld funds for assistance to Ukraine to further his own interests or policy priorities, according to a report released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office that deals with one of the two...
by Benjamin Rosenberg | Jan 16, 2020 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Military suicide rates have reached record highs in recent years, a problem that President Donald Trump’s nominee for under secretary of the Army said Thursday reducing the number of suicides would be one of his top priorities. At his confirmation...
by Evan Ochsner | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON – Stating that senators should render “impartial justice according to the Constitution and the laws,” Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday administered an oath to senators for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Nearly a month after the House of...
by Evan Ochsner and James Pollard | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Shortly before the Senate formally accepted the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump from the House, senators delivered the president a major legislative victory Thursday, passing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement in an...
by Sneha Dey and Rupa Palla | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said new information related to the impeachment charges against President Donald Trump is evidence of “this tangled web to deceive that the administration has engaged in.” “Every day that we’re involved in this...
by Joshua Irvine | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Democratic operatives Thursday unveiled a slew of state legislatures they have targeted for takeover in the 2020 elections. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee named seven states –North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Texas...
by Zamone "Z" Perez and Benjamin Rosenberg | Jan 15, 2020 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — The last three Senate committees considering the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement approved it Wednesday, paving the way for a Senate vote on the Trump administration’s trade pact to replace NAFTA. Six Senate committees had to sign off on the massive...
by Angelina Campanile | Jan 15, 2020 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The United States has spent $900 billion on the war in Afghanistan, $132 billion for reconstruction of the Afghan government, but much of the reconstruction money was wasted, stolen or failed to address the problems it was meant to fix, the Special...
by Gregory Svirnovskiy | Jan 15, 2020 | National Security
WASHINGTON – In the aftermath of last year’s increase in domestic extremist violence, government officials said Wednesday they need to work more closely with banks to find new ways to root out domestic terrorism. A study conducted by the Anti-Defamation League’s...
by Sneha Dey | Jan 15, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — An Iranian cyberattack against the United States is a certainty and could possibly impact water supply systems or businesses, counterterrorism experts told the House Committee on Homeland Security Wednesday. Iranian adversaries will likely attack through...
by Alex Moore | Jan 15, 2020 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Congress should act quickly to change marijuana laws to allow researchers easier access to cannabis so they can conduct tests to determine whether it has medical value and what risks might be associated with using it medicinally, top government health...
by Martha Castro | Jan 15, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON— Several Democratic and Republican members of Congress on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump to impose sanctions on those responsible for the death of Mustafa Kassem, an American citizen who died Monday in an Egyptian prison after being detained in...
