by Mikayla Denault | Nov 3, 2021 | Education
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Refugees escaped out of Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover, leaving many families and students needing assistance as they arrived in new communities. Annandale High School welcomed many Afghan refugee students, and their classmates reached...
by Mary Yang | Nov 3, 2021 | Politics
Virginia voters on Tuesday will make history by electing the commonwealth’s first woman of color lieutenant governor: Democrat Hala Ayala, who is Afro-Latina, or Republican Winsome Sears, who is Black. But for many Black women voters – who have arguably the most to...
by Jason Harward | Oct 30, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The White House released a pared-down, $1.75 trillion framework laying out the president’s domestic agenda Thursday, a total half the amount proposed last month by Democratic congressional leadership. To cut the package’s overall spending so...
by Hannah Zhihan Jiang | Oct 28, 2021 | Environment
WASHINGTON —The House Oversight and Reform Committee will issue subpoenas to ExxonMobil, BP America, Chevron, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute to obtain key internal documents that the companies have not provided, Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney announced...
by Henry Rogers and Yiming Fu | Oct 28, 2021 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Two Maryland candidates for public office were among 30 demonstrators arrested outside the Capitol building Wednesday as hundreds rallied to demand that Congress pass the Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan with provisions including...
by Baylor Spears | Oct 27, 2021 | Education
WASHINGTON — With federal student loan borrowers facing a January restart of their loan payments, the Office of Federal Student Aid chief operating officer told House lawmakers Wednesday that ensuring a smooth transition “is crucially important for...
by Mary Yang | Oct 27, 2021 | Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON — High coronavirus infection and death rates among workers in the U.S. meatpacking industry went unreported because of a “political decision” to not track cases, according to the report released Wednesday of an investigation by the House Select...
by Rayna Song | Oct 27, 2021 | Business
WASHINGTON — Beijing’s refusal to allow U.S. government oversight of Chinese companies whose stocks are traded on American exchanges increases risks for investors, the chairman of a House Financial Services subcommittee said Tuesday as he backed changes to a new law...
by Delaney Nelson | Oct 27, 2021 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Emergency management officials from Washington and other Western states on Tuesday called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to improve mitigation measures for wildfires and make the agency’s disaster relief easier to access and more transparent....
by Mikayla Denault | Oct 27, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON — On Oct. 26, protesters held the “Rally 4 Our Future” event outside of the Supreme Court to address the conservative-leaning justice system. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced the bill in April with support from Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., and other...
by Ali McCadden | Oct 26, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON — At a House Veterans’ Affairs subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, lawmakers were ready to tackle the challenges women face when transitioning from military to civilian life — including homelessness, unemployment, lack of child care and the effects of military...
by Zinya Salfiti | Oct 26, 2021 | Technology
WASHINGTON -— Senators castigated the leaders of TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube for not doing enough to protect children against harmful content on their sites Tuesday and listed a number of legislative remedies that have been proposed to keep kids safe online. “We need...
