by Angelina Campanile | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON—The Institute of Peace on Tuesday welcomed former U.S. Government senior officials to discuss recent developments in U.S.-Taliban negotiations. “We believe we are close to executing a period of a significant and lasting reduction in violence,” said former...
by Alex Moore and Zamone Perez | Feb 18, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON—The Census Bureau has not done enough to quell fears that responses to the nationwide survey will be used against people, especially undocumented immigrants and marginalized communities, faith leaders said on Tuesday at a summit where they were asked to...
by Virginia Langmaid | Feb 18, 2020 | Energy, Featured
WASHINGTON—American national security is threatened by rapid technological advances that often are not understood by the leaders who have to make decisions on deploying nuclear weapons or other life-threatening actions, two nuclear threat experts said Tuesday. New...
by Janea Wilson | Feb 18, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — A crucial issue in fighting the spread of the coronavirus is ensuring that countries with travel-related cases of the virus, like the U.S., take steps to prevent a spread that cannot be contained, the head of the National Institute of Allergies and...
by Rupa Palla | Feb 18, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Six Democratic presidential candidates will participate in Wednesday night’s debate in Nevada, with former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg making his first debate appearance. The Democratic National Committee set two qualification thresholds:...
by Evan Ochsner, Zamone Perez, Joey Safchik and Gregory Svirnovskiy | Feb 14, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics, Topics
ARLINGTON VA. — In her first public event after placing a distant fourth in the New Hampshire primary, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and her campaign remain on course in messaging at a town hall in Arlington, Va., while also laying out a strategy for the...
by Cassidy Wang | Feb 14, 2020 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON—Democrats challenged Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to explain the Trump administration’s attempt to cut Medicaid funding in the proposed fiscal 2021 budget, which they said would further undermine health care coverage, at a Senate Finance...
by James Pollard | Feb 13, 2020 | Politics
WASHINGTON—A former law clerk to the late Judge Stephen Reinhardt said Thursday at a House subcommittee hearing that he sexually harassed her repeatedly while she clerked for him in 2017 and 2018. Olivia Warren, the former clerk, testified before the House Judiciary...
by Martha Castro | Feb 13, 2020 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Despite U.S. programs aimed at helping Mexico fight organized crime, the country is still plagued by a soaring homicide rate and there are few signs that conditions are improving, members of a House subcommittee said Thursday. “We have put so much money...
by Sneha Dey | Feb 13, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Politics
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Early in her run for president Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said that campaigning in New Hampshire was like visiting her neighbors. Polling last August had her ahead in the state, giving her a reason to be feeling good in the neighborhood....
by Suzy Vazquez | Feb 12, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — In response to numerous states enacting laws in 2019 that prohibit or restrict abortion, a House subcommittee held a hearing to evaluate H.R. 2975, The Women’s Health Protection Act. The bill would prohibit bans and medically unnecessary...
by Alex Moore and Cassidy Wang | Feb 12, 2020 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — The Census Bureau is falling behind on recruiting workers and community partners for the 2020 count ahead of the start of self-response mailing next month, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office Wednesday during a...
