by Ester Wells | Feb 19, 2019 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Agribusiness leaders introduced new software technology Tuesday that they said would make American farmers more competitive by reducing uncertainty created by climate change and trade policies. DTN/The Progressive Farmer Director Mary Tangen stressed the...
by Gabrielle Bienasz | Feb 19, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON–Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was back on the bench Tuesday for the first time since early January after undergoing surgery in late December to remove cancerous growths from her left lung, but she was quieter than usual. Ginsburg spoke six times during...
by Leslie Bonilla | Feb 15, 2019 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s controversial nominee to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency told senators Thursday that he wanted to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two mortgage finance companies meant to make the housing market more stable and...
by Gabrielle Bienasz | Feb 15, 2019 | Health & Science, National Security, Politics, Topics
Gays Against Guns chanted “How many more have to die?” and “Pass HR8″ throughout the capitol on Valentine’s Day. The New York-based organization began in the wake of the 2016 shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. Members from the group...
by Ester Wells | Feb 14, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Before Mia Davis created tabú, she rarely talked about sex. Her abstinence-only sex education and conservative Midwestern family’s values made it uncomfortable talking about her heavy, irregular period and chronic pelvic pain, let alone the fact that she...
by Heena Srivastava | Feb 14, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The House prepared to take up the Senate-passed spending and border security bill Thursday evening as President Donald Trump announced he would sign the measure and then declare a national emergency to fund his wall. The Senate overwhelmingly approved the...
by Ester Wells | Feb 14, 2019 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Scientists pushed Thursday for continued development and testing of gene editing techniques to determine whether altering human DNA is ethical. “We still don’t have full clarity, but we need research to be able to get that,” said Siva Subramanian,...
by Henry Erlandson | Feb 14, 2019 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — The United States will soon have to grapple with its rapidly decreasing working-age population, but experts are torn about whether immigration is the cause or the remedy for the decline. Steven Camarota, the director of research for for the...
by Gabrielle Bienasz | Feb 14, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Valentine’s Day is a good day to buy Colombian roses — and so is any day, according to Colombian President Iván Duque Marquez. “Columbia is open for business,” he told the crowd at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday. “We will fulfill that promise...
by Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff | Feb 14, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Energy, Featured
WASHINGTON –– The United States’ energy infrastructure has increasingly become a primary target for hostile cyber attacks, Assistant Secretary of Energy Karen Evans told lawmakers on Thursday. “The frequency, scale and sophistication of cyber threats have increased,”...
by Samantha Handler | Feb 14, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans continued to spar over election reform at the final hearing Thursday for an extensive Democrat-backed bill that targets voting, money in politics, redistricting and ethics. The For the People Act, also known as H.R.1, provides...
by Ester Wells | Feb 12, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — House members on Tuesday sought solutions to rising drug prices from a panel of health leaders and emphasized their commitment to lowering out-of-pocket costs for consumers. “Americans are desperate for a solution to help them afford the quality,...
