by Benjamin Rosenberg | Feb 20, 2020 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposed sweeping changes to school meal regulations, overturning key pieces of former first lady Michelle Obama’s Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, worries public health experts who fear an increase in childhood obesity...
by Suzy Vazquez and Cassidy Wang | Feb 20, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON –A federal judge sentenced Roger Stone, a friend of President Donald Trump, to 40 months in jail after he was convicted of impeding a congressional investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, despite Trump’s tweets suggesting the...
by Alex Moore and Evan Ochsner | Feb 20, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
LAS VEGAS—It didn’t take long Wednesday for Democrats to target the new face on the debate stage –former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. “I like to talk about who we’re running against, a billionaire who calls women fat broads and horse faced lesbians,” Sen....
by Martha Castro | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON— The Trump administration should impose sanctions on Egyptian officials to prevent the deaths of at least four American citizens detained in Egypt, said human rights activists and members of Congress. Mustafa Kassem, an American citizen, died in an Egyptian...
by Khadija Islow and James Pollard | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — Highly rated businesses in black neighborhoods sustain revenue losses totaling about $3.9 billion and do not grow any faster than low-rated businesses, a study released Wednesday by the Brookings Institution and Gallup found. The study by Brookings’...
by Martha Castro | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured, Technology
WASHINGTON— The use of artificial intelligence to determine the need for pretrial detention and predict the risks of ex-felons committing more crimes doesn’t work because the underlying data can be inaccurate or biased, experts on justice reform said Wednesday. “We...
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...
