by Charlotte Walsh | Feb 25, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON — He cracked a few jokes at the beginning of his speech, but comedian Jon Stewart appeared on Capitol Hill Monday with a serious message: it’s time to provide permanent help for 9/11 first responders who have become ill or died after exposure to...
by Henry Erlandson | Feb 21, 2019 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – An estimated half billion television viewers worldwide witnessed Neil Armstrong take mankind’s first steps on the moon in July 1969, an event that effectively ended the Cold War space race and spurred five ensuing NASA missions to the moon. Fifty years...
by Leslie Bonilla | Feb 21, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Anti-Jewish sentiment exists on both the right and left sides of the political spectrum, but many people only recognize it in their opponents, a leading Holocaust and Jewish history scholar said Thursday. “A lot of progressives think the issue is Israel,”...
by Heena Srivastava | Feb 21, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Roger Stone headed back to court Thursday after posting a threatening picture to Instagram of U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who is presiding over the criminal case against Stone and previously handled the case of his Trump presidential...
by Cameron Peters | Feb 21, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON — With a second summit between the United States and North Korea less than a week away, an expert on nuclear proliferation Thursday emphasized the complexity of U.S.-North Korea negotiations and warned that expectations for the talks should be limited. “We...
by Leslie Bonilla | Feb 19, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The Air Force’s future is in jeopardy because of federal spending fights and uncertain budgets, Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said Tuesday. “No enemy on the battlefield has done more damage to the U.S. military than budget instability,” Goldfein said...
by Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff | Feb 19, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON –– The U.S. needs a new trade deal with Japan and Southeast Asia because current tariffs means U.S. products and services are too expensive to compete in the robust markets, experts said Tuesday at an East-West Center trade discussion. “They are facing...
by Nirmal Mulaikal | Feb 19, 2019 | Education
WASHINGTON — Educators from the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe, and Africa pushed Tuesday for schools across the globe to become better equipped to help children who have experienced trauma through different approaches to their education. “There is a...
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...
