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,...
by Heena Srivastava | Feb 12, 2019 | Featured, Living, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – The pop-up kitchen Chefs for Feds closed its doors Feb. 1 after feeding furloughed workers throughout the 35-day partial government shutdown. The kitchen, café, and resource center remained open until furloughed workers received their first paychecks....
by Charlotte Walsh | Feb 12, 2019 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Transitioning to a clean energy economy is more than just a necessary step to address climate change, Just Energy Director Chandra Farley told lawmakers on Tuesday. According to Farley, it also offers an opportunity to address issues of racial injustice,...
by Justin Askenazy | Feb 12, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – A day after announcing he’s considering a presidential run, Massachusetts Democrat Seth Moulton laid out his defense and foreign policy vision during a discussion Tuesday at the Brookings Institution. Moulton, a former Marine who served four tours in...
by Samantha Handler | Feb 12, 2019 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – As teachers from Los Angeles to West Virginia have gone on strike to demand more pay and funding for their schools, House Education and Labor Committee Democrats on Tuesday urged passage of their $100 billion plan to improve public school...
