by Charlotte Walsh | Jan 30, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Legislators began negotiating funding for the Department of Homeland Security Wednesday. The bicameral conference committee has two weeks to reach a compromise before the stopgap government funding bill expires Feb. 15. However, the president tweeted...
by Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff | Jan 30, 2019 | Environment, Featured
As climate change increases the frequency and severity of natural disasters, experts predict that the effects of hurricanes, floods, and other disasters will be much worse for low-income communities. Houston’s Manchester neighborhood is a symbol of the problem. On one...
by Nirmal Mulaikal | Jan 30, 2019 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON –Democrats on Wednesday proposed spending $100 billion over 10 years to build new schools and improve existing schools nationwide, especially in low-income communities. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., who sponsored the Senate version of the bill, called on the...
by Gabrielle Bienasz | Jan 30, 2019 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON —The Paycheck Fairness Act was reintroduced in the 116th congress Wednesday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other Democrats from the House and Senate. If passed, it would protect employee’s ability to discuss their salaries, require employers...
by Justin Askenazy | Jan 30, 2019 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – Representatives from Venezuela’s interim government Wednesday advocated for greater international support for self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó and greater pressure on President Nicolás Maduro to step down. Guaidó’s representative to the United...
by Ester Wells | Jan 30, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — Space Foundation CEO Tom Zelibor and industry leaders called Wednesday for development of space for commercial uses by entrepreneurs and businesses rather than a war for space domination among competing countries. “Today’s space race is being waged by...
by Samantha Handler and Charlotte Walsh | Jan 29, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON —Roger Stone walked into federal court Tuesday as a crowd erupted into chants of both “Roger Stone did nothing wrong” and “lock him up.” Once inside, he pleaded innocent to charges brought against him by special counsel Robert Mueller in connection with...
by Henry Erlandson | Jan 29, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee hammered Pentagon officials Tuesday on the cost of having nearly 6,000 troops on the US-Mexico border, both in terms of dollars spent and training activities that are disrupted by irregular deployment...
by Justin Askenazy | Jan 29, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – FBI Director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats on Tuesday provided further evidence of how President Donald Trump is often at odds with his intelligence leaders, saying ISIS remains a threat, North Korea is unlikely to give...
by Nirmal Mulaikal | Jan 29, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — In a ceremony to honor Chinese-American World War II veterans, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday that recognition of the Chinese-American service in the armed forces is long overdue. The ceremony comes at the heels of the bipartisan...
by Samantha Handler | Jan 29, 2019 | Education, Featured
A recent U.S. Department of Education report rescinds guidelines on proportionate discipline to avoid discrimination against minorities and recommends arming school personnel, but Frederick County Public Schools says it will not change its approaches. “We always...
by Leslie Bonilla | Jan 29, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Health professionals Tuesday urged the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to pass a bill extending federal funding for community health centers, which can be the only affordable health care options for low-income and other medically...
