by Martha Castro | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in the 2013 New Jersey “Bridgegate” scandal on whether using government workers and property to punish a political enemy should be a federal crime. Aides to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie obstructed...
by Sneha Dey and Angelina Campanile | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON –Top Department of Homeland Security officials told a congressional hearing Tuesday that the agency has made significant progress in ensuring that children sent to border detention centers get health care and has administered thousands of vaccinations to...
by Evan Ochsner | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Democrat-controlled House will vote Wednesday to send its two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, Democratic leaders said Tuesday, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell swiftly responded that the Senat trial will...
by Suzy Vazquez | Jan 14, 2020 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON –Despite concern from Republicans that a bill would force religious organizations to make employment decisions that conflict with their faith, the House Education and Labor Committee on Tuesday approved the measure prohibiting discrimination against...
by Joshua Irvine | Jan 14, 2020 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON -Environmental concerns did not deter the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee from recommending that the Senate pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The committee voted 16-4 in support of the USMCA, with mostly Republican senators...
by Rupa Palla and Cassidy Wang | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON –Across the country, gentrification has exacerbated homelessness and the lack of affordable housing, experts and tenant advocates told the House Committee on Financial Services Tuesday. Karen Chapple, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley,...
by Janea Wilson | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON –The federal government can learn from some states’ successes in the 20-year battle against opioid addiction, the chairwoman of a House investigations subcommittee said Tuesday. During that time, more than 400,000 people have died from opioid...
by Martha Castro | Jan 10, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives passed legislation to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to go to war against Iran without congressional approval Thursday, but it still needs approval by the Republican-controlled Senate. The measure, approved 224-194...
by Zamone "Z" Perez | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Department of Agriculture plan to cut off food stamp eligibility for some adults with no dependents could severely hurt veterans, the chairman of a House subcommittee said Thursday, but a USDA official said the program could lead to veterans being...
by Sneha Dey and Olivia Olander | Jan 9, 2020 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The 2020 census could undercount hard-to-reach populations because it will be the first to be completed largely online and the Trump administration’s failed attempt to add a citizenship question may scare away immigrants, especially those who are...
by Benjamin Rosenberg | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — It seems a foregone conclusion that President Donald Trump will be acquitted of impeachment charges by the Republican majority in the Senate. But that didn’t stop a group of frustrated current and former Republicans who want Trump to be removed from...
by Virginia Langmaid | Jan 9, 2020 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON—The new decade will bring increased youth and social media action protesting climate change, the rise of economic arguments for environmental preservation, and corporate and technological interest in sustainability, the World Resources Institute predicted...
