by Priyanka Godbole | Feb 20, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The U.S. should provide more weapons and military technology to India to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific area and mitigate China’s efforts to increase its power in the region, several former ambassadors said Tuesday. “There’s an inner core of...
by Priyanka Godbole | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured, Politics
Millions of middle-class Americans and businesses will enjoy substantial economic benefits in the coming years as a result of President Donald Trump’s tax and budget policies, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said at a hearing Thursday. Mnuchin testified before the...
by Jakob Lazzaro | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Paul Ryan offered condolences for the victims and families of yesterday’s Parkland school shooting, in which 17 people were killed and at least 14 injured, during a Thursday press conference at the Capitol. “Our first thoughts are with the...
by Paola de Varona | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured, Politics
Seven weeks into 2018 the nation is having an all too familiar conversation: How do we prevent school shootings? With seventeen confirmed dead in the latest shooting in Parkland, Florida on Wednesday, this marks the eighth school shooting in the U.S. in 2018 that has...
by Syd Stone | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — House Republicans said at a hearing on Thursday that the environmental damage caused by an unsecured border endangers public lands and natural resources. A National Park Service report last year warned that illegal immigration and drug running have...
by Anna Laffrey | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Better efforts to combat mental illness and enforcement of existing gun laws may have prevented yesterday’s mass shooting at a school in Parkland, FL, said Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “Focusing on dangerous people, mentally ill people, can...
by Stavros Agorakis | Feb 14, 2018 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — With only 19 days until protection for “dreamers” expires, Congress is more divided than ever in reaching a bipartisan fix that satisfies the demands of Republicans, Democrats and President Donald Trump on immigration. After a Senate vote on altering the...
by Syd Stone | Feb 14, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence spoke out about the Rob Porter scandal on Wednesday, declaring that White House officials “could have handled this better.” “This administration has no tolerance for domestic violence,” Pence said in a...
by Paola de Varona | Feb 14, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Four months since the viral spread of the #MeToo movement, President Donald Trump, early Saturday morning, seemingly weighed in on the growing cultural movement amid previous silence on the issue: Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere...
by Libby Berry & Priyanka Godbole | Feb 13, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers and experts raised doubts on Tuesday that Republicans and Democrats can find common ground on President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion infrastructure program during a conference at American University. Trump unveiled the plan along with...
by Kristina Karisch | Feb 13, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his administration are too cozy with Russia, two experts said at a Tuesday discussion held by the Council on Foreign Relations. Robert Blackwill and Philip Gordon, both fellows at the Council, coauthored a report last month on...
by Rachel Frazin | Feb 13, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would add new requirements for filing lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act is slated for a vote Thursday with strong support from the Republican majority. The ADA prohibits discrimination of...
