by Jakob Lazzaro | Mar 8, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Touting Oregon’s efforts to combat the opioid crisis, Gov. Kate Brown told a Senate committee Thursday that states need the federal government to step up its efforts by providing more money and moving beyond punishment of drug users to prevention. “Right...
by Eric Miller | Mar 7, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Last month, reporters revealed that Jared Kushner and numerous senior White House officials were working without permanent security clearances. They’re not alone. At a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Wednesday, lawmakers addressed the backlog of...
by Renzo Downey | Mar 7, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced Iran as the greatest threat to Israel and peace in the Middle East during his U.S. visit Wednesday. “You should not enable this aggressive regime out to conquer the Middle East, out to impose its Shiite...
by Rachel Frazin | Mar 6, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — To combat the veterans’ mental health crisis, Veteran Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and veterans’ interest group AMVETS announced a joint program Tuesday that will give veterans better access to mental health screenings and services and to allow...
by Maggie Harden | Mar 6, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Companies need to have long-term strategies to ensure change resulting from the #MeToo movement doesn’t fade away, panelists said Tuesday at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce forum in honor of International Women’s Day. In the wake of several recent high-profile...
by Eric Miller | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured, Politics
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – For 50 years they’ve been adversaries separated by a fence line. But for a few days last week, soldiers from the U.S. and Cuba fought on the same side, battling a massive wildfire that threatened Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. The blaze set off...
by Libby Berry | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured, National Security, Politics
When Saddam Hussein’s forces invaded Kuwait in August of 1990, hundreds of Americans were taken hostage by the Iraqi dictator. As the United States joined forces with 38 other nations, including many from the Middle East, Ambassador Frank G. Wisner II moved to protect...
by Anna Laffrey | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump endorsed legislative solutions to gun violence Wednesday, urging lawmakers to take bipartisan actions on gun control that have long been opposed by the majority of his party and the National Rifle Association. In an hour-long...
by Maggie Harden | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – A controversial Department of Labor proposal could cost service workers billions of dollars in tips, experts say — and female service workers would be hit the hardest. The proposal has met harsh criticism, and earlier this month, the agency’s inspector...
by Erica Snow & Syd Stone | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump honored the late Rev. Billy Graham in the Capitol on Wednesday, calling the evangelist “an ambassador for Christ.” Graham is the fourth private citizen — but the first religious figure — to lie in honor at the Capitol Rotunda....
by Libby Berry & Paola de Varona | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The debate over criminal justice reform is heating up in Washington as the president and lawmakers promote dueling approaches to the issue. The White House outlined their goals for criminal justice reform on Tuesday, focusing on work training, re-entry...
by Libby Berry | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Less than 24 hours after the Supreme Court declined to hear a case on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, a few dozen of more than 100 Catholic leaders and activists were arrested Tuesday in a Senate office building as they demanded that...
