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Lawmakers Shy Away from Green New Deal, Carbon Emissions at Hearing on Climate Change and Infrastructure

Lawmakers Shy Away from Green New Deal, Carbon Emissions at Hearing on Climate Change and Infrastructure

by Leslie Bonilla | Feb 26, 2019 | Politics

WASHINGTON – Top Democrats and Republicans on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee brushed off talk of the Green New Deal at a hearing Tuesday on how infrastructure could mitigate climate change. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., said that although he...
Stewart calls on Congress to permanently fund 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund

Stewart calls on Congress to permanently fund 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund

by Charlotte Walsh | Feb 25, 2019 | Politics

WASHINGTON — He cracked a few jokes at the beginning of his speech, but comedian Jon Stewart appeared on Capitol Hill Monday with a serious message: it’s time to provide permanent help for 9/11 first responders who have become ill or died after exposure to...
Anti-Semitism Cuts Across Both Political Parties, Says Holocaust Scholar

Anti-Semitism Cuts Across Both Political Parties, Says Holocaust Scholar

by Leslie Bonilla | Feb 21, 2019 | Politics

WASHINGTON – Anti-Jewish sentiment exists on both the right and left sides of the political spectrum, but many people only recognize it in their opponents, a leading Holocaust and Jewish history scholar said Thursday. “A lot of progressives think the issue is Israel,”...
Roger Stone Further Restricted In Court After Instagram Post

Roger Stone Further Restricted In Court After Instagram Post

by Heena Srivastava | Feb 21, 2019 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Roger Stone headed back to court Thursday after posting a threatening picture to Instagram of U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who is presiding over the criminal case against Stone and previously handled the case of his Trump presidential...
Economic experts say U.S. needs new trade deal with Japan and Southeast Asia

Economic experts say U.S. needs new trade deal with Japan and Southeast Asia

by Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff | Feb 19, 2019 | Politics

WASHINGTON –– The U.S. needs a new trade deal with Japan and Southeast Asia because current tariffs means U.S. products and services are too expensive to compete in the robust markets, experts said Tuesday at an East-West Center trade discussion. “They are facing...
JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG RETURNS TO SUPREME COURT BENCH

JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG RETURNS TO SUPREME COURT BENCH

by Gabrielle Bienasz | Feb 19, 2019 | Politics

WASHINGTON–Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was back on the bench Tuesday for the first time since early January after undergoing surgery in late December to remove cancerous growths from her left lung, but she was quieter than usual. Ginsburg spoke six times during...
Controversial Housing & Finance Nominee Wants Fannie, Freddie Reform

Controversial Housing & Finance Nominee Wants Fannie, Freddie Reform

by Leslie Bonilla | Feb 15, 2019 | Business, Politics

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s controversial nominee to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency told senators Thursday that he wanted to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two mortgage finance companies meant to make the housing market more stable and...
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION GROUP DISRUPTS CAPITOL WITH VALENTINE’S DAY PROTEST

GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION GROUP DISRUPTS CAPITOL WITH VALENTINE’S DAY PROTEST

by Gabrielle Bienasz | Feb 15, 2019 | Health & Science, National Security, Politics, Topics

Gays Against Guns chanted “How many more have to die?” and “Pass HR8″ throughout the capitol on Valentine’s Day. The New York-based organization began in the wake of the 2016 shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. Members from the group...
Funding Bill Heads to the House as Chaos Erupts Following Trump’s Expected Emergency Announcement

Funding Bill Heads to the House as Chaos Erupts Following Trump’s Expected Emergency Announcement

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...
Colombian president pitches vision for country’s future to U.S. business leaders

Colombian president pitches vision for country’s future to U.S. business leaders

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...
Clashes over voting, campaign finance reform persist at last hearing on Democrats’ anti-corruption bill

Clashes over voting, campaign finance reform persist at last hearing on Democrats’ anti-corruption bill

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...
After feeding furloughed workers, pop-up café prepares for possibility of a repeat shutdown

After feeding furloughed workers, pop-up café prepares for possibility of a repeat shutdown

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....
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