by Yiming Fu | Oct 14, 2021 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Mohawk-Seneca elder Kelly Maracle was with her 6-year-old grandson, lying on his stomach while he tapped away at an iPad game. Meanwhile, about 300 Indigenous-led climate activists protested outside the White House on Wednesday to demand President Joe...
by Ali McCadden | Oct 12, 2021 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — A Kentucky abortion clinic and the state’s attorney general went head-to-head in Supreme Court oral arguments Tuesday on whether the attorney general waited too long to defend a restrictive abortion law in a case that could give insights into the...
by Mary Yang | Oct 12, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Tuesday indicated that she is leaning toward cutting the length of programs in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan to pare down the $3.5 trillion price tag. The spending package, which was originally slated to dole out...
by Jasper Scherer | Feb 11, 2016 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden is using his final 11 months in office to lay the groundwork for his next big ambition — to double the pace of cancer research. The White House recently established a task force with Biden to lead the effort, and President...