by Jacob Wendler | Feb 22, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON –– The U.S. Supreme Court stopped short of blaming Twitter for the use of its platform for terrorist activity on Wednesday, in the second of two cases against social media companies the court heard this week. The latest case, Twitter v. Taamneh, stems from...
by Nicole Markus | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee considered nominations for five of President Biden’s district court nominees on Wednesday, as the White House continues its aggressive push to fill vacancies throughout the federal court system. At the outset of the hearing,...
by Ali Bianco | Feb 22, 2022 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – As Democratic lawmakers speak out against “inhumane treatment” of Black migrants at the southern border, senators from both sides remain divided on why Black people are underrepresented in immigration policy discussions, and how current policies are...
by Ali McCadden | Nov 16, 2021 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Republican senators grilled Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, criticizing the department’s handling of migrants at the southern border as well as its handling of Afghan evacuees. Iowa Sen....
by Mary Yang | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — Fair prices, supply chain backlogs and vaccines for pigs were hot topics Thursday at a House committee hearing on the United States livestock industry. Inventories of beef, pork and poultry are down for a variety of reasons such as drought, disease...