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Experts Warn Current Fentanyl Legislation Fails to Address Root Problem: Fentanyl

Experts Warn Current Fentanyl Legislation Fails to Address Root Problem: Fentanyl

by Samanta Habashy | Mar 24, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics

WASHINGTON — Five days after discovering their 16-year-old son Daniel Puerta unresponsive in bed, Jaime Puerta and his wife decided to discontinue life support as they stood beside him in the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital. Puerta kissed his son’s nose one last time....
Hearing derailed as Republican chairman misgenders transgender colleague

Hearing derailed as Republican chairman misgenders transgender colleague

by Sasha Draeger-Mazer | Mar 12, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – An otherwise uneventful House committee hearing Tuesday afternoon quickly turned into a partisan showdown as lawmakers clashed over the proper way to address a transgender member of the committee. The hearing before the Europe subcommittee of the House...
In address to Congress, Trump declares ‘the golden age of America has just begun’

In address to Congress, Trump declares ‘the golden age of America has just begun’

by Paris Fransway and Rachel Spears | Mar 5, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – In an address to both chambers of Congress, President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised his government’s actions during the first 43 days of his second administration, highlighting a crackdown on illegal immigration, erasing what he considers wasteful...
Advocates Call on Congress to Pass Laws to Protecting Children Online

Advocates Call on Congress to Pass Laws to Protecting Children Online

by Edward Cruz and Jeremy Fredricks | Feb 25, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Brandon Guffey’s 17-year-old son Gavin died by suicide in 2022 after a sexual predator blackmailed him online. The father and Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives sprang into action over the next year and spearheaded the...
Power vacuum leaves space for China, threatening national security

Power vacuum leaves space for China, threatening national security

by Rachel Spears | Feb 25, 2025 | Featured, National Security, Topics

WASHINGTON – In a rapidly changing global landscape, the Trump administration’s foreign policy received mixed reviews from lawmakers as policy experts outlined plans to ensure American national security at a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Tuesday.  ...
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