by Laeba Hafiz | Mar 12, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday called on fellow members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee to extend and increase funding for the Older American Act to meet the urgent needs of America’s senior citizens. The...
by Annastazia Ng'ambi | Feb 29, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — People with disabilities are still being excluded from gainful employment and are still often being paid below the minimum wage, lawmakers were told during a hearing on Thursday conducted by the Senate Special Committee on Aging. “It is time we stop...
by Simone Garber | Feb 1, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Health experts on Wednesday urged Congress to take more action to address the growing problem of unaffordable health care and deteriorating quality of care as spending is expected to continue to rise. Health care spending rates grew 4.1% to reach $4.5...
by Ellie Skelly | Jan 31, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON- Some Senate Republicans are backing away from border negotiations, responding to calls from former President Donald Trump to abandon the deal. For weeks Congress has been working to pass a funding bill that bundled aid for the war in Ukraine and border...
by Charlotte Ehrlich | Jan 30, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Experts in the commercial shipping industries outlined the ever-increasing humanitarian and economic costs of recent Iran-backed Houthi militant strikes on American ships positioned in the Red Sea during a subcommittee hearing on Tuesday. The continuing...
