by Delaney Nelson | Oct 13, 2021 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Over 10 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the House Natural Resources Committee approved Democratic legislation Wednesday to implement stricter regulations on offshore oil drilling operations. Earlier this month, a leaking pipeline off the...
by Joshua Irvine | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – House Democrats pushed through a resolution Thursday rebuking President Donald Trump’s initiative to give states leeway to limit Medicaid benefits for some low-income recipients. The resolution, which passed 223-190, attacks an initiative by the Trump...
by Sneha Dey and Suzy Vazquez | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to acquit President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment, bringing the five-month long trial proceedings to a close. In the lead up to the verdict, Senators faced partisan pressures from fellow Congressmen and their...
by Rhytha Zahid Hejaze | Apr 25, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority in issuing a travel ban against eight countries, but a Justice Department lawyer said the ban is based on national security requirements and isn’t...
by Renzo Downey | Mar 15, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON–White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders doubled down Thursday on President Donald Trump’s claim this week that the U.S. has a trade deficit with Canada. In an audio file obtained by the Washington Post, Trump told fundraiser attendees Wednesday...