by Aidan Johnstone | Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Country music artist and rapper Jason “Jelly Roll” DeFord urged lawmakers on Thursday to pass legislation to help combat the fentanyl crisis that is gripping the country. The Grammy nominee was arrested at 14 years old and spent the following years...
by Julian Andreone | Oct 26, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Senators sparred over the most efficient ways to address the use of illicit finance networks funding terrorism in a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing Thursday. The discussion largely focused on identifying and combating...
by Jorja Siemons | Jan 18, 2022 | Featured, Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – Restrictive zoning policies are a chief force behind the nation’s continued housing shortage, experts said at a Bipartisan Policy Center panel on Tuesday. “We are experiencing the longest economic expansion in history (and) at the same time, seeing the...
by Mary Yang | Dec 8, 2021 | Living
WASHINGTON – Although the Department of Veterans Affairs backed a record 1.44 million homes loans for veterans and service members in the 12 months ending Sept. 30, members of Congress and veterans’ advocates said Wednesday that sellers remain leery of VA-backed loans...
by Ellen Garrison | Feb 3, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Immigration reform is a path to a healthier U.S. economy and a stronger housing market, House and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said Monday in a speech to the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, prompting enthusiastic...
