by Jenny Huh | Feb 24, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Six-year-old Isa says she doesn’t mind being a girl with a penis. “Yep, very happy,” said Isa, formerly Isaac, who, according to her mother Violet A., has identified herself as a girl since she started speaking at two. Though she’s too young to know that...
by Zachary Miller | Feb 16, 2022 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The federal debt ceiling has caused headaches for decades. Now, House Democrats are considering the value of doing away with it altogether. “The debt ceiling has become a political weapon used to extract concessions, or more recently, simply score...
by Christina van Waasbergen | Oct 18, 2021 | Business
Businesses should not be allowed to refuse to accept cash because it hurts vulnerable populations, Democrats on a House Financial Services subcommittee said Thursday, as Republicans said using cash increases operating costs for small retailers. A bill co-sponsored by...
by William Hicks | Feb 11, 2015 | Politics
By William Hicks WASHINGTON – It was a celebration of firsts Wednesday for African American Republican lawmakers at the Howard Theatre, an historic venue for black entertainment. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, and Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas,...
by Preetisha Sen | Mar 18, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Despite the Republican Party’s efforts in the past year to rebrand itself, it has only further distanced itself from a more diverse voter base, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Tuesday. “Their policies are simply out of...