by Lindsey Byman | Feb 29, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warned lawmakers that preparing for potential government shutdown is “an extraordinary waste of time and resources.” “This team is working their tail off,” Vilsack said on Wednesday during a USDA oversight hearing by the...
by Aidan Johnstone | Jan 31, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers slammed top executives of large tech companies on Wednesday for not doing enough to prevent online exploitation of children as protesters helped pack the audience sharing victims’ pictures and grim statistics of the problem. “There is blood on...
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 Ellie Skelly | Jan 22, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden approved a stopgap spending bill on Friday, preventing a partial government shutdown from taking place this month. The bill extends the budget deadline to March 1 and March 8, giving Congress until then to reach an agreement. The...
by Clare Zhang | Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Journalism executives called on legislators Wednesday to require generative artificial intelligence developers to license and pay for news content they are using to train their software. The use of AI to spread misinformation has been an increasing worry...
