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Families of Americans Overseas Wrongfully Detained Bring Advocacy to Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON — American journalist Reza Valizadeh visited his elderly Iranian parents in March 2024 for the first time in 15 years. Valizadeh’s stories for Voice of America and other U.S. government-funded outlets often criticized the Iranian regime. So before...
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Families of Americans Overseas Wrongfully Detained Bring Advocacy to Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON — American journalist Reza Valizadeh visited his elderly Iranian parents in March 2024 for the first time in 15 years. Valizadeh’s stories for Voice of America and other U.S. government-funded outlets often criticized the Iranian regime. So before...
FEMA Review Council Proposes Long List of Reforms to Federal Disaster Assistance
WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after President Donald Trump threatened to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a review council he appointed released a final report on Thursday to overhaul the agency by reducing administrative costs and shifting responsibility...
Bipartisan Support for Increases to the ‘Indian Health Service’s’ FY27 Budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. – There was rare bipartisan support to increase funding for the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027 on Thursday in the House Appropriation Committee’s Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related...
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Bipartisan Support for Increases to the ‘Indian Health Service’s’ FY27 Budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. – There was rare bipartisan support to increase funding for the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027 on Thursday in the House Appropriation Committee’s Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related...
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Bipartisan Support for Increases to the ‘Indian Health Service’s’ FY27 Budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. – There was rare bipartisan support to increase funding for the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027 on Thursday in the House Appropriation Committee’s Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related...
Amicus attorneys believe Monsanto has a leg up in Supreme Court bid to undercut 60,000 Roundup cases
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to lean towards ruling for Monsanto during oral arguments last week in a pesticide label dispute that could undercut more than 60,000 cancer patients' lawsuits accusing the company of failing to warn them about Roundup...
US Supreme Court weighs case that could hinder cheaper drug manufacturing
WASHINGTON — John Bailey said he’s saved tens of thousands of dollars over the last decade by relying on a generic prescription to lower his cholesterol. The 68-year-old from central Texas was able to get a generic because the patent on a brand-name medication...
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Families of Americans Overseas Wrongfully Detained Bring Advocacy to Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON — American journalist Reza Valizadeh visited his elderly Iranian parents in March 2024 for the first time in 15 years. Valizadeh’s stories for Voice of America and other U.S. government-funded outlets often criticized the Iranian regime. So before...
Latest in National Security
Families of Americans Overseas Wrongfully Detained Bring Advocacy to Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON — American journalist Reza Valizadeh visited his elderly Iranian parents in March 2024 for the first time in 15 years. Valizadeh’s stories for Voice of America and other U.S. government-funded outlets often criticized the Iranian regime. So before...
“It’s really bad for the institution,” experts say: The overuse of reconciliation bills could have consequences for both Senate Democrats and Republicans
WASHINGTON — As midterm elections take place across the country, the tactic known as “reconciliation” is being used by Senate Republicans as a way to bypass the need for bipartisan agreements all before a new congress takes office. In the latest example, the...
Lawmakers grill Pete Hegseth over Iran war in defense budget hearing
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth alternated between championing a proposed massive increase to defense spending and fielding attacks from Democratic lawmakers during testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday. It marked the secretary's first appearance before...
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Bipartisan Support for Increases to the ‘Indian Health Service’s’ FY27 Budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. – There was rare bipartisan support to increase funding for the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027 on Thursday in the House Appropriation Committee’s Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related...
Latest in Social Justice
Bipartisan Support for Increases to the ‘Indian Health Service’s’ FY27 Budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. – There was rare bipartisan support to increase funding for the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027 on Thursday in the House Appropriation Committee’s Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related...
Texas is Center Stage During National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With more than 1000 Muslims traveling to the nation’s capital last week for the 11th National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill, Texas was cited as a state of increased Islamophobia. Hosted by the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations, this...
Child sexual abuse survivor bill on hold in Senate committee
WASHINGTON, Apr 30 (UPI) - Spectators became teary-eyed Thursday after a Senate Judiciary Committee delayed a vote on a landmark proposal to allow child sexual abuse survivors to speak out against their perpetrators. Dubbed "Trey's Law," the bipartisan legislation was...
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Ahead of Trump-Xi summit, Japanese lawmakers urge US to stay focused on US-Japan partnership in AI, critical minerals
As President Donald Trump prepared for his meeting with China’s president Xi Jinping in Beijing next week, Japanese lawmakers urged the U.S. to remain focused on the U.S.-Japan alliance in artificial intelligence and critical minerals.
Senate Committee advances bill banning AI companions for children
A bipartisan bill that would ban minors from using AI companions, require all chatbots verify a user’s age, and allow AI companies to be prosecuted for harming children, was unanimously advanced to the Senate floor last week by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The...
Senate Committee passes bill banning AI companions for children
WASHINGTON—A bipartisan bill that would ban minors from using AI companions, require all chatbots verify a user’s age, and allow AI companies to be prosecuted for harming children, was unanimously advanced to the Senate floor Wednesday by the Senate Judiciary...
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Protesters outside the White House call for ending detention for migrant families, kids
WASHINGTON — Dozens of people gathered on a sandy lot in front of the White House construction zone Tuesday evening, carrying posters peppered with monarch butterflies and unfurling massive banners reading “Set kids free.” The butterflies symbolized immigrants...
Supreme Court hears arguments on permanent resident parole case
WASHINGTON, April 22 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court appeared split Wednesday on how much evidence of a crime U.S. border control agents need to impose parole a legal permanent resident re-entering the country. In Blanche vs. Lau, the justices examined when immigration...
House bill pushes bipartisan effort to tackle federal benefits fraud, refocusing from immigration
The introduced legislation would make permanent a pandemic-era oversight committee for fraud, establishing a national data-sharing system instead of focusing on individual groups.
Latest in Environment
NOAA Defends Cuts to Research and Climate Monitoring at Budget Hearing
A key Republican joined Democrats in pushing back against the Trump administration’s proposal to slash the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s research and data collection programs at a House environment subcommittee hearing Tuesday. NOAA requested a 26...
Cuts to Renewable Energy Research in Energy Department’s Budget Irk Senate Democrats
Although the department’s overall budget will increase in 2027, the amounts dedicated to environmental management, research and renewable energy infrastructure face significant hits.
Zeldin Celebrates Endangerment Finding Repeal With Climate Skeptics
Casting doubt on the scientific predictions that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare, he said, “we’re not accepting all of the narrative of the left without any question or pushback.”
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