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Acting Defense Secretary makes case for Space Force

by Brock Hall | Mar 20, 2019 | National Security

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Wednesday said that members from both parties in Congress have asked him to justify additional spending to create the Space Force. “The feedback I’ve received is worry about adding or building bigger government and I...
VIDEO: Young activists stage “Climate Strike” in DC

VIDEO: Young activists stage “Climate Strike” in DC

by Brock Hall | Mar 20, 2019 | Environment, Featured, Topics

  Hundreds of young activists gathered in front of the US Capitol Building on Friday to demand action on climate change. Speakers included Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and her daughter Isra Hirsi, one of the organizers of the strike. After her speech, Omar also...
Commerce secretary denies wrongdoing, ulterior motives for census citizenship question

Commerce secretary denies wrongdoing, ulterior motives for census citizenship question

by Brock Hall | Mar 14, 2019 | Immigration, Politics, Topics

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross denied that there was any “nefarious purpose” behind the Trump administration’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census in an appearance Thursday before the House Oversight Committee. Ross directed the Census Bureau last...
Pelosi underscores her feminist legacy for International Women’s Day

Pelosi underscores her feminist legacy for International Women’s Day

by Brock Hall | Mar 14, 2019 | Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi focused on her legacy as a female trailblazer on Friday, International Women’s Day, during a speech at the Economic Club. “I am a master legislator. If I were not effective, they wouldn’t be doing these ads,” said the California...
Democrats make push to reinstate net neutrality rules

Democrats make push to reinstate net neutrality rules

by Brock Hall | Mar 6, 2019 | Science + Technology

Democrats unveiled legislation on Wednesday to reinstitute net neutrality rules that were scrapped in 2017 by the Trump administration. The bill, called the “Save the Internet Act,” would bring back rules that prevented internet providers from slowing down or blocking...
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