by Dwight A. Weingarten | May 31, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON – On Thursday, D.C. officials announced that the House Committee on Oversight and Reform would hold a hearing on July 24, for H.R. 51, a bill for statehood for Washington. Take a look at the new push for statehood in the long arc of its...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | May 24, 2019 | Living
WASHINGTON — Over fifty years after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. sought to mobilize the country to address the issue of poverty, activists in D.C. are picking up the mantle and looking to address issues that effect the poor in D.C. The D.C. Poor People’s...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | May 24, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The head of the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday called on Congress to set standards for social media platforms to reduce election interference, but officials of Twitter, Facebook and Google defended their efforts in combating disinformation and...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | May 21, 2019 | National Security
The Senate Intelligence Committee has taken steps to make it easier for members of the intelligence community to report possibly illegal actions in their agencies without reprisals, a move aimed at reducing the impetus to go public with classified information....
by Dwight A. Weingarten | May 15, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON— Chinese company Huawei’s efforts to sell its 5G network equipment to U.S. allies raised concerns Tuesday among members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about disruptions in global communications, intelligence sharing and military operations if the...
