by Julia Shapero | Mar 4, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s nominee for ambassador to Yemen responded to criticism from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday over the administration’s decision to remove the foreign terrorist designation from the Iran-backed...
by Julia Shapero | Feb 24, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured
Mike Fong’s interest in public service may have begun with a fruitcake. Every year during the holidays, Fong’s great grandfather, Jack Eng, who lived in Spokane, would hand-deliver a fruitcake to his congressman, Tom Foley. Foley – who spent 30 years representing...
by Julia Shapero | Feb 11, 2022 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – Amid a worker shortage exacerbated by the pandemic, health care professionals suggested to senators Thursday that Congress boost opportunities for their industry and reduce regulations. “I have heard from so many nurses and doctors and other health...
by Julia Shapero | Jan 26, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Oath Keeper founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes and nine other members of the far-right militia group pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of seditious conspiracy and other charges for their actions related to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Eight...
by Julia Shapero | Dec 13, 2021 | Politics
Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens. Today’s question: Supreme Court justices serve for life. Why? The U.S. Constitution does not include any formal mention of a life...
