by Niko Boskovic | Oct 31, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Interior Department officials told the House Natural Resources Committee Wednesday that widespread sexual harassment in the agency has been addressed through aggressive investigation of allegations and extensive awareness campaigns, resulting in a nearly...
by Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Sam Cabral | Oct 30, 2019 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents aren’t always following the rules in deporting military veterans who are not citizens and treating them without regard for their service to the country, a deported veteran who has since become a citizen told a...
by Aishwarya Airy | Oct 29, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON- The Trump administration ‘s $6.6 billion foreign aid request for the Middle East and North Africa does nothing to punish Egypt for its humanitarian violations, like the capture of political activist Esraa Abdel Fattah, a House Democrat who served in the...
by Sara Wilson | Oct 29, 2019 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — One Nation Commission, a pro-immigrant group, released a report Tuesday about how immigrants strengthen the American economy. The report pays particular attention to the impact of the altered public charge rule under the Trump administration, which would...
by Alec Bose | Oct 29, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Professors and activists urged the Senate to act on a House-approved measure to reduce housing discrimination among the LGBTQ+ community at a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing on Tuesday. “This kind of discrimination is real, and it is...
by Silvia Martelli | Oct 29, 2019 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — Boeing’s chief executive admitted to Congress on Tuesday that the aircraft manufacturer made some mistakes in the design of its Max 737, resulting in two crashes last year that killed 346 people and the grounding of the troubled aircraft. CEO Dennis...