by Joe Snell | Nov 1, 2019 | Featured, Politics
SUN PRAIRIE — President Donald Trump signed a bill Thursday renaming the Sun Prairie post office after a firefighter who was killed in an explosion last year. Capt. Cory Barr, a 15-year veteran of the Sun Prairie Fire Department, was killed by an explosion last...
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by Bing Xiao | Oct 31, 2019 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve’s planned real-time payment system isn’t necessary and could disrupt real-time payment options created by banks and private industry, Republican Rep. Ted Budd and several financial experts said Thursday. The Fed announced in August...
by HyoJung Kim | Oct 31, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Illinois Democrats in the House unanimously voted in favor of the impeach inquiry resolution against President Donald Trump on Thursday, pushing the investigation into Trump’s controversial phone call with the president of Ukraine to the next phase of...
by Sara Wilson and Mark Satter | Oct 31, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted mostly along party lines Thursday to formalize the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, opening the investigation to the public for the first time. The resolution, which passed 232-196,...
by Chiara Vercellone | Oct 31, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Three days after President Donald Trump announced ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death, the nation’s top security officials told the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday that ISIS is still a threat despite Trump’s statements that ISIS is...
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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...
