by Kelly Rissman | Jul 26, 2019 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Democrats challenged the head of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the agency’s “culture of cruelty” at a House subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. CBP Chief Carla Provost repeatedly denied the notion of a toxic culture at her agency....
by Amanda Horowitz | Jul 24, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Former Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III told two House committees Wednesday in 7 hours of testimony that his office’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election “is not a witch hunt.” Calling Russia’s...
by Kimberly Jin and Thomas Ilalaole | Jul 24, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Kate Brown of Gurnee, Illinois, will never forget the Monday morning in May 2005 when she received a phone call and was told that her 27-year-old son was hit by a truck when he was driving in a car in Round Lake, Illinois. The truck driver had fallen...
by Lu Zhao | Jul 23, 2019 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – Owners of cannabis companies told a Senate committee Tuesday that they are forced by federal law to operate as cash-only businesses, making it difficult to pay taxes and creating safety concerns. But an opponent said changing banking laws would allow the...
by Ariana Puzzo | Jul 23, 2019 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Colleges do not adequately meet the needs of marginalized students, such as LGBTQ people or low-income students, but renewing the higher education law could address inequity by tackling student debt, assessing workplace success and increasing services to...
by Josephine Chu | Jul 19, 2019 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon for the first time. 50 years later, the world looks back on the first moon landing as a glorious feat and a testament to what we are capable of as a country. But after all this time, why...
