by Aishwarya Airy | Oct 9, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that the U.S. endorses Colombian President Ivan Duque’s plan to reduce that country’s cocaine production by 50 percent by 2023. In June 2018, President Donald Trump told reporters that “more drugs are coming...
by Silvia Martelli | Oct 9, 2019 | Featured, Health, Topics
WASHINGTON — Implementing universal health care, often called Medicare for all, would reduce competition and innovation in the health care industry and create longer waiting times for services, some health care policy experts said Wednesday. Speaking at the...
by Chiara Vercellone | Oct 8, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court Tuesday was asked to expand the definition of sex discrimination in employment under the Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation. Before the session started, long lines had formed outside the court to hear the oral arguments in...
by Bing Xiao | Oct 8, 2019 | Economy, Featured
WASHINGTON – The U.S. economic expansion has moderated due to the global economic slowdown, but America still has room to use fiscal policies to fight off a recession, two expert economists said Tuesday. Karen Dynan, a Harvard University economics professor and senior...
by Sam Cabral | Oct 8, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Agreements with Mexico and three Central American countries are increasing America’s capacity to stem the flow of illegal immigration in unprecedented ways, acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan said Tuesday. Data released by the...
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by Sam Cabral | Oct 4, 2019 | Demographics, Featured
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s judicial nominations will hurt the legitimacy of the federal courts for years as judges continue to be mainly white and male while the population becomes more diverse, legal experts said Thursday. At an event hosted by the Center...
