by Athan Yanos | Apr 17, 2025 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – As Easter Sunday approaches, chocolate businesses around the country have been preparing for what is typically one of the highest chocolate consumption periods of the year. Last year alone, Americans spent an estimated $3.1 billion on Easter chocolate. ...
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by Ismael M. Belkoura | Apr 17, 2025 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday labeled the increasing rates of autism in children an epidemic and said federal research dollars will be dedicated to identify the cause. Kennedy’s statements at a news conference...
by Angeles Ponpa | Apr 16, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – As millions of Americans raced to meet the April 15th tax deadline, undocumented immigrants faced a different kind of pressure. They fear filing taxes could lead to their deportation. The anxiety was heightened this year as a newly disclosed agreement...
by Jordan Owens | Apr 15, 2025 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, the House Committee on Education and Workforce passed two Republican bills examining gender and sexuality in public K-12 schools. Committee members debated and voted on the Say No to Indoctrination Act, sponsored by Rep. Burgess Owens,...
by Bridget Craig | Apr 15, 2025 | Featured, Military
WASHINGTON – After the Trump administration promised the largest Pentagon budget ever focused exclusively on “lethality and readiness,” Republicans and Democrats on the Hill and top military brass underscored in hearings Wednesday and Thursday that much of the budget...
by Matthew Shea | Apr 14, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The House Foreign Affairs committee last Wednesday passed the “No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act” (H.R. 260), teeing it up for a vote on the House floor. The bill, which was co-sponsored by 23 House Republicans, would aim to stop foreign countries and...
