by Bryan Wood | Oct 24, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Cameroon may soon be added to a growing list of sub-Saharan African countries influenced by the Arab Spring uprisings, which began in 2011. Nov. 7 will be the 36th year in power for President Paul Biya of Cameroon, who was announced two days ago as the...
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by Lucas Robinson | Oct 24, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The United States should publicize Turkey’s involvement in the Venezuelan gold industry, a Treasury Department official said Wednesday. Marshall Billingslea, assistant secretary for terrorist financing at Treasury, said at a Brookings...
by Jessica A. Floyd | Oct 24, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Even though the Senate is on recess, the Senate Judiciary Committee continued confirmation hearings for federal judge nominees for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Federal Claims Court and the U.S. District Court in Oregon. Republican Sens. Orin...
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by Dorothy Mills-Gregg | Oct 24, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – About one in five American households don’t have a recent credit history, a new Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. survey of underbanked households found. The commission completed its seventh survey on what it called “underbanked” Americans, or people who...
by Adam Barnes | Oct 23, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Saudi Arabia, accused of murdering journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Turkey earlier this month, has led efforts to “snuff out” freedom of expression since the 2010 Arab Spring protests against government oppression in a number of Middle...
by Jessica A. Floyd | Oct 18, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – While state revenues have generally returned to pre-recession levels, state spending on higher education is 16 percent lower than in 2008 – and the higher tuitions at public colleges and universities intended to fill the funding gap are especially...
