by Clarissa Jones | Mar 13, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON–On Jan. 8th, the Department of Homeland Security announced the elimination of Temporary Protected Status or TPS for over 200,000 Salvadorans. TPS was issued to Salvadorans after back to back earthquakes in 2001 caused widespread damage in El Salvador....
by Elizabeth Strassner | Mar 13, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s announcement that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would be replaced by CIA director Mike Pompeo marks the latest high-profile exit in an administration characterized by upheaval. Tillerson joins economic adviser Gary Cohn and communications...
by Elizabeth Strassner | Mar 13, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s announcement that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would be leaving his post was just the latest shakeup in a tumultuous 14 months for President Donald Trump’s administration. Tillerson will join more than 30 top officials who have already come...
by Elizabeth Strassner | Mar 13, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Although Pennsylvania’s 18th congressional district is landlocked, it may well be in the path of a big blue wave. The once solidly Republican southwestern Pennsylvania district, which Donald Trump won easily over Hillary Clinton in 2016, is holding a...
by David Thill | Mar 13, 2018 | Featured, Science + Technology
National Geographic is charting new territory: a fiction book line for young readers. The new label, Under the Stars, “will create fictional stories based on the research and adventures of National Geographic’s leading scientists, photographers and journalists,”...
by Yingjie Gu & Jasmine Khayami | Mar 9, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – As experts spotlight China’s military buildup to challenge the United State as the world’s superpower, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that China is also using soft power to quietly achieve this goal. “One of the things we’re trying to do...