by Juliann Ventura | Jan 30, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A group of government employees from several federal agencies who want the Biden administration to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war has planned a “Day of Fasting” for Gaza on Thursday. The forthcoming action by Feds United...
by Phillip Powell | Jan 29, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON- In June, Congress and President Joe Biden lifted from 49 to 55 the age through which low-income adults must work to qualify for grocery subsidies. Will congressional Republicans use the 2024 U.S. Farm Bill to raise that age higher? “I don’t...
by Phillip Powell | Jan 12, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON– While the Senate negotiates President Biden’s supplemental national security package, Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives on Thursday drew red lines that could make the package harder to pass. Progressives are increasingly...
by Andrew Zi-Qi Fang | Dec 7, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — After recently leaving her post as envoy to the United States, Bi-khim Hsiao appears headed to become Taiwan’s next vice president, according to public opinion polls. Over the last three years, the female diplomat with an American mother...
by Esther Frances | Dec 5, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON– Despite bipartisan congressional support for small scale nuclear reactors, United States nuclear projects have failed to get off the ground. High costs and risks of building these reactors prevented utility companies from completing scheduled projects,...
by Juliann Ventura | Nov 30, 2023 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Topics
WASHINGTON – Members of Congress put aside their partisanship on Wednesday to meet with families of hostages held by Hamas, who called on them to continue their urgency in getting more hostages released. Hamas and Israel had released more than 250 hostages and...
