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Time to Grow up! Toys R Us Announces US Store Closures

by Jasmine Khayami | Mar 21, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON – Last week, the beloved toy store chain, Toys “R” Us, announced it would be selling or closing all of its U.S. stores. This announcement came just 6 months after the company filed for Chapter 10 bankruptcy in September last year....
Timeline: McCabe the Latest Departure in a Tumultuous Trump Administration

Timeline: McCabe the Latest Departure in a Tumultuous Trump Administration

by Elizabeth Strassner | Mar 21, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe was set to resign in a few days when Attorney General Jeff Sessions abruptly fired him. Sessions said that McCabe “lacked candor” when talking to internal investigators about an inquiry related to former...
Time Warner-AT&T Merger Faces Unusually High Regulatory and Political Pressure, Experts Say

Time Warner-AT&T Merger Faces Unusually High Regulatory and Political Pressure, Experts Say

by Matt Sussis | Mar 21, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON—Vertical mergers—or combinations of companies which are not direct competitors—usually face relatively little regulatory scrutiny and rarely go to court. But legal experts say the high-stakes trial over the potential $85 billion merger between Time Warner...
Did the Iran nuclear deal prevent Obama from entering the Syrian conflict?

Did the Iran nuclear deal prevent Obama from entering the Syrian conflict?

by Enes Calli & Ricky Zipp | Mar 21, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Last Thursday  marked the seven-year anniversary of  the beginning of the Syrian civil war, a shameful period that has led to the deaths of as many as 500,000 people. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad once appeared on the verge of defeat at the hands of...
Senate Intel Committee urges tougher action to prevent Russian election hacking 

Senate Intel Committee urges tougher action to prevent Russian election hacking 

by Gerald Harris | Mar 20, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – With the 2018 mid-term primaries well underway,  Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee released a portion of its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and offered a list of recommendations to...
There’s fish in them there hills: Raising salmon in W.V.

There’s fish in them there hills: Raising salmon in W.V.

by Joey Mendolia | Mar 20, 2018 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON – On the boarder of West Virginia and Maryland, roughly 75 miles from Washington, D.C., researchers are raising salmon from egg to harvest. Led by The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute, the Spring Hill Salmon project is the first land-based...
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