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7th fleet collisions prompt readiness review

7th fleet collisions prompt readiness review

by Jinitzail Hernandez | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured, National Security

Accidents in the Pacific caused the death of 20 sailors in 2017. Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations briefed house members on two readiness reviews during a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing last week. Representatives questioned the...
Public Confidence in U.S. Institutions Plummets in First Year of Trump Administration

Public Confidence in U.S. Institutions Plummets in First Year of Trump Administration

by Enes Calli | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – A new international survey of public trust in institutions such as business, government, advocacy groups and news media shows a startling drop in confidence among the general population in the U.S. over the past year, despite solid improvement in the...
CATO Institute: New House Republican Bill ‘Criminalizes Dreamers’

CATO Institute: New House Republican Bill ‘Criminalizes Dreamers’

by Clarissa Jones | Jan 24, 2018 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON–After a three-day government shutdown, the fate of 690,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) beneficiaries still hangs in the balance. House Republicans are hoping to leverage this uncertainty by proposing a far-right immigration bill....
Military communications with North Korea are essential, lawmakers tell Trump

Military communications with North Korea are essential, lawmakers tell Trump

by Elizabeth Strassner | Jan 23, 2018 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of more than 30 lawmakers urged President  Donald Trump to establish a military-to-military information exchange with North Korea in a letter sent Thursday. One of the signatories, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., told reporters that...

Blockchain Stock Name Changes Draw Comparisons to Dot Com Bubble

by Matt Sussis | Jan 23, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON—After several stocks soared in recent months by adding the word “blockchain” to their names, some economists drew strong parallels with similar name changes during the dot com bubble of 2001. A 2001 Purdue University study found that the stock prices of...
Trump to March for Life Crowd: ‘We Are with You All the Way’

Trump to March for Life Crowd: ‘We Are with You All the Way’

by Clarissa Jones | Jan 22, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Thousands of pro-life activists gathered Friday for the annual March for Life on the National Mall. The event was heavily attended by members of religious institutions, Catholic school children, and evangelical Christians — but politics took center stage....
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