by Kevin Schmidt | Jan 20, 2018 | Featured, Politics
UPDATED WASHINGTON— The three-day government shutdown came to a close Monday night when President Donald Trump signed a stop-gap spending bill that would reopen the government through Feb. 8. Earlier in the day, Senate Democrats dropped their opposition to another...
by Clarissa Jones | Jan 19, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON—Nearly four months after Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico, the Caribbean island with more than three million American citizens is still struggling to recover. Electricity probably won’t be fully restored before this spring, many are...
by Casey Egan | Jan 19, 2018 | Featured
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s alleged comment disparaging African nations last week, 78 former U.S. ambassadors to African nations sent an open letter to the president Tuesday encouraging him to reassess his views on Africa, and to recognize the...
by Ricky Zipp | Jan 19, 2018 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney says there is a “50-50” chance of a government shutdown late Friday night, while President Donald Trump insists that the U.S. military will suffer the most in a budget crisis. The House passed a short-term...
by Yingjie Gu | Jan 19, 2018 | Featured, National Security
President Donald Trump’s Indo-Pacific strategy put Taiwan squarely at the frontline in a bid to challenge China’s rising economic and political power in the Asia Pacific area. The administration’s National Security Strategy released last month declared that while the...
by Kevin Schmidt | Jan 19, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON— As a partial government shutdown on Friday night becomes increasingly likely, federal agencies and employees are bracing for its effects that could result in the shuttering of many agencies, the furloughing of more than 800,000 federal employee and a...
