by Elizabeth Strassner | Nov 15, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A major overhaul of the complaint process for victims of workplace sexual harassment in Congress is needed to get rid of provisions that discourage reporting of the incidents and provide legal help to the alleged victims, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)...
by Elizabeth Strassner | Nov 11, 2017 | Featured, Health, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Combat veterans with less-than-honorable discharges may soon be eligible for urgent mental health care from Veterans Affairs Department facilities if the Senate follows a House decision earlier this week. “This House sent a critical message to our...
by Kevin Schmidt | Nov 11, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON—As a House committee put finishing touches on its tax bill Thursday without any support from Democrats, Senate Republican leaders introduced a plan of their own and significant differences in the two versions may create hurdles for Republicans’ hopes to...
by Casey Egan | Nov 9, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Days after President Donald Trump shifted rhetoric towards North Korea by urging North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to “make a deal,” State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert said Thursday that both Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson believe...
by Gerald Harris | Nov 9, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Nearly 20 protesters who want to allow so-called “DREAMers” to be protected against deportation were arrested Thursday in the Hart Senate Office Building, but about 1,000 others marched around the Capitol demanding that Congress pass a Dream Act to...
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by Ricky Zipp | Nov 9, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five police officers were awarded the U.S. Capitol Police Medal of Honor on Thursday for their actions when a gunman opened fire on Republican members of Congress practicing for a baseball game in Alexandria, Va. At a Capitol Hill ceremony,...
