by Tacuma Roeback | Oct 31, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON –Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that the Republican tax reform plan to be unveiled Wednesday is “open warfare on the middle class.” The House bill to be publicly released Wednesday is expected to include cutting the corporate tax rate...
by Casey Egan | Oct 31, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON –The United States will vote against a United Nations resolution later this week calling for an end to the U.S. embargo against Cuba, State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert said Tuesday. The UN has voted on the resolution annually for the past 26...
by Jasmine Khayami | Oct 31, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Top officials from Facebook, Twitter and Google pledged Tuesday to work closely with government officials to prevent foreign interference in U.S. elections as part of a Senate hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. “The content...
by Ricky Zipp | Oct 20, 2017 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials Thursday said the investigation into the deaths of four U.S. soldiers in Niger “will not be rushed because we have to be right” and offered few specifics beyond the fact that the unit was “providing advise and assist missions” to...
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by Oyin Falana | Oct 19, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON- The U.S. now is focused on helping to restabilize Raqqa after liberating 95 percent of the city from ISIS, ridding the area of mines, restoring security and working to “allow the voluntary safe return of Syrians to their homes,” State Department...
by Gerald Harris | Oct 19, 2017 | Featured
WASHINGTON — White House Chief of Staff John Kelly Thursday delivered an emotional pushback to criticism that President Donald Trump disrespected the family of a slain soldier who died in Niger when he offered his condolences, calling Rep. Frederica Wilson...
