by Matt Sussis | Oct 12, 2017 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON– House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi led a group of House Democrats Thursday to demand that the Republican-controlled Congress pass a law that would restore Obama administration provisions for handling sexual assault cases on college campuses that the Trump...
by Casey Egan & Matt Sussis | Oct 11, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — A group of House Democrats called on the Trump administration Wednesday to push for eliminating a provision in the North American Free Trade Agreement that they said allows corporations to ship jobs overseas and undermines American sovereignty. Reps....
![Trudeau and Trump negotiate their way through the future of NAFTA]()
by Kevin Schmidt | Oct 11, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in town for the fourth round of North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations, met Wednesday with President Donald Trump, who said if the renegotiations don’t meet U.S. needs, the trade pact may end. But...
![GOP House Leadership call for Immediate Disaster Relief Funding]()
by Gerald Harris | Oct 11, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON- House Speaker Paul Ryan and GOP leadership on Wednesday detailed their plans to provide $36.5 billion in funding for emergency disaster relief and recovery from recent hurricanes and the wildfires in California. On Thursday, the House will vote on a bill...
by Yingjie Gu | Oct 11, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — Most people are still living in countries where income inequality is increasing, especially in China and India, the International Monetary Fund’s fiscal affairs director said Wednesday Vitor Gaspar, director of the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department,...
![National Security experts call for Afghanistan withdrawal and peace negotiations]()
by Jasmine Khayami | Oct 10, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON– The U.S. military should withdraw from Afghanistan because a negotiated peace is unlikely and because the situation there no longer is a significant threat to the U.S.,going against the Trump administration’s decision to send more troops to the country,...
