by Jasmine Khayami | Oct 4, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – Former Equifax Chief Executive Officer Richard Smith repeatedly apologized to a Senate committee Wednesday for the massive security breach that affected 145 million Americans and denied allegations that three Equifax executives engaged in insider...
by Ricky Zipp | Oct 4, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Wednesday condemned the Republicans’ new tax and budget plans for cutting over a trillion dollars in Medicare and Medicaid funding. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an...
by Casey Egan | Oct 3, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The State Department’s announcement that it will expel 15 Cuban diplomats “is not a punishment” and does not signal a shift in U.S. diplomatic relations with the country, State Department Spokseperson Heather Nauert said Tuesday. The expulsion comes in...
by Tacuma Roeback | Oct 3, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – St. Martin, one of the Caribbean islands ravaged by a hurricane last month, aims to restore its economy by late 2018, according to the Dutch ambassador to the United States. “Everything I hear is that we’re going to lose this tourist season,” Ambassador...
by Yingjie Gu & Gerald Harris | Oct 3, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that Senate Republicans are moving ahead on tax reform despite Democrats’ calls for gun control legislation after the Sunday night mass shooting in Las Vegas that left 59 dead and hundreds more injured....
by Kevin Schmidt & Matt Sussis | Oct 3, 2017 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Five Democratic women senators joined a wide range of advocacy groups Tuesday to call on Republicans to support legislation that would shield Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and their families from deportation. “Every single time I’ve...
