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...
by Ricky Zipp | Sep 30, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – More than 75 percent of Raqqa has been cleared of ISIS forces, with only 400 to 800 of the terrorist group’s fighters left in the self-proclaimed capital of the so-called Islamic State caliphate, the chief spokesman for the military’s operation in Iraq...
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by Yingjie Gu & Gerald Harris | Sep 28, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON- House Speaker Paul Ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi made it clear Thursday that the Republican tax reform plan is the new battleground for Congress as it moves past the GOP’s failed efforts to pass a health care law, drawing Americans’ attention to...
by Casey Egan & Kevin Schmidt | Sep 28, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Disgruntled House Democrats, led by House members of Puerto Rican descent, blasted the Trump administration’s response to hurricane relief Thursday morning, calling for a swift and robust response to the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico and the...
by Jasmine Khayami | Sep 28, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Top officials from the Treasury Department and State Department struggled Thursday to convince senators on the banking committee that the Chinese government was fully cooperating with the United States in their interests to denuclearize North Korea. Susan...
by Tacuma Roeback | Sep 27, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — As Mexico continues to recover from three earthquakes in two weeks, mourners gathered at the Mexican embassy this week for a vigil commemorating the dead and missing – but also to call attention to 43 college students who mysteriously vanished three...
