by Ritu Prasad & Katie Watkins | Aug 2, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Twenty-one-year-old Mikaela Biester has been climbing trees since she was six years old. Unlike most people who abandon the tree-tops for careers on the ground, Biester aspires to be a professional tree climber. With a father who owns a tree care company,...
by Eric Englert | Aug 2, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The effort to ensure increased recruitment and retention of Latino federal employees has largely stalled since the Clinton administration, and leaders of Latino federal workers said Tuesday that President Donald Trump should revive and fund the...
by Misha Euceph | Aug 2, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON—Reauthorizing current surveillance laws would invade the privacy of American citizens, libertarian Sen. Rand Paul and liberal Sen. Ron Wyden warned Thursday. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 is set to lapse at the end...
by Christine Huang | Jul 30, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Alaskan lawmakers continue to push for energy development in the Arctic region, citing economic and national security incentives and highlighting regulatory safeguards for the environment. But critics say drilling can be done in less environmentally...
by Eric Englert | Jul 26, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON- Foot and Mouth Disease disaster preparation has been neglected, according to leading pork producers, veterinarians and researchers, who caution of the potential for a meat export crisis unless an emergency vaccine bank that protects against all 23 active...
by Jacob Rogers | Jul 24, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON- Pro-Palestine and free speech advocacy groups are concerned that legislation to prohibit restrictive trade practices against Israel will have a chilling effect on businesses and advocacy groups that want divest Israel investments over what they see as the...
