by Katherine Hyunjung Lee | Jun 29, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — The recent reduction in China’s credit rating by Moody’s Investors Ratings should not be blown out of proportion because the country still has time to implement key reforms, a top Moody’s official said Wednesday. “We think China’s credit strength will...
by Misha Euceph & Fatemeh Jamalpour | Jun 28, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Protesters picketing outside the Embassy of Qatar on Wednesday demanded that President Donald Trump take concrete actions to pressure Qatar, which has been boycotted by five Arab nations, to stop state-sponsored terrorism. The approximately 50...
by Katie Watkins | Jun 28, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Republicans on a House environmental subcommittee Wednesday criticized the dozen of lawsuits filed against Trump administration environmental policies as “frivolous” obstacles to needed policy changes, while Democrats said they are a needed check to...
by Ritu Prasad | Jun 28, 2017 | Featured, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration’s 2018 budget proposal puts basic science research on the chopping block. On Wednesday, scientists from some of the country’s top research labs and universities told a House committee that the U.S. stands to lose its science edge to...
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by Eric Englert | Jun 27, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON– Imagine a world where payments move like text messages. A number of bankers and fintech entrepreneurs have that vision for the future of payment systems worldwide. While the U.S. payment system could operate more instantaneously, it is still...
by Katanga Johnson | Jun 27, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, D.-Ga., and Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell Thursday introduced a bill that would restore voting rights protections struck down four years ago by the Supreme Court in an effort to block some states’ efforts to impose...
