by Julia Shapero | Mar 15, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers on Wednesday urged the Biden administration to walk away from negotiations with Iran over a nuclear deal, emphasizing that it would help Russian President Vladimir Putin by providing “a massive subsidy” to Russia as his military...
by Annie Klingenberg | Mar 10, 2022 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — As Americans prepare to switch their clocks forward on Sunday, members of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee and a variety of experts Wednesday agreed that it’s time for the country to stop switching times. But they couldn’t agree on which...
by Andrew Marquardt | Mar 9, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from both parties Wednesday vowed to develop a federal plan to “deliver actionable tools and resources” to fight climate change in the wake of a series of recent climate reports that outline the urgent need to reduce carbon...
by Andrew Marquardt | Mar 9, 2022 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — It got a lot easier for patients with opioid addiction to get their medication remotely during the pandemic — and now addiction doctors and telehealth companies are pushing Congress to make those flexibilities permanent. Before Covid-19, patients...
by Julia Shapero | Mar 9, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — In a rare show of bipartisanship, lawmakers from both parties urged the Biden administration on Tuesday to take further actions against Russia and to increase support for Ukraine amid the Russian invasion of its neighbor. “Until Putin relents, we must...
by Andrew Marquardt and Hannah Schoenbaum | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Health, Urban Indian Healthcare
CHICAGO – Sarina DiMaso, a citizen of the Chiricahua Apache and Taino Nations, stumbled into her Chicago home seven years ago after a drug and alcohol binge to find her 24-year-old daughter, Nicole, dead by suicide in DiMaso’s bedroom. Riddled with guilt and trapped...
