![CBO sees rising deficits because of retiring baby boomers, spending growth]()
by Yu-Ning Aileen Chuang | Feb 2, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – This year’s federal deficit will drop to $559 billion, down from a deficit of $587 billion in fiscal 2016, but will explode to $1.4 trillion a year by 2027, the head of the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday. The deficits are expected to grow above...
by Nia Prater | Feb 2, 2017 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON—Khizr Khan, the Gold Star father who carried on a feud with now President Donald Trump after he skewered the future president for anti-Muslim rhetoric at the Democratic National Convention, appeared with Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minnesota Wednesday, to...
by Taylor Goebel | Jan 30, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON: The National Park Service is trying to keep exempt its safety personnel from President Donald Trump’s 90-day federal hiring freeze, but park advocates and former NPS employees worry that without the 10,000 seasonal workers who may be cut through attrition,...
![Former Bush aide: There won’t be a ‘quick’ U.S.-U.K. trade deal]()
by Yu-Ning Aileen Chuang | Jan 30, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – If President Donald Trump wants to talk about a “quick” trade deal with British Prime Minister Theresa May at the White House on Friday, he may be disappointed, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union C. Boyden Gray said Thursday. “It doesn’t make...
![Chinese New Year Parade: Celebration for all]()
by Yu-Ning Aileen Chuang | Jan 29, 2017 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – On the second day of the Lunar New Year, hundreds of people came to Washington’s Chinatown to celebrate the year of the rooster. Hear six participants tell us why it was important for them to be part of the event, and what they think about President...
by Maryam Saleh | Jan 29, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Bilal Askaryar was 5 years old when his family fled the war in Afghanistan and sought asylum in the United States, and on Sunday he was among thousands protesting outside the White House to denounce President Donald Trump’s travel ban for seven...
