by Julia Shapero | Mar 4, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s nominee for ambassador to Yemen responded to criticism from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday over the administration’s decision to remove the foreign terrorist designation from the Iran-backed...
by Catherine Buchaniec | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The chair of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee grilled Pentagon officials Wednesday about the rising suicide rate among members of the military, saying the Defense Department is not “providing the right resources at the...
by Courtney Degen | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated long-standing problems within the child care sector, especially the high cost that makes it inaccessible for some parents, and the government must provide permanent support to both families and providers to...
by Julia Mueller | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats sparred over immigration policy Wednesday at a House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on the Trump administration’s “Remain In Mexico” policy that a court ordered President Joe Biden to continue. And...
by Katherine Huggins | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine have not gone far enough, and he should more directly target the Russian energy sector, according to a top Republican. “I’ve called on President Biden to...
by Jonathan Lehrfeld and Isabel Miller | Mar 2, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The climate crisis, which President Joe Biden has previously called an “existential threat to humanity,” received little attention during his first State of the Union. “We’ll create good jobs for millions of Americans, modernizing...
