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Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025 Unanimously Approved in Senate Committee

by Elena Tittel | Apr 15, 2026 | Featured, Health, Social Justice

WASHINGTON, April 14 (UPI) — A bipartisan effort to reduce the stigma around pilots who seek mental-health care cleared a key hurdle Tuesday, winning unanimous approval from the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. The measure — the...
Deputy Secretary of State calls for more private sector investment in Western Hemisphere

Deputy Secretary of State calls for more private sector investment in Western Hemisphere

by Nicole Cheah | Apr 14, 2026 | Featured, Foreign Affairs

WASHINGTON – The U.S. should ramp up private sector investment in Latin America as the administration looks to deepen commercial relationships beyond Europe, Christopher Landau, the deputy secretary at the U.S. State Department, said Thursday.  Focus on the Western...
Federal health advisors back continued ambulance cost data collection

Federal health advisors back continued ambulance cost data collection

by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas | Apr 9, 2026 | Featured, Health

WASHINGTON — Federal health advisors on Thursday voted to recommend that Congress continue collecting detailed cost data from ambulance services, saying the information is essential to improve how Medicare reimburses emergency transport providers.  The Medicare...
Business leaders have a foreboding message to workers: AI will keep growing

Business leaders have a foreboding message to workers: AI will keep growing

by Erika Tulfo | Apr 9, 2026 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON–Panelists at the DC Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural “Future Ready Forum” on Thursday had a message for business leaders worried that artificial intelligence could replace workers and cut jobs: adopt AI or get left behind in the dust.  “Not only is...
Republican wins GA-14 special election, but Democrats see their biggest swing since 2024 elections

Republican wins GA-14 special election, but Democrats see their biggest swing since 2024 elections

by George Alexandrakis | Apr 9, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Republican Clay Fuller won Georgia’s 14th Congressional District special election Tuesday, the seventh such contest since the 2024 general elections, filling the seat vacated by Marjorie Taylor Greene in January ahead of this fall’s highly anticipated...
Hill Briefing Focuses on the Importance of Ukraine holding its ‘Fortress Belt’

Hill Briefing Focuses on the Importance of Ukraine holding its ‘Fortress Belt’

by Reece Dower | Apr 9, 2026 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Experts stressed Ukraine’s need to maintain control over its so-called fortress belt, a roughly 31-mile stretch of defensive infrastructure in the country’s east, during a public briefing on Capitol Hill Wednesday.  “The fortress belt is...
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