by Allison Novelo | Nov 4, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — When the pandemic struck and schools closed, women stepped into the full-time role of both breadwinner and caregiver. Unable to juggle it all, many were pushed out of their jobs, and so began the nation’s first female recession. “Women spent 30% more of...
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by Julia Mueller | Nov 4, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republicans argued at a House Judiciary hearing Thursday that the controversial Texas SB 8, which bans abortions after the first detection of a fetal heart beat at six weeks, would protect mothers and children alike and aid in ending abortion procedures...
by Julia Shapero | Nov 4, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday expressed some skepticism about former President Donald Trump’s claims of executive privilege during the first hearing in a case challenging documents requested by a House select committee investigating the Jan. 6...
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by Isabel Miller | Nov 4, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday pushed back against the argument made by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., that the reconciliation package should not contain the paid family and medical leave program. “We can afford it. It’s universal. It’s a...
by Jonathan Lehrfeld | Nov 3, 2021 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s high-profile picks to represent the United States in China and Japan will advance to the full Senate for a vote, along with a dozen other ambassador nominees who have been in limbo. “I am pleased that we had 14 nominees that we moved...
by Catherine Buchaniec | Nov 3, 2021 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The primary terrorism threat facing the United States comes from lone individuals and small groups motivated by extremist ideologies, experts told lawmakers at a hearing on Wednesday before the House Intelligence subcommittee. “When we look at lethal...
