by Allison Novelo | Sep 29, 2021 | Featured, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Disaster relief organizations voiced their dissatisfaction with what they described as a shortfall of cooperation from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in mitigating climate-driven natural disasters during a Senate hearing on Wednesday.The Senate...
by Jay Shakur | Sep 29, 2021 | Featured, Military
The nation’s top defense officials kept mostly mum about lingering questions surrounding a drone strike that mistakenly killed 10 civilians during their appearance at Tuesday’s hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.The Pentagon initially said Aug. 29...
by Catherine Buchaniec | Sep 29, 2021 | Featured, Military
WASHINGTON — Afghanistan could see al-Qaeda or ISIS rebuild in a matter of months, top military officials told lawmakers on Wednesday.“Al-Qaeda has been degraded over time. Now terrorist organizations seek ungoverned spaces so that they can train and equip and...
by Hannah Schoenbaum | Sep 28, 2021 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — As Thursday’s government funding deadline approaches and the threat of a government shutdown looms over Washington, Senate Democrats and Republicans are exploring a unifying distraction from their budgetary standstill: the Britney Spears conservatorship...
by Katherine Huggins | Sep 28, 2021 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged Congress to raise the debt ceiling on Tuesday, warning that if lawmakers do not raise the limit, a “financial crisis and economic recession” is likely imminent. Yellen told the Senate Banking Committee that without an...
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by Catherine Buchaniec | Sep 28, 2021 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Top military leaders told Senate lawmakers on Tuesday that they previously advised President Joe Biden to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan, contradicting statements Biden made last month during an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC News. When...
