by Andrew Marquardt | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — After more than a week of press ranging from bad to worse, Facebook sent global head of safety Antigone Davis to Congress with a clear message on Thursday: highlight the positive. Testifying before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product...
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by Julia Mueller | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON—Three Democratic lawmakers on Thursday shared their personal experiences with rape, pregnancy and abortion during a hearing to examine current and mounting threats to reproductive rights and evaluate the impact of state-level legislation on constitutional...
by Hannah Schoenbaum | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A shutdown crisis has been avoided as the House and Senate on Thursday passed a short-term government funding bill that will keep federal agencies open through Dec. 3. The bill now goes to the president’s desk. The Senate passed the measure, 65-35, with...
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by Annie Klingenberg | Sep 29, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON—Senators on the Judiciary Committee could not reach consensus during Wednesday’s hearing on whether the Supreme Court’s use of the shadow docket in a Texas abortion rights case was either vastly unprecedented or just an ordinary procedure.“Constitutional...
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...
