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...
by Mark Dovich, Jeff Chamer and Hazel Tang | Sep 28, 2021 | Featured, Social Justice
WASHINGTON — The Department of Agriculture launched on Friday a commission aimed at addressing “historical discrimination” in agriculture, a sign the USDA is looking to overcome a decades-long history of systemic racism that Black farmers say has shrunk their numbers...
by Mark Dovich and Hazel Tang | Aug 4, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Around 500 voting rights activists and faith leaders sat outside the Hart Senate Office Building singing hymns, protesting poverty, and calling for federal protection of voting rights on Monday. The actions were a part of the Poor People Campaign’s...
