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by Julia Benbrook | Feb 3, 2021 | Coronavirus, Featured, Topics
WASHNGTON — President Joe Biden met with a group of Republican Senators Monday to discuss COVID-19 relief options. “The president is to be credited for his response to a counterproposal by nine Republicans and myself,” said Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind. In...
by Dalia Faheid | Feb 3, 2021 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Jason Smedley remembers the pain of his 2000 attack by lower-ranking Marines during a training exercise he led as a lance corporal at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton’s School of Infantry. While some held Smedley, the others beat him, knocking...
by Amanda Rooker | Feb 3, 2021 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — In the latest legal battle over the Dakota Access pipeline last Tuesday, a federal appeals court upheld most of a lower court ruling that said oil can continue to flow through the pipeline, but confirmed that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did...
by Alicia Diaz | Feb 2, 2021 | Coronavirus, Featured
WASHINGTON – The federal government has “critical gaps” in its COVID-19 vaccine distribution and vulnerabilities in the nation’s supply chain are “deeply troubling”, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report. However, GAO investigators said...
by Hangyun Kim | Feb 2, 2021 | Featured, National Security
A government report on military housing released Monday revealed that the Department of Defense had miscalculated allowances for service members that cover the cost of suitable private housing, such as apartments and rental homes. Basic allowance for housing,...
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by Jay Silver | Feb 2, 2021 | Business, Coronavirus, Featured
WASHINGTON — Local performing art venues are relieved to know help is on the way after Congress incorporated a $15 billion grant program for art and entertainment venues struggling financially from the pandemic into the most recent COVID-19 relief package....
