by Dalia Faheid | Jan 26, 2021 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration looks poised to crack down on a group of “forever chemicals” that have been linked to a range of health problems, a move that could put companies like 3M and DuPont on the hook for billions of dollars in cleanup costs....
by Dalia Faheid | Jan 24, 2021 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has frozen for 60 days last-minute rules from the Trump administration that would allow only higher-wage foreign workers to be employed in the U.S. Under a final rule issued Jan. 8 by the Homeland Security Department, only the...
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by Nicholas Portuondo | Jan 22, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg received bipartisan high marks in a Senate confirmation on Thursday hearing while explaining how he will push the Biden administration’s ambitious infrastructure platform if he is confirmed as secretary of...
by Nicholas Portuondo | Jan 21, 2021 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden said that the United States is facing “a climate in crisis” among other challenges in his inauguration speech Wednesday, marking the beginning of a presidency that promises to take unprecedented action on the global emergency. “We face...
by Julia Benbrook | Jan 21, 2021 | Featured, Inauguration, Topics
WASHINGTON – In stark contrast to the hundreds of thousands who would normally travel to Washington for the inauguration ceremony, small groups watched the swearing in on their cell phones. Those who were there described the day as historic. “It’s obviously...
by Madison Muller | Jan 21, 2021 | Featured, Inauguration, Social Justice
With most of downtown Washington on lockdown Wednesday for President Joe Biden’s inauguration, a small group of excited visitors made their way to Black Lives Matter Plaza to celebrate.Due to COVID-19 restrictions and security concerns after right-wing...
