by Esther Frances | Nov 18, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — As global companies continue to advance artificial intelligence capabilities, State Department officials told senators that the U.S. needs to continue to lead AI innovations so it can set international standards that reflect American values. ...
by Haajrah Gilani | Nov 17, 2023 | Environment
WASHINGTON – The United States experiences major natural disasters about five times more frequently than it did in the 1980s, Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del. said in a senate hearing on Wednesday. This statement cited a National Climate Assessment released by the Biden...
by Meaghan Downey | Nov 16, 2023 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality, Politics
WASHINGTON — In a powerful testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday, Talia Dror, a junior at Cornell University and the daughter of a Jewish-Iranian immigrant, explained how she never imagined that the antisemitism her family faced in Iran...
by Meaghan Downey and Nicole Norman | Nov 16, 2023 | Politics
VIRGINIA – In Fauquier County, Sandra Rodgers stood behind a folding table with a Republican party flag draped over the front. She handed out Republican sample ballots and copies of the U.S. Constitution to voters as they entered Marshall Middle School. Her reasons...
by Emma McNamee and Phillip Powell | Nov 16, 2023 | Politics, Topics
Video by Andrew Fang FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – Sitting beneath a red, white, and blue banner with “Fredericksburg Democrats” printed across the top, volunteer Donna Blalock watched her nearly-eleven-year-old granddaughter run around the parking lot at Walker-Grant Middle...
by Juliann Ventura | Nov 16, 2023 | Politics
VIRGINIA– As election day in Virginia’s 31st District neared, Candice Skinker said that she became so overwhelmed with the number of negative political ads in her mailbox that she just started dumping them into the trash. “We’ve been inundated with ads in the...
