by Soram Cheon | Dec 9, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi had a weekly press conference on Thursday talking about topics small and large, including impeachment. Pelosi stressed that legislating “takes time.” While they are investigating Trump for impeachment, they also have other bills and...
by Bing Xiao | Dec 9, 2019 | Business & Tech
Washington — In September 2017, a shared electric scooter appeared for the first time in the U.S. on the streets of Santa Monica, California. Two years later, according to Santa Monica government data, more than 2,000 electric scooters have been added, \operated...
by Bing Xiao | Dec 9, 2019 | Business & Tech
WASHNGTON – TikTok, the video social networking app owned by Chinese-based conglomerate ByteDance, has launched a campaign to fight back against the U.S. government’s decision to label it a threat to national security because of its data collection by saying all its...
by Silvia Martelli | Dec 7, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Academy Award-winning actress Jane Fonda held her ninth consecutive Fire Drill on Friday to protest climate change, marching through the nation’s capital to confront financial institutions protesters say are associated with the climate crisis...
by Niko Boskovic | Dec 7, 2019 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Nuclear energy companies, most of whose costs exceed revenues, are often filing for bankruptcy to obtain federal subsidies. “According to the data we gathered nuclear power plants are losing money right now, some of them to the extent where they can’t...
by Mark Satter | Dec 6, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Foreigners responsible for taking Americans hostage abroad have long been able to benefit from western institutions and ways of life. A new bill aims to curb that, but some experts fear it goes too far. The Global Hostage Act, introduced last month...