by Chiara Vercellone | Nov 26, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Economic sanctions threatened against corrupt Iraqi officials wouldn’t be enough to end the political corruption and violence in Iraq, and they aren’t what Iraqis who have staged protests against the government for nearly two months want, Middle East...
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by Sara Wilson | Nov 26, 2019 | Featured, Politics
Video by Mark Satter WASHINGTON—Mayor Muriel Bowser signed legislation Tuesday that expands sexual assault survivors’ rights to an advocate and codifies the rights of teenage victims in the city. The Sexual Assault Victims’ Rights Amendment Act of 2019 extends...
by Aishwarya Airy | Nov 25, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The prisoner swap between the Taliban and the Afghan government, which led to the release of two western hostages and 10 Afghan soldiers in exchange for three Taliban members, has built trust between the Taliban and the U.S. and Afghan governments,...
by Silvia Martelli | Nov 21, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Jon Voight is “an actor of astonishing range and depth” and “somebody I happen to really like,” President Donald Trump said Thursday as he awarded the Oscar-winning actor the National Medal of Arts during a White House...
by Mark Satter | Nov 21, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON – In his final public speech as energy secretary, Rick Perry Tuesday pledged $20 million – later revised to $15 million — for projects on artificial intelligence in the energy sector through the Energy Department’s innovation incubator, a program that...
by Brian Johnson | Nov 21, 2019 | Education, Topics
WASHINGTON — Rural counties are in danger of deep cuts in federal funding if Congress doesn’t renew programs that provides funds to them due to lost revenue from tax-exempt Federal lands and from a drop in timber harvesting on federal land, senators and experts at a...
