by Mark Satter | Nov 15, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – An office meant to protect whistleblowers within the Department of Veterans Affairs was weaponized against them and promoted a culture of fear within the massive federal agency, lawmakers said Thursday during a House Appropriations subcommittee...
by Alec Bose | Nov 15, 2019 | Environment, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday unveiled legislation to retrofit all federal public housing with renewable energy technology – part of the broad Democratic plan known as the Green New Deal. The Green New Deal for Public...
by Silvia Martelli | Nov 15, 2019 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — Tech giants Amazon, Google and Facebook are facing increasing scrutiny from Congress over their online dominance and potential to threaten thousands of small businesses that compete with them. The criticism has ramped up over the past year, especially...
by Sam Cabral | Nov 14, 2019 | Featured, Politics
North Dakota’s Republican congressional delegation weighed in Wednesday on the first public hearing of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Rep. Kelly Armstrong called it “political theater” and said we haven’t heard anything new. Sen. John...
by Brian Johnson | Nov 14, 2019 | Featured, Politics
Video by Mark Satter WASHINGTON – Hundreds of protesters rallied near the White House on Wednesday as President Donald Trump met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, voicing opposition to Erdogan’s visit and to Turkey’s invasion of Northern Syria....
by Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Chiara Vercellone | Nov 14, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — An 1866 Reconstruction era law was put to the test Tuesday when Supreme Court justices wrestled with the standard that television executive Byron Allen must meet to move forward with his discrimination complaint against Comcast Corp. “[The statute] has...
