by Noah Broder | Jul 13, 2019 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON ––Democrats and Republicans took opposing views on the value of coal to the U.S. economy Thursday, with Democrats calling for more environmental controls and Republicans stressing how essential coal is to the energy infrastructure. Democrats at the House...
by Noah Broder | Jul 13, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Friday’s edition of the House Judiciary Committee’s attempts to learn more about the implications of special counsel Robert Mueller report on 2016 election interference followed a familiar partisan path of Republican calls to move on and Democrats’...
by Kelly Rissman | Jul 12, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Yazmin Juárez, a Guatemalan asylum seeker, told a House Oversight and Reform subcommittee that her 19-month-old daughter died because of medical negligence at a federal detention center in Texas last year, causing several Democrats on the committee to...
by Thomas Ilalaole | Jul 12, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Community members, legislative leaders and public and private citizens gather for the third annual #saydyslexia rally held July 10, 2019. They are protesting for stronger legislation and resources in schools for children and young adults diagnosed...
by Matt Reynolds and Kelly Rissman | Jul 12, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON — More than 250 people listened to a live staged reading of a single volume of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report Thursday, with dozens of performers reading bite-sized chunks. Event hosts expected the reading to take 11 hours, finishing up...
by Yuru (Priscilla) Zhu | Jul 11, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — A program that allows pre-checked, low-risk travelers to gain expedited entry into the United States is criticized for the lax vetting of applicants and verification procedures in a report from the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector...
