by Camille Erickson | May 12, 2019 | Featured, Politics
Washington — Following years of effort by New York congressional leaders, the U.S. Department of Transportation last month announced it would award the Capital District Transportation Authority $26.9 million for the River Corridor Bus Rapid Transit project, known as...
by Eric Frazier | May 12, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A new Social Security Administration policy has some members of Congress as well as Latino groups up in arms. We hear from those for and against the policy. Published in conjunction...
by Alexis Shanes | May 10, 2019 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary David Bernhardt says the Trump administration will continue with its plan to ease offshore drilling regulations. At a hearing of the House interior subcommittee this week, Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, asked Bernhardt whether there...
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by Camille Erickson | May 10, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Department of Homeland Security officials warned the U.S. Congress of a security and humanitarian crisis at the southern U.S. border on Wednesday as Democrats accused the Trump administration of exacerbating immigration problems. U.S. Border Patrol Chief...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | May 10, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON—House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Friday that one reason to avoid impeachment charges against President Donald Trump is that the Republican-led Senate’s likely acquittal could set the precedent that presidents can ignore...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | May 10, 2019 | Topics
WASHINGTON—Congress met Wednesday to discuss the security of the 2020 election, and while many other states are looking to catch up, Maryland’s election systems already meet best practices. Larry Norden, deputy director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan...
