Food insecurity rising in Arkansas as Congress renegotiates the Farm Bill

by Phillip Powell | Jan 29, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON- In June, Congress and President Joe Biden lifted from 49 to 55 the age through which low-income adults must work to qualify for grocery subsidies. Will congressional Republicans use the 2024 U.S. Farm Bill to raise that age higher? “I don’t...

Senators Explore AI in Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions

by Haajrah Gilani | Jan 26, 2024 | Politics, Science + Technology, Social Justice

WASHINGTON — Detroit police used facial recognition technology to investigate an instance of stolen watches four years ago. The system matched a photograph from the store to the man they eventually arrested. Except he didn’t do it. The police department falsely...

House Democrats counter GOP’s challenge to SEC climate disclosure rule

by Nicole Norman | Jan 19, 2024 | Politics

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) — Republicans and Democrats tussled Thursday over a proposal to make companies report to the Security Exchange Commission the climate change risks their businesses face. The 2022 proposal would require companies to make certain...

Both House progressives and conservatives criticize Biden’s national security proposal as Senate negotiations drag on

by Phillip Powell | Jan 12, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON– While the Senate negotiates President Biden’s supplemental national security package, Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives on Thursday drew red lines that could make the package harder to pass. Progressives are increasingly...

New school for conservative thought to launch amid changing Republican Party dynamics

by Kelsey Baker and Anastasia Mason | Jan 11, 2024 | Politics

WASHINGTON– Seventy years after Russell Kirk published “The Conservative Mind,” the center named after him revealed plans to develop a school to train conservative thinkers for the future. The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal announced The School of...

Former envoy to U.S., Bi-khim Hsiao, may become Taiwan’s next VP

by Andrew Zi-Qi Fang | Dec 7, 2023 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — After recently leaving her post as envoy to the United States, Bi-khim Hsiao appears headed to become Taiwan’s next vice president, according to public opinion polls. Over the last three years, the female diplomat with an American mother...