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Expensive advanced reactors deter utility companies from pursuing nuclear projects

Expensive advanced reactors deter utility companies from pursuing nuclear projects

by Esther Frances | Dec 5, 2023 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON– Despite bipartisan congressional support for small scale nuclear reactors, United States nuclear projects have failed to get off the ground.  High costs and risks of building these reactors prevented utility companies from completing scheduled projects,...
Families of Hamas hostages urge members of Congress to get all hostages released

Families of Hamas hostages urge members of Congress to get all hostages released

by Juliann Ventura | Nov 30, 2023 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Topics

WASHINGTON – Members of Congress put aside their partisanship on Wednesday to meet with families of hostages held by Hamas, who called on them to continue their urgency in getting more hostages released. Hamas and Israel had released more than 250 hostages and...
Supreme Court considers constitutionality of administrative law judges in US agencies

Supreme Court considers constitutionality of administrative law judges in US agencies

by Nicole Norman | Nov 29, 2023 | Politics

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a case that questions the constitutionality of using administrative law judges in federal agencies. In Security Exchange Commission vs. Jarkesy, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled...
Virginia election shows that key issues may trump scandals

Virginia election shows that key issues may trump scandals

by Anastasia Mason | Nov 29, 2023 | Politics

VIRGINIA – 7-year-old Colton Owens laid on the ground outside his elementary school and played with his mother’s shoelaces. It had been a long day of errands, flu shots and now, voting. When his mother, Stephanie Owens began to answer a question, he chimed in with a...
Senate Judiciary Committee grapples with how to address gun crisis in US

Senate Judiciary Committee grapples with how to address gun crisis in US

by Meaghan Downey | Nov 29, 2023 | Politics

WASHINGTON – After passing bipartisan gun legislation last year, senators clashed Tuesday over the next steps in addressing gun violence. Democrats had called the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to address what they called a public health crisis caused by guns....
Supreme Court may allow second chance for some who face deportation

Supreme Court may allow second chance for some who face deportation

by Anastasia Mason | Nov 29, 2023 | Politics

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case that could impact immigrants who face deportation. In a case styled Wilkinson vs. Garland, the justices seemed to heavily favor an immigrant who overstayed his visa over U.S. government arguments. A ruling for...
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