by Kietryn Zychal | Oct 11, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Gone was the rancor broadcast during the battle over the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Thursday’s business meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee was collegial and bipartisan — to a point. The agenda for the meeting...
by Daniel Grimes | Oct 11, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON–Iran, China, Russia and North Korea pose the biggest cyberthreat to the United States because they want to dominate their regions and see the U.S. as a threat to their leadership, a former top CIA official said Thursday. “North Korean leader Kim Jong...
by Dorothy Mills-Gregg | Oct 11, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – Bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies are “scams,” a financial expert told the Senate Banking Committee Thursday, but another expert said cryptocurrencies are innovating financial transactions safely. Dr. Nouriel Roubini, a New York University professor,...
by Jessica A. Floyd | Oct 11, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican and Colorado’s Democratic governor, John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., said Wednesday the labor and education systems are broken and can’t be fixed until politicians stop vicious partisanship to help the middle class. Speaking...
by Dorothy Mills-Gregg | Oct 10, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Are Americans divided into two warring camps as we’re led to believe? A study of 8,000 Americans released Wednesday found more than three-quarters say our differences aren’t so great and their attitudes are not a 50-50 split. The new research, undertaken...
by Bryan Wood | Oct 10, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON —In his second day on the Supreme Court, Justice Brett Kavanaugh appeared impartial in a case Wednesday that centered around due process rights of immigrants, keeping to his confirmation promise to reach across the aisle and operate “on a team of...
