by Charlene Zhang | Aug 2, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON – In an escalating partisan fight over President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Republican senators Thursday called the “historic” number of documents requested by Democratic senators a stalling tactic to slow down the...
by Giulia Petroni | Aug 2, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – The son of a fallen Marine, whose grief-stricken face became an iconic image of the war in Iraq in 2007, was presented with a scholarship Wednesday, along with more than 2,330 other young people whose parents served in the Marine Corps or Navy. In...
by Minghe Hu & Jinman Li | Aug 1, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – As data is transferred around the globe, dozens of countries are creating barriers to cross-border data flow, but a number of U.S. business and technology experts say the result will reduce international commerce and increase costs. Instead, they said,...
by Juliette Rocheleau | Aug 1, 2018 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — It’s been 21 months since the 2016 election, when Russian interference across social media platforms sought to deepen the wedge between U.S. citizens at different ends of the political spectrum. But the social media meddling did not end there....
by Minghe Hu | Jul 31, 2018 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – A House energy subcommittee is pushing legislation to require the Energy Department to lease some of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities to companies or foreign governments and use the profits to update old equipment and infrastructure. The...
by Basma Amer | Jul 31, 2018 | Health
WASHINGTON – It is a well-documented fact that freezing temperatures cause immense harm to homeless people. But, according to several Washington, D.C., homeless advocates, the ill effects of extremely hot weather can sometimes be even worse. “Extreme hot...
