by Xuanyan (Iris) Ouyang | Jun 27, 2016 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — U.S. bank officials said Thursday the Basel III reforms are too complex and do not align with reality in the United States. The complaints about the international regulatory framework came before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee....
by Max Greenwood | Jun 27, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — When about two dozen House Democrats, led by civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., marched into the House chamber for a rare and dramatic sit-in Wednesday morning, they launched a protest that was more reminiscent of civil disobedience than of...
by Max Greenwood | Jun 27, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Democrats staged a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives Wednesday, in a bid to force Republicans to allow a vote on a gun control measure. The symbolic move came less than two weeks after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history....
by Siri Bulusu | Jun 27, 2016 | Business & Tech, Topics
WASHINGTON – Foreign students graduating from U.S. colleges are joining their American classmates in flooding employer inboxes with resumes. But they know they are at a disadvantage – they can only work for a year before the employers would have to pay to sponsor them...
by Hannah Rank | Jun 27, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — House Republicans repeatedly attacked the Interior Department Thursday as having “a culture of corruption” because of numerous instances of ethics violations and sexual harassment allegations. “There is an overwhelming amount of...
by Aishwarya Kumar | Jun 27, 2016 | Sports, Topics
WASHINGTON — When you see Democratic and Republican lawmakers patting each other on the back, wearing their hometown baseball team jerseys and posing for pictures with “fans,” you know you are not in the Capitol building anymore. The 55th Congressional...
