by Hannah Schoenbaum and Isabel Miller | Feb 10, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — New York is slated to receive nearly $70 million to plug thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells scattered across the state as the Biden administration begins distributing funds from the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law. The infrastructure...
by Jordan Anderson | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A new watchdog report has uncovered potential conflicts of interest in dozens of sheriffs’ offices nationwide, including Pinellas County. The research shows Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri has received campaign donations from a group connected to...
by Julia Mueller | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Giving financial aid to stem the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan risks the “moral hazard” of the money helping the Taliban, the chairman of a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee said Wednesday. But experts countered that it would...
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by Catherine Buchaniec | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) — Amid recent reports of civilian deaths from military drone strikes, human rights groups urged the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to increase congressional oversight of the Pentagon’s drone program. The committee examined...
by Courtney Degen | Feb 9, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Not even a deployment to the Middle East could have prepared 1st Lt. Nikki Flynn of the Minnesota National Guard for her latest mission: assisting at a nursing home as the COVID-19 pandemic relentlessly continues to wear down medical staffs. Working as a...
by Cristobella Durrette | Feb 9, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Climate change experts and advocates told a House committee Tuesday that sustainability pledges made by Big Oil companies mask the fact that their continued oil production means climate goals laid out in the Paris Agreement cannot be achieved....
