by Julia Mueller | Nov 30, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers cited China and Russia as threats to democratic progress Tuesday at a Senate Foreign Relations hearing to examine U.S. policy in Latin America and the Caribbean. “The cost of inaction is too great,” said committee Chairman Sen. Bob...
by Isabel Miller | Nov 23, 2021 | Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, President Biden on Tuesday announced he will release 50 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. After COVID impacted travel last year, record numbers of Americans are taking planes, trains and...
by Katherine Huggins | Nov 18, 2021 | Business & Tech, Featured
Shares of Sweetgreen surged 86% in its market debut on Thursday, following an upsized IPO that priced the salad chain’s shares at $28. Sweetgreen planned to sell 12.5 million shares priced at $23-$25, according to a Tuesday SEC filing. But the company said in a...
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by Julia Mueller | Nov 18, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, National Security
WASHINGTON — The United States needs a strategy for upcoming elections at several key international organizations, lawmakers said Thursday during a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on U.S. leadership in the United Nations. The last U.S. administration...
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by Andrew Marquardt | Nov 17, 2021 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – Many of the more than 3,000 active lawsuits filed by state and local governments in the nationwide legal saga of the opioid epidemic share a similar argumentative foundation: by downplaying risk and exaggerating upsides, pharmaceutical companies put lives...
by Courtney Degen | Nov 17, 2021 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Department of Education is engaged in ongoing monitoring of the use of COVID-19 relief funds after approving the funding plans of 46 states, department officials told lawmakers at a hearing on Wednesday. Congress has passed three separate bills since...
