by Julia Shapero | Oct 26, 2021 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Whether executive privilege will prevent former Trump aide Steve Bannon from being prosecuted for contempt remains to be seen, according to constitutional law professors who have been following recent developments. Bannon’s “real defense to contempt is...
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by Julia Mueller | Oct 26, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic lawmakers found a rare moment of agreement on Tuesday when discussing the need to expand ethics rules for the federal judiciary. The subcommittee met to discuss what Chairman Hank Johnson, D-Ga., called the “disturbing facts” of...
by Cristobella Durrette | Oct 26, 2021 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON— The Department of Defense must develop a more robust workforce education system and bolster talent recruitment efforts for technically skilled candidates in order to address workforce gaps, experts told lawmakers on Tuesday. “We have a jobs mismatch,”...
by Andrew Marquardt | Oct 26, 2021 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – Despite deploying similar algorithmic tools to advertise and accelerate growth to massive numbers of users – includings millions of teenagers – social media sites like Snapchat and TikTok have largely evaded the public and Congressional eye as of late....
by Catherine Buchaniec | Oct 26, 2021 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials warned lawmakers Tuesday that terrorist groups in Afghanistan could develop the capability to launch international attacks within a six to 12-month timeframe. “We’re actually fairly certain that they have the intention to do so,” Colin...
by Cristobella Durrette | Oct 24, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON—Discussion of a partisan inquiry into the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan dominated Wednesday’s House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, which had been scheduled to advance a block of bills aimed at addressing human rights abuses in South East...
