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...
by Julia Shapero | Oct 21, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to cite former Trump aide Steve Bannon for criminal contempt after he defied a subpoena from the committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. The vote fell largely along party lines, with all 220 Democrats voting in favor of...
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by Andrew Marquardt | Oct 21, 2021 | Featured, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Most Americans learn briefly about the Marshall Islands in a high school history class. Resting five thousand miles west of California in the heart of the central Pacific, the group of islands played a small but crucial role in the Cold War arms race...
![House Democrats Advocate for Housing to be Prioritized in ‘Build Back Better’ Bill]()
by Hannah Schoenbaum | Oct 21, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Facing pressure from President Joe Biden to hash out the final details of his reconciliation package, House Democrats sparred with their Republican colleagues over the necessity of government investments in affordable housing at a Financial Services...
![Bipartisan Support in Congress to Reform Government Watchdog Privileges]()
by Jonathan Lehrfeld | Oct 21, 2021 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — In a rare moment of bipartisan support, Democrats and Republicans agreed with the Justice Department’s top watchdog about expanding the privileges of government oversight officials. “I think it would be an extremely important change and helpful to us in...
![Lawmakers Debate Native American Voting Rights Act, Voter Fraud Risk]()
by Julia Mueller | Oct 21, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON—Democrats and Republicans clashed Wednesday over the electoral implications of the Native American Voting Rights Act. In his opening remarks before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, ranking member Ted Cruz (R) called the discussion a...
