by Ariel Gans | Nov 30, 2021 | Consumer Protection, Coronavirus, Economy, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Omicron variant will not send the economy back to 2020 levels, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told lawmakers on Tuesday. Powell said that despite inflation hitting a 31-year high, the economy is strong, with robust spending signaling growth in...
by Jeannie Michele Kopstein | Nov 30, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics
WASHINGTON — Activists placed thousands of pairs of flip flops on the National Mall last weekend to protest Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs that has resulted in more than 30,000 extrajudicial killings in the country. Demonstrators also lobbied for...
by Julia Shapero | Nov 30, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Federal judges pushed former President Donald Trump’s and the government’s lawyers to suggest a means of balancing competing demands of executive privilege between the current and former presidents at a hearing on Tuesday. “Who decides when it’s in...
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 Catherine Buchaniec | Nov 17, 2021 | Environment, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — When it comes to power and positioning in the Arctic, the United States trails behind Russia, regional experts told lawmakers on Tuesday. “Our presence in the Arctic is late to the game,” said retired Coast Guard Admiral Paul Zukunft. “Russia has de...
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by Julia Mueller | Nov 17, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics
WASHINGTON — Threats to human rights and democracy were central to lawmakers’ conversations Tuesday at a House Foreign Affairs hearing to examine the Biden administration’s policy priorities for Latin America and the Caribbean. “It is a turbulent time for the Western...
