by Alyk Russell Kenlan | Jul 17, 2020 | Featured, Politics
Over a quarter of female Department of Veterans Affairs employees experienced sexual harassment in recent years, according to a Government Accountability Office report published Wednesday. The GAO report highlighted outdated VA sexual harassment policies, delays in...
by Hannah Farrow | Jul 13, 2020 | Featured, Politics
The initial pandemic outbreak caused many farmers in Florida to plow under their crops for an estimated loss of more than $500 million, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. “U.S. specialty crop producers continue to be undercut by...
by Amy Sokolow | Jul 2, 2020 | Politics
Female veterans called for federally funded abortions through the VA on Wednesday, reviving a decades-long debate on the subject. During the House Veterans Affairs Committee meeting of the Health and Women Veterans Task Force, Chairwoman Julia Brownley, D-Calif.,...
by Samone Blair | Jul 1, 2020 | Featured, Politics
When U.S. Park Police forcefully pushed peaceful protesters away from the White House and Lafayette Square on June 1, they performed a “violent and senseless operation,” said Raúl M. Grijalva, D-Ariz, Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, during a Congressional...
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by Amy Sokolow | Jun 29, 2020 | Featured, Politics
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will refocus hiring standards for the federal government on “merit” by assessing skills rather than college degrees so that more workers have a shot at the millions of federal jobs. The order states that the...
by Hannah Farrow | Jun 27, 2020 | Featured, Politics
Along with lions, tigers and bears, Congress may make monkey trading illegal across state borders. The Captive Primate Safety Act was introduced during the U.S. House Water, Oceans, and Wildlife hearing in Washington on Thursday morning. It aims to amend the Lacey Act...
