by Ariana Puzzo | Jul 28, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – A group of New York congressmen and women are pushing for a statue of Harriet Tubman to be in the United States Capitol, which would make it only the second statue of a black American woman in the U.S. Capitol. The first statue honored civil rights...
by Lu Zhao | Jul 26, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON – A rule proposed by the Trump administration would end federal food benefits for millions of Americans with higher incomes. In Oregon, for example, which is one of the states that have the highest percentage of residents receiving aid under the...
by Sruthi Darbhamulla | Jul 26, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Congress should take immediate steps to prevent school shootings by focusing on the “common sense, obvious recommendations” that don’t involve a lot of spending and avoid the gun control debate, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, said Thursday....
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by Matt Reynolds | Jul 26, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Animal rights activists Thursday praised the passage of a House bill that would impose stiffer penalties on Tennessee trainers who for decades have ducked regulation of “soring” — an outlawed practice that forces horses to step higher for judges and...
by Amanda Horowitz | Jul 26, 2019 | Health, Politics
WASHINGTON – In a hearing Friday, House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings told a panel of witnesses who said they cannot afford their prescription medication that he plans to take pharma executives to task when the House reconvenes...
by Amanda Horowitz | Jul 24, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Former Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III told two House committees Wednesday in 7 hours of testimony that his office’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election “is not a witch hunt.” Calling Russia’s...
