Republicans unveil $568 billion counteroffer to Biden's infrastructure plan
Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republicans unveiled a $568 billion infrastructure framework Thursday — their answer to President Joe Biden’s far more expansive $2 trillion package. The newly released GOP framework focuses exclusively on “core”
Anti-Asian hate bill clears Senate with bipartisan support
Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate voted 94-1 in favor of an amended bill aimed at combatting the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. Sponsored by Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, the legislation takes relatively modest
Boulder mass shooting: Nine civilians killed before slain officer arrived, DA says
Chet Strange/Getty Images (BOULDER, Colo.) — The nine civilian victims gunned down at a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store last month were all killed before police officer Eric Talley and other officers “bravely charged in” the store, Boulder
House passes DC statehood bill, now it heads to Senate and faces uphill battle
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — A bill for D.C. statehood passed the House on a vote 216-208 and heads to the Senate, where it has 45 co-sponsors but an uphill battle for passage. This is the second time the
What Biden has done on climate change has activists applauding — and waiting
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said last year the nation was facing four “historic crises all at the same time” — the pandemic, the related economic crisis, the need for
What we can learn from the pandemic's effect on the environment and what can change
deliormanli/iStock (NEW YORK) — Efforts to control the spread of COVID-19 around the globe led to widespread lockdowns and decreased economic activity. Another result of the pandemic has been a temporary reduction in emissions, such as carbon
NASA's Perseverance rover successfully makes oxygen on Mars
NASA/JPL-Caltech (NEW YORK) — NASA said it had successfully made oxygen on Mars, a major development that could aid future human missions to the red planet. The space agency confirmed Wednesday evening that a tool sent with
'This can't happen anymore': A year after Vanessa Guillen's death, family demands legislation
Sgt. Melissa Lessard/U.S. Army (WASHINGTON) — It has been one year since Army specialist Vanessa Guillen was last seen alive at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. On the anniversary of her death, her family gathered
Pelosi offers equal subpoena power, even partisan split on Jan. 6 commission
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has agreed to allow both Democrats and Republicans equal subpoena power and has conceded to an even partisan split on the 9/11 style commission
NFT art boom: Are digital artworks worth the virtual paper they’re printed on?
Valeriy_G/iStock (LONDON) — The meteoric rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has seen many once skeptical institutions embrace a digital alternative to traditional currency. But in the art world, a similar evolution is taking place. The last