Mar 17 Group plans $50 million push to make child care a top issue in midterms By Moriah Balingit, Associated Press An advocacy group is providing support to candidates who want to expand support for child and elder care in the midterm elections. Continue reading
Mar 17 Live Results: Illinois midterm primary elections Illinois voters are deciding primaries Tuesday for six open U.S. House and Senate seats that will spur a new generation of leadership in the state’s heavily Democratic congressional delegation. Continue reading
Mar 17 The media's year of 'change or die' By Geoff Bennett The media and entertainment industries face a period of great turmoil, including unprecedented business and political pressures. Evan Shapiro, the so-called “Media Universe Cartographer,” speaks to Geoff Bennett about those challenges and the future. Continue reading
Mar 17 Trump's security pick Mullin poised to inherit a DHS beset by challenges By Rebecca Santana, Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Associated Press Immigration enforcement is at a crossroads. Disaster-hit states and their lawmakers are angry at delayed federal assistance. Frustrated travelers face long airport security lines due to a monthlong funding battle in Congress. Continue reading
Mar 17 WATCH: Trump addresses Iran strikes, Kent resignation during St. Patrick's Day visit with Irish Taoiseach Martin By Associated Press President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Iran’s leaders "are gone" after the apparent killing of top security officials. Continue reading
Mar 17 Trump says he's been rejected by NATO, most allies to join mission to secure critical Strait of Hormuz By Associated Press President Donald Trump, who has been pressing allies to help safeguard the critical waterway, fumed on Tuesday that the U.S. is not getting support “despite the fact that almost every Country strongly agreed with what we are doing, and that… Continue reading
Mar 17 WATCH: Johnson refutes outgoing counterterrorism official's claim that Iran posed no imminent threat By Associated Press Days after launching the war, Trump administration officials told congressional staff in private briefings that U.S. intelligence did not suggest Iran was preparing to launch a preemptive strike against the U.S. Continue reading
Mar 17 Joe Kent, top counterterrorism official, says Iran posed no imminent threat as he resigns over Trump's war By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press Kent, a former political candidate with connections to right-wing extremists, said he “cannot in good conscience” back the Trump administration’s war. Continue reading
Mar 17 WATCH: Postmaster General Steiner testifies at House hearing on financial future of USPS By Susan Haigh, Associated Press David Steiner is scheduled to testify before Congress Tuesday about the Postal Service's financial struggles and the need to change longstanding rules and regulations that he considers burdensome. He singled out the $15 billion cap on borrowing that has been… Continue reading
Mar 17 WATCH: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya testifies at NIH oversight hearing before House panel By Molly Finnegan National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya testified Tuesday in an oversight hearing before the House Appropriations Committee. Continue reading