Income share agreements are growing up — and not a moment too soon
This week, Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced legislation that would explicitly apply existing federal consumer credit protections to income share agreements (ISAs) while also creating important protections unique to the financing tool. The new legislation comes just four months after the U.S. Department of Educati
Read MoreInaugural D.C. Power Index Prize honors six women: ‘the present is female’
Six trailblazing women were honored Wednesday with the inaugural D.C. Power Index Prize, including Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards, who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova. The other honorees were Dr. Christine Grady, the chief of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health; opera star Denyce Graves; entrepreneur, philanthropist and first African American woman to become a billionaire Sheila Johnson; and Emmy-nominated “Transparent” and “The Office” actor Melora Hardin. “All six
Read MoreBiden expects to speak with China's Xi in next 10 days
President Biden said Wednesday that he expects to speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping “within the next 10 days,” which would be the first one-on-one call between the two leaders since March. “I think I’ll be talking to President Xi within the next 10 days,” Biden told reporters at Joint Base Andrews after arriving back from a trip to Massachusetts. Biden said last month that he expected to speak with his Chinese counterpart “soon” but offered a more specific timeline on Wednesday. The admission could signal that a decision on whether to lift
Read MoreHealth Care — Senate chair ‘concerned’ with monkeypox response
This pet chicken from Vermont managed to travel more than 10 miles away from home in one piece and has now been reunited with her family after c
Read MoreEquilibrium/Sustainability — A solar tower to brew jet power
Passenger jets could someday fly on fuel brewed from air and sunlight, if an EU-funded design becomes a reality. A new design from a group of European scientists envisions a tower that turns carbon dioxide into synthetic jet fuel using solar power, according to a
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