Defense & National Security — The road ahead for Jan. 6 panel
The Hill, Greg Nash The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol held its first public hearing in months last night and left viewers with a roadmap of what’s to come. We’ll recap the hearing and l
Read MoreHealth Care — US scraps international testing rule
If you’re a cat person, check out this video of a cat fighting off a coyote on a porch and holding its own. Today in health care, you won’t need a negative COVID test to enter the U.S. by air anymore.
Read MoreEquilibrium/Sustainability — Achilles heel of the renewables push
The push to decarbonize the U.S. energy system faces a major potential hurdle: Lack of storage space. Battery storage systems are essential to buffer energy grids at night, when the sun is no longer powering solar panels, and during times when wind isn't pushing turbines. But a combination of supply chain and labor issues have led around a dozen battery storage projects to be canceled or postponed — threatening the campaign
Read MoreHuman trafficking is not a topic at Summit of the Americas
The Summit of Americas is ironically gaining more coverage about who didn’t show than who did. As Biden and other heads of state reel in on the importance of democracy and regional alignment, the most important voices — marginalized communities vulnerable to human trafficking and exploitation—have been barred from the table. And we will feel the consequences for years to come. With an unprecedented influx of mass migration across the region, the Americas ha
Read MoreBailey leads Irvin in Illinois GOP governor primary: poll
Illinois state Sen. Darren Bailey is leading Aurora, Ill., Mayor Richard Irvin by 15 percentage points among Illinois Republican primary voters in the gubernatorial primary, according to a poll released on Friday. A Chicago Sun-Times/WBEZ poll, which was conducted by Public Policy Polling, found 32 percent of likely Republican primary voters in the state would vote for Bailey, a
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