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Vice President Kamala Harris will lead the US delegation to Honduras attending the inauguration of President-elect Xiomara Castro later this month, according to the White House.
"The Vice President's visit will further the commitment she and President-elect Castro made during their December 10 phone call to deepen the partnership between the United States and Honduras and work together to advance economic growth, combat corruption, and address the root causes of migration," said Sabrina Singh, deputy press secretary for the vice president, in a statement.
Ante el incremento información falsa en redes sociales, los miembros del Caucus Hispano del Congreso están pidiendo a los directivos de Facebook, Twitter, YouTube y TikTok una reunión especial para reportar cómo atacan ese fenómeno que pone en riesgo a las comunidades que hablan español
Los miembros del Caucus Hispano del Congreso pidieron una reunión formal a los CEO de redes sociales, incluidas Facebook, Twitter, YouTube y TikTok, para abordar la desinformación dirigida a la comunidad latina en distintos temas, como la pandemia de COVID-19.
The mesh cap that Noah Feehan wore nearly all day, every day, contained 18 terminals that delivered electrical pulses to his brain and the deadly tumor growing inside it.
Diagnosed with a form of cancer called glioblastoma in December 2020, Feehan, a 38-year-old Minnesota Air National Guard master sergeant, had vowed to do whatever it took to battle his illness even if it meant that, in addition to radiation and chemotherapy, he would wear the device 18 hours a day, sometimes enduring shocks so painful they forced him to his knees.
U.S representatives across the Imperial Valley say men and women who were inside the U.S. Capitol thought they saw their final moments.
Congressman Raul Ruiz was inside the Capitol the day of the attack. He says he remembers feeling like the walls were caving in on him.
The thunderous noise of hundreds of protestors forcing their way into the US Capitol Building one year ago, lives vividly in the memory of Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz. That day, he and other house members were directed to grab gas masks and watched as capitol police blockaded them inside the House Chamber.
"There was a real possibility that we could die that day," Ruiz said.
Southern California House lawmakers knew they were going to witness history on Jan. 6, 2021.
They just didn't know what sort they'd be witnessing.
After Donald Trump spoke at a "Stop the Steal" rally on January 6, 2021, his supporters marched on the U.S. Capitol, overwhelmed police, and stormed the building.
Every member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) inside the building during the attack who spoke with Newsweek thought it would be the last day of their life.
"It was the only time in my life I was sure I was going to die," Representative Luis Correa said.
Elected officials know some risk comes with being in the public eye, Representative Darren Soto said, but January 6 was wildly different.
SunLine's efforts to transition to a zero-emission bus fleet could get a boost from some of the billions of dollars in funding for low- and zero-emission buses recently passed as part of the federal infrastructure bill.
U.S. Rep. Raul Ruiz visited SunLine's Thousand Palms facility on Tuesday to highlight the federal infrastructure bill's investments in public transit, including funding aimed at expanding clean transportation systems, a goal that SunLine has focused on for years.
The pair of bills, included in the $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2022, will bring sweeping reform to the military's use of burn pits, expand a registry of service members exposed to the crude trash incineration method while serving overseas and enhance medical training for health care providers.
President Joe Biden this week signed into law two bills authored by Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36) to address the military's use of toxic burn pits as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022. Ruiz's bills will expand the Burn Pits Registry and enhance medical training on the health effects of burn pits.