Новости за 06.05.2022

They’re on opposite sides of the aisle, but Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) once bonded over a NSFW song. In an upcoming interview on SiriusXM’s “Julie Mason Mornings,” Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) recalled once watching the unlikely duo swinging and swaying together during a party on Manchin’s houseboat to the Nathaniel Rateliff...

The Kentucky Derby on Saturday is set to look different this year with Hall of Fame horse trainer Bob Baffert suspended from the race. Baffert is one of the most famous trainers in the sport, leading for decades with his successful horses.  However, he has been fighting for his reputation since horse Medina Spirit tested...

Stepping up the culture war with Disney and other entertainment providers sympathetic to exposing kids to gender-identity themes, a group of Senate Republicans is calling on the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board to help parents shield their children from LGBTQ characters and situations. The television monitoring board already helps parents identify programing with violent...

Innovation, in addition to being a critical pillar of the American economy, is also one of the things that sets America apart. Our innovative capacity has made the world a better place by improving living conditions and health around the world. Intellectual Property (IP) protections are at the heart of these discoveries and inventions, giving...

The baby names Olivia and Liam made it to the top of the popularity lists for girls and boys, respectively, for the third year in a row in 2021. Where did your name rank? The Social Security Administration has developed a database allowing people to search for names to see how popular they've been over...

Prince Harry and Meghan, the duke and duchess of Sussex, will attend a celebration honoring Queen Elizabeth II in England next month. The couple and their young children, Archie and Lilibet, will be among the revelers at a massive event marking the queen’s 70 years on the throne. “Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and...

Democratic strategist Rob Stein died Monday at 78 after battling metastatic prostate cancer. Stein, the founder of Democracy Alliance, has been an influential figure on the left for decades, The Washington Post reported.  He created the organization in order to gather together wealthy liberal donors and fund progressive causes. Stein told the Post back in...

Olivia and Liam were the most popular baby names in 2021 for girls and boys respectively, continuing a three-year trend since 2019. “Once again, during this unprecedented time, parents chose to stick with familiar names,” the Social Security Administration said in a press statement accompanying a chart of last year's most popular baby names. “Liam...

Former Vice President Mike Pence blasted Vice President Harris in a speech Thursday over her support of abortion rights as the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. On Tuesday at an EMILY’s List conference, Harris chastised Republicans who aim to restrict abortions. “Those Republicans leaders who are trying to weaponize the use...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Ahead of June’s Jewish Leadership Conference, where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) will reportedly be a speaker, the New York Museum of Jewish Heritage has banned the governor from its grounds. The ban was first announced in an editorial written for the Wall Street Journal by two of the organizers of the event....

Michelle Obama says the Obama Presidential Center that’s being built will include a section honoring her mother, Marian Robinson. “I simply wouldn’t be who I am today without my mom,” Obama said in a Friday video that aired on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “And that is why this Mother's Day, I am so excited to...

An Iowa man pleaded guilty on Thursday to assaulting D.C. police officer Michael Fanone during the riot at the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. Kyle Young pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting or impeding officers and now faces a statutory sentence of eight years and financial penalties.  The Justice Department said Young was among a...

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday urged people to pray for the five justices listed in the leaked draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade to have “the courage of their convictions” in repealing the landmark 1973 decision. “My hope, and frankly my prayer, is that those five justices on the...

Actress Amber Heard claimed in court testimony Thursday that her ex-husband Johnny Depp was abusive toward her in response to sex scenes she performed with James Franco. Heard detailed a specific instance of alleged abuse that occurred on a plane during a discussion about the scenes in 2014. “He hated James Franco and was already...

Public benefits fraud committed by people experiencing poverty is quite rare. For example, in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the federal government has found an overpayment rate of only 0.1 percent, or just a dime for every $100. I was invited to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Government Operations in a March...

Brooklyn Nets star guard Kyrie Irving said during a podcast released Wednesday that he lived the "life of a martyr” when describing his early-season holdout due to his refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine, which resulted in him not being allowed to play in NBA games. During an appearance on the podcast of his teammate,...

Actress Amber Heard broke down on the stand during her second day of testimony on Thursday, graphically describing how her ex-husband Johnny Depp physically and verbally abused her. Heard, who is being sued for defamation by Depp regarding an op-ed she wrote about sexual violence, alleged that Depp grew aggressive when she spoke about her...

With little more than a half-year before November’s midterm elections, many of my fellow Democrats have begun to panic, and with good cause. Support for the party has cratered amid ballooning inflation, spiking crime, and widespread fears over problems ranging from immigration to national security. Some leaders on the left of the Democratic Party have curiously taken...