Новости за 20.05.2022

This spring, as university graduates across the United States prepare to walk the stage, more than degrees will be handed out. Among the students and faculty of American universities sit spies—agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) —who have spent their years in college funneling research and stolen intellectual property (IP) back to the CCP. ...

Harry Styles says the country would be moving “backwards” if the Supreme Court follows through with overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. “There's a lot of people who are taking I think the right steps to try and make positive things happening,” the “As It Was” singer said Wednesday on...

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said “the country is in danger of imploding” while weighing in on the Buffalo, N.Y., shooting and the mood of Black voters in a wide-ranging interview published Friday. “It's just a mystery to me that we've become so tolerable of these kinds of incidents,” Clyburn told The Washington Post...

Immigration bottlenecks are increasingly hitting these much-needed workers.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the chairman of the GOP Senate campaign arm, doubled down on his call for President Biden to resign, saying in an interview on Friday that “he can’t do the job.” “What he ought to do for this country right now is he ought to resign. He can’t do the job,” Scott...

The S&P 500 index of major U.S. stocks continued a 7-week decline on Friday to fall 20 percent since January, officially meeting the definition of a bear market. The index hit 3837 on Friday afternoon, down from a January high of around 4800 points. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell below 30,830, dropping more than...

A resolution introduced by Republicans in both chambers of Congress on Thursday would define words like "woman," "man," "mother" and "father" on the basis of biological sex, a rebuke to transgender and inclusivity measures. Republicans call the measure a "Women's Bill of Rights," arguing that defining women on the basis of biological sex is necessary...

The Congressional Black Caucus is seeking a meeting with President Biden to discuss student loan debt, calling on the White House to approve broad-based cancellation of federal debt through executive action. “The $1.7 trillion student loan debt crisis is a racial and economic justice issue disproportionately impacting Black communities across the nation,” Rep. Joyce Beatty...

(WJBF) — Austin St. John, the original Red Power Ranger, is among 18 people in Texas facing charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The indictment was handed down by a grand jury on May 12. St. John is known through the entertainment industry as Jason Lee Scott, the original Red Ranger in the television show...

Former celebrity couple Amber Heard and Johnny Depp wrapped up their fifth week in court Thursday, nearing a verdict in what has become one of the country's most-watched trials. Heard, who is being sued for defamation by Depp because of a 2018 op-ed she wrote about sexual violence, told her side of the story and...

Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, urged Arizona lawmakers to intervene after former President Trump’s 2020 electoral defeat in the state, pressing them to set aside Joe Biden’s slate of electors and put forth “a clean slate of Electors,” according to The Washington Post. The newly revealed communications came...

In May 2021, in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the halls of Congress were empty. One year later, I’m ecstatic to see school children, staff, tourists, and my fellow members fill our nation’s Capitol, as managing COVID-19 becomes just another part of daily life. The beauty of the people’s House is its accessibility to...

A U.S. district judge ordered MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to pay some of voting machine company Smartmatic’s court costs and fees, saying in a ruling on Thursday that some of Lindell’s claims against Smartmatic fall “on the frivolous side of the line.” “The Court agrees with Smartmatic that Lindell has asserted at least some groundless...

The Southeastern Conference spring meetings will be held in person for the first time since 2019 in a little less than two weeks. It is unlikely two of the league's superstar coaches will be chumming around Destin, Florida, together. Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher called Nick Saban a “narcissist” on Thursday after the Alabama coach...

A man who allegedly attacked comedian Dave Chappelle at the beginning of May has been charged in a separate case for attempted murder of his roommate. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said on Thursday that Isaiah Lee is facing one count of attempted murder. The charge is related to an alleged stabbing of...

The Buffalo shooting suspect set up a chatroom on Discord just before he shot and killed 10 people at a grocery store, according to an invitation for the room reviewed by The Washington Post. An invitation from alleged shooter Payton Gendron titled “Happening: This is not a drill” right before he walked into a supermarket...

The theme for this year’s Older Americans Month — “Age My Way” — presents a golden opportunity to ask: are seniors able to age the way they want to in the 21st century, and how can we help them achieve that goal? For many seniors, ‘aging my way’ means remaining in their homes and communities — or...

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk late Thursday apparently responded to an article from Insider that says Musk was accused of sexually propositioning a SpaceX flight attendant, calling the claims not true. According to the report, which cites interviews and documents, a flight attendant accused Musk of exposing himself during a massage and asking her...

If economic populism were the magic bullet, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) would be sitting in the White House instead of President Biden.

A growing number of Senate Democrats say they’re ready to take a tough vote on an amendment to keep the Title 42 health order in place at the U.S.-Mexico border if that’s what’s needed to move a stalled COVID-19 relief package. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has held the bill from the floor because...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre condemned a law passed by Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday that would ban abortions with very limited exceptions. “Today’s action by the Oklahoma legislature is the most extreme effort to undo these fundamental rights we have seen to date. In addition, it adopts Texas’ absurd plan to allow private citizens...

Pacific bottlenose dolphins treat their skin conditions in coral reef spas, a new study has found. The dolphins are regular customers at specific Red Sea reefs, where they rub up against certain types of corals that contain distinct active medicinal compounds, according to the study, published on Thursday in iScience. Repeated rubbing allows these chemicals...

A GoFundMe page created for survivors of the Buffalo, N.Y., mass shooting surpassed $1 million on Thursday, three days after it was created. The National Compassion Fund and Tops Friendly Markets started the GoFundMe to provide financial assistance to those affected by Saturday's supermarket shooting, which left 10 people dead and three injured. Authorities say...

Former Attorney General William Barr is reportedly in communication with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot about potentially cooperating with its probe, multiple news outlets reported on Thursday. Two sources with direct knowledge told Axios, which first reported the news, that Barr is discussing providing formal testimony before the panel....

President Biden will face a series of foreign policy challenges head-on when he lands in South Korea on Friday and then visits Japan in his first Asia trip as president. What’s on the agenda? The Hill’s Laura Kelly and Morgan Chalfant report that Russia will likely be at the top of the list when Biden meets with leaders...