Новости за 23.05.2022

Michelle Obama is praising her “wonderful friend” Oprah Winfrey, calling the media mogul a unifying figure in hyper-polarized America. The former first lady penned a tribute to Winfrey as part of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People of 2022” issue, released Monday. “Whether she’s talking to pop stars, presidents, schoolgirls, scholars — or she’s asking you...

Employees at a subsidiary of gaming company Activision Blizzard voted to unionize Monday, the same day the already embattled gaming company was found guilty of threatening workers to not speak about working conditions by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). On the same day, a former Activision Blizzard employee also filed an appeal to the...

Planet-warming gases are trapping more and more heat in the atmosphere, holding in significantly more heat than they were in previous decades, a new assessment has found. The Monday assessment from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found that human-caused greenhouse gas pollution trapped 49 percent more heat in 2021 than in 1990.  “Our...

A group of vulnerable House Democrats is warning of spikes in ObamaCare premiums this fall, saying that enhanced financial assistance from last year’s relief bill needs to be extended. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) led the letter from 26 swing-district House Democrats to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), calling...

John Legend says he’s “frustrated” by Democrats who want to increase law enforcement funding, saying more money won’t solve policing problems across the country. “Spending more and more on police with no upper limit is not the solution,” the “All of Me” singer said in an interview with The Guardian published Sunday. “I’m frustrated by...

Ambassador Katherine Tai, the U.S. Trade Representative, recently testified to Congress that trade can be a force for good, by growing the middle class and addressing inequality, and that the U.S. is strongest when we work with our partners and allies around the world. U.S. engagement in the Pacific is critical to this country’s workers,...

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for the resignation of a U.S. diplomat over unsubstantiated claims that the United States was part of a plot to unseat him from power. In an interview with CNN's Becky Anderson on Monday, Khan alleged that Donald Lu, the assistant secretary of State for South and Central...

Voters in several states, including Texas and Georgia, will head to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the heavily contested primaries following a dramatic week in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Polls will also open in Alabama and Arkansas for primaries on Tuesday. In Georgia, many eyes will be on the race between Gov. Brian Kemp...

Actor Johnny Depp will not be called to the stand again in his $50 million defamation trial against his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, sources told The Hill. Heard’s legal team planned to call Depp to the stand Monday, as first reported by Deadline on Saturday. He last appeared on the stand more than two weeks...

The House Ethics Committee has launched a probe into embattled Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) to determine whether he improperly promoted a cryptocurrency without disclosing he had a financial interest in it and whether he had an improper relationship with a staff member employed in his congressional office. The announcement of the probe came on Monday,...

J.M. Smucker, the company that produces Jif peanut butter, last week recalled around 50 types of its products over concerns there might be links to a salmonella outbreak across 12 states. Salmonella is a bacterial organism that can seep into the bloodstream and cause potentially fatal infections in the young, frail and elderly. The Centers...

President Biden is wrapping up a four-day trip in Asia this week with a meeting of the Quad alliance of India, Australia and Japan. The president will return to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, where he faces mounting concerns about gasoline and food prices and worries over a shortage of baby formula. The White House has...

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) will attend the Iowa GOP Cedar Rapids Reception with Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) next month, fueling speculation that he is considering a 2024 presidential bid. The state’s Republican Party made the announcement on Monday, noting that Scott and Ernst would take part in “an interview-style discussion” with Iowa GOP Chairman Jeff...

The man charged with attacking Dave Chappelle while he was performing onstage earlier this month said the comedian's show at the Hollywood Bowl in California was "triggering." Isaiah Lee, who is charged with assault with a deadly weapon after he tackled Chappelle while holding a replica gun that could eject a blade, told The New...

In the aftermath of the domestic terror attack that took place in a Buffalo supermarket, we’re reminded that hate still has a foothold in this country and in our communities. These senseless acts of violence, borne out of white supremacy, aren’t the result of some outside force. But rather the direct result of our country’s...

The Supreme Court on Monday limited the power of federal courts to review claims by convicted defendants who say they received inadequate legal counsel in state court proceedings, in a ruling with profound implications for some inmates seeking exoneration. The 6-3 decision broke along familiar lines, with the court’s conservatives forming a majority over the...

A foreign reporter on Monday said that his phone was seized during a flight to Europe with Deputy Secretary of State Kathleen Hicks. Idrees Ali, a foreign policy reporter for Reuters who covers the Pentagon, said on Twitter that he was also “stopped from using electronics” due to a policy barring non-U.S. reporters from using...

To protect American voters, the FCC must review its policies and close the loopholes that are causing rampant and impossible-to-stop political text spam from occurring.

If you live in a state that held primaries last week, you’re probably sick of political ads. In my home state of Pennsylvania, millions were spent on the governor’s race alone—and millions more will be spent leading up to the general election in November. Much of the contention in these races revolved around education issues....

The debate over when or whether to resign or quit in protest is as old as the republic.

Democrats once hailed Build Back Better as the policy that could help them win the midterms. But as even the possibility of a scaled-back version of President Biden's signature legislation fizzles in the 50-50 Senate, some are wondering if the president will have anything comparable to campaign on as the election season inches closer. The...

Vice President Harris and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Monday will visit Children’s National Hospital to highlight the issue of burnout and mental health among healthcare workers. The two officials will detail a new advisory from the surgeon general highlighting the need to address burnout among healthcare workers, who have been inundated with patients and...

President Biden on Monday said he does not expect the United States to impose quarantine requirements for individuals infected by or exposed to monkeypox, but he urged Americans to “be careful” as the virus circulates more widely. Biden was asked during a press conference in Tokyo about other countries, namely Belgium, that have required those...

First Lady Jill Biden visited a children’s hospital in Costa Rica's capital on Sunday to celebrate a new partnership to combat childhood cancer. “Together, we can end cancer as we know it,” Biden said in remarks celebrating the partnership between Costa Rica, the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. “We can give...

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban said during a meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Hungary that Tucker Carlson's Fox News show should be broadcast "24/7." The recommendation came as Orban laid out a plan for conservatives to gain and maintain power, according to The Guardian. The GOP having its own media networks...