Новости за 06.06.2022

Former Attorney General Eric Holder said on Monday the Republican Party has “welded itself” to the gun lobby after continued inaction to pass what he called “reasonable gun safety measures” in Congress. Holder, an appointee, said the tight political relationship must be broken, but that some politicians rarely face any consequences for opposing even generally...

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom will speak to the conservative Republican Study Committee this week about his activism regarding China and the Uyghur genocide. The former Boston Celtics center, now a free agent, has been a vocal critic of the NBA for continuing activities in China and other countries despite human rights abuses. He...

A stenographer for Johnny Depp's defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard claimed in a new interview that several jurors were "dozing off" throughout the testimony. In an interview with Law & Crime Network shared Monday on Twitter, Judy Bellinger claimed that several jurors were not fully focused during the trial. "There were a few...

President Biden on Monday announced a fifth mission to bring infant formula to the U.S. from overseas, with the most recent shipment arriving from Cologne, Germany. The shipment of Nestlé infant formulas will be transported to Fort Worth, Texas, on June 9. The products will be distributed through Nestlé and Gerber distribution channels, according to...

Federal prosecutors on Monday added seditious conspiracy to the list of charges five Proud Boys leaders are facing over their alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. A superseding federal grand jury indictment unsealed Monday marks the second time the Justice Department has brought the serious charge following the attack. The five...

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) slammed President Biden on Monday, accusing him of "abusing" the Defense Production Act (DPA) after the White House authorized it for the third time this year to ramp up manufacturing of solar panel parts and other clean energy equipment. Toomey said Congress might have to intervene if Biden keeps "misusing the...

Former Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), who represented the community of Uvalde, Texas, while in Congress, wrote in a New York Times op-ed that he wants more to be done on gun control amid the recent string of mass shootings in the U.S. In the Times op-ed published Sunday, Hurd wrote that inaction from lawmakers has...

The U.S. men’s national team (USMNT) is calling on lawmakers to address the scourge of gun violence following the recent string of mass shootings in the U.S.  In a letter sent on Sunday, the soccer team's players and staff called on Congress to vote for gun reforms, noting that most of them play professionally overseas...

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has found evidence of “concerted planning and premeditated activity,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said on Tuesday, ahead of the panel's first public hearing on Thursday. The congressional investigators have conducted more than 1,000 interviews and obtained upward of 125,000 documents during a...

An organic tea has been recalled over its possible connection to strawberries potentially contaminated with Hepatitis A.

Since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, the cost of child care has been on the rise.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is criticizing members of her own party who have argued using gender-neutral language to describe members of the Hispanic American community is bad for the Democratic Party's brand. "I also have a mini-rant about this because there are some politicians, including Democratic politicians, that rail against the term ‘Latinx.’ And they’re...

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said in an interview Monday that it "makes sense" to raise the age from 18 to 21 for buying semi-automatic rifles. Speaking to CNN's Manu Raju, Manchin said he supports raising the purchase age for such weapons following the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, carried out by an 18-year-old suspect who legally purchased...

Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos is working as an unpaid intern in the congressional office of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). Yiannopoulos, 37, announced the job on his Telegram account Monday with a photo of his official intern congressional badge. “I’ve finally been persuaded out of retirement. But my skills are a bit rusty, so the best role...

The White House on Monday forcefully criticized a bill moving through the Louisiana state legislature that would ban most abortions and impose criminal penalties on doctors who perform the procedure if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. “The Louisiana legislature has taken the latest step in a growing attack against the fundamental freedoms...

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Monday said the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has found evidence on former President Trump that supports “a lot more than incitement.” The comment from Raskin, a member of the Jan. 6 panel, referenced Trump’s second impeachment in January 2021, when the House...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday said he had tested positive for COVID-19. "I have tested positive for COVID-19 and am experiencing mild symptoms. I plan to work remotely while isolating according to CDC guidelines, and look forward to when I can safely return to the office and the road," he tweeted. The Transportation secretary...

The Biden administration on Monday issued sanctions against the president of Bosnia and Herzegovina for undermining democratic and peace efforts in the Western Balkans. The U.S. said that Marinko Čavara, president of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has obstructed or threatened the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords — the nearly three-decade-old framework for...

Jill Biden is putting her stamp on bridging the partisan divide, helping to unveil a new postage stamp that honors former first lady Nancy Reagan. The first lady was on hand Monday at the White House to give the first glimpse at the U.S. Postal Service stamp featuring the image of former President Reagan’s wife....

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal by a St. Louis couple whose law licenses were sanctioned after they pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters near their home in the summer of 2020. The demonstrations came on the heels of George Floyd's murder by a Minneapolis police officer. The couple — Mark...

Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) is a fresh, diverse voice in Congress and I am excited he is running for a new seat in the city. But I’m also pretty disappointed he is sponsoring legislation that would undermine the legal and technological protections that make streaming films and entertainment possible. I would have thought Jones would...

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) said in a new interview that he hopes the testimony of an Uvalde fourth grade student who survived the school shooting by pretending to be dead will help sway public opinion on gun control.  Miah Cerrillo, an 11-year-old student from Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, is one of nine individuals scheduled to testify before the House...

President Biden signed an order on Monday that will exempt Southeast Asian nations from any new tariffs on solar panels for two years in an effort to boost the solar industry beleaguered by an ongoing Commerce Department investigation. The White House said in a fact sheet that Biden would establish a “24-month bridge” for certain...

Matthew McConaughey says it’s time to transform the "gun control" debate and instead “talk about gun responsibility” in the wake of the school shooting in his Texas hometown. “I am a father, the son of a kindergarten teacher, and an American. I was also born in Uvalde, Texas. That’s why I’m writing this,” the “Dallas Buyers...

The Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics showed their support for the "End Gun Violence" campaign on Sunday as both teams donned orange T-shirts before Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Both Warriors coach Steve Kerr and Celtics coach Ime Udoka wore the orange t-shirts and expressed the need for more awareness around the...