Новости за 08.06.2022

Fifteen days after a gunman killed 19 of her classmates and two teachers at Robb Elementary School, 11-year-old Miah Cerrillo told lawmakers Wednesday she thinks the shooting will happen again. In a harrowing account of last month’s massacre in Uvalde, Texas, Miah said she called 911 to ask for the police, smearing her dead classmate’s...

The woman accused of murdering elite cyclist Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson was last spotted May 18 at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to the U.S. Marshals. Authorities in Austin obtained a warrant for Kaitlin Marie Armstrong's arrest on May 17 for her suspected involvement in Wilson's death. Wilson died on May 11 after responding officials...

Half of Republicans in a new poll said they support stricter gun laws, up from 35 percent a year ago and against the backdrop of several high-profile shootings across the country. A USA Today-Ipsos poll released Tuesday found that 50 percent of Republicans said gun laws should be either a lot more or somewhat more...

Congressional Republicans breathed fire at Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen this week during testimony in front of both the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee over soaring inflation that has hit near 40-year highs in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The former Federal Reserve chair admitted last month she’d been...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Border Patrol agents are generally shielded from lawsuits that allege the use of excessive force, the latest in a series of decisions narrowing the legal avenue for alleged victims of abuse by federal officers. The 6-3 ruling, penned by Justice Clarence Thomas, broke along ideological lines, with the...

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) discussed their differing visions for an improved health care system on Wednesday, with the Democrat focusing largely on prevention and the Republican on breakthroughs in cures. Schweikert told The Hill’s Steve Clemons that shifting the system from the current “maintenance model” to a “curative...

Dwyane Wade is blasting legislation that bars transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports, saying lawmakers should “see how it is to walk through this world” as his daughter. The former Miami Heat player, whose 15-year-old daughter, Zaya, came out as transgender in 2019, called bills requiring schools to designate sports teams according...

The House on Wednesday passed a resolution that condemns the “great replacement theory” less than a month after a gunman who reportedly espoused the racist conspiracy theory fatally shot 10 Black people in Buffalo, N.Y. The resolution passed the House as part of a rule setting up a vote on gun reforms. The vote on...

The White House on Wednesday condemned the actions of a man who was arrested near the home of Brett Kavanaugh carrying weapons and threatening to kill the Supreme Court justice. "The president condemns the actions of this individual in strong terms and is grateful to law enforcement for quickly taking him into custody," White House...

President Biden will likely bring up the issue of maintaining free and fair elections during a one-on-one meeting with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro this week, as Bolsonaro has cast doubt on the reliability of elections ahead of his own reelection bid. "There are no topics off limits in any bilateral the president does, including with...

President Biden next week will travel to Philadelphia to speak at a convention for the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in the country. Biden will deliver remarks on Tuesday at the convention, which takes place every four years. It will be a high-profile event for Biden to emphasize his support for organized labor. The...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told Parkland shooting survivor and gun control activist David Hogg that Congress needs to take steps on gun violence as senators work to reach a bipartisan deal on gun legislation. In a video Hogg posted on Twitter of a short conversation he had with Murkowski, he said he’s looking for “anything”...

Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) urged his colleagues in the upper chamber to consider changing their position on gun control measures, saying he “didn’t burst into flames or get run out of town” after changing his own stance on the issue years ago. In an op-ed published in The Washington Post on Wednesday, Casey said that...

News reports from the last week in May only add to lethal injection’s documented woes.

Vice President Harris will deliver remarks on immigration Wednesday afternoon. The event is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET. Watch the video above.

Story at a glance New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced SUNY students will be able to select ‘X’ when asked their gender by colleges.   Transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary students can also have their chosen names printed on diplomas and displayed on campus profiles.   Campuses must fully implement the policy by next fall.   New York...

President Biden said that Tuesday’s primary results in California, Mississippi and other states sent a message that voters want leaders who will take a tough stance on crime. “I think the voters sent a clear message last night. Both parties have to step up and do something about crime, as well as gun violence,” Biden...

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Over a thousand monkeypox cases have been identified in dozens of countries where the disease is not endemic, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), with some indications that cases are community transmissions. "More than one thousand confirmed cases of monkeypox have now been reported to WHO from 29 countries that are not endemic for...

Companies doing business in the United States are on pace to recall a record number of products this year, adding to consumer headaches already exacerbated by disruptions to supply chains caused by the coronavirus pandemic and global shipping woes. A new report from the insurance company Sedgwick found companies recalled more than 900 million product...

The White House on Wednesday unveiled an economic plan for the Western Hemisphere that President Biden will pitch to Latin American leaders and officials at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week.   The blueprint, formally called the “Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity,” is meant to offer a new economic vision for...

Lawyers for actor Johnny Depp attribute his victory in a widely followed trial that pitted him against ex-wife Amber Heard to the "Pirates of Caribbean" star being candid about his personal problems. "Johnny owned his issues. He was very candid about his alcohol and drug issues," attorney Benjamin Chew said during an appearance on NBC's...

The Biden administration announced a raft of ocean-related conservation efforts on Wednesday, World Oceans Day, including ending the use of single-use plastics on federal lands and a proposed marine sanctuary off the coast of New York. In its announcement, the administration proposed a new sanctuary in the Hudson Canyon, a 7.5-mile-wide underwater canyon off the...

The House Oversight and Reform Committee will hear testimony on Wednesday in the wake of recent mass shootings that killed dozens of people. Among the witnesses was a fourth grader who survived a mass shooting just two weeks ago at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Democrats are hoping that the testimony will aid them...

More than two dozen Senate Democrats are pressing President Biden for a national plan to defend a person's right to an abortion.  “Abortion access is under attack in the United States and already completely eliminated in swaths of the country,” they wrote in a letter to the president dated Tuesday. The letter was first reported...