Новости за 11.06.2022

Thousands of protesters gathered on the National Mall Saturday to demonstrate against gun violence in a March for Our Lives rally, vowing to continue to push for gun reform as long as necessary to achieve progress. The rally was one of more than 450 protests taking place around the country and the world in the...

"Hide the Pride" urges parents to remove LGBTQ books from libraries by checking them out and hiding them at home.

The public hearings being held this month by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the first of which took place during prime-time Thursday evening, are expected to be the focus of this week's Sunday show circuit. The committee launched its series of hearings by laying out the framework...

Increasing monkeypox cases are casting a bit of a shadow on celebrations across the country recognizing Pride Month, though experts have generally said people should exercise care but not change their plans over the virus. As of Friday, around 45 monkeypox cases have been identified in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control...

Former Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to see the southern border and deliver a speech in Arizona on Monday, the Arizona Republic reported. Sheriff's spokeswoman Carol Capas said Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels is expected to brief Pence in Sierra Vista, Ariz., at Cochise College on Monday morning, followed by a visit to a...

The pattern of Russia gaining leverage and influence with developing world governments appears to be remarkably similar and replicable.

A small number of ultra-wealthy Americans have reshaped our society and government to reflect their own personal preferences, rather than the will of the people.

A deeper dig into the report finds these improvements based on an unrealistically low short-term inflation forecast and an overly optimistic long-run forecast of a fertility bounce-back.

It’s past time for our lawmakers to pass the Equality Act and further pull the arc toward justice for LGBTQ+ Americans.

HBO host and political commentator Bill Maher criticized what he characterized as Hollywood’s "romanticization" of gun violence following multiple, recent mass shootings that have thrust talks of gun reform back into the national spotlight.  Maher said on his show “Real Time With Bill Maher” that Hollywood is the “wokest place on Earth in every other...

Pelosi demands politics unburdened by process.

HBO host and comedian Bill Maher criticized Fox News over its decision not to air the House Jan. 6 committee's first public hearing on its primary channel and the way it prioritized news stories around that time on its website. During his opening monologue on “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday, the host quipped, “Fox...

If Alito's reasoning is consistent in both cases, he should vote to uphold the New York law.

Story at a glance New data from Freddie Mac identifies four main drivers of increasing home prices.   Limited supply, low mortgage rates, an aging population and the pandemic have all contributed.   The data has joined the group of other research noting a shift in where Americans are choosing to live, avoiding major cities and settling...

There are strategies that will help to make schools safer. Lawmakers at the state and federal level must act now.

A 23-year-old man is facing multiple charges of murder and assault, among others, for allegedly opening fire at his workplace in Maryland earlier this week. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect as Hedgesville, W.Va., resident Joe Louis Esquivel, who faces more than two dozen charges in connection to a shooting at Columbia Machine,...

There was some confusion caused by the CDC's travel guidance on monkeypox. The agency first suggested people wear a mask to protect against the virus, then removed the guidance.

Thousands of young people are set to descend on Washington, D.C., on Saturday to urge Congress to pass stricter gun laws as bipartisan negotiators work to reach a deal following a spate of recent mass shootings. The March for Our Lives demonstration will take place less than a month after 19 students and two teachers...

The Jan. 6 committee’s prime-time rollout this week was its first attempt to reach the nearly unreachable: those who have long moved on from the attack. From the apathetic to the apoplectic, the committee is hoping its investigative findings will resonate not just with those who have tuned out in the almost 17 months since...

Former President Trump announced late Friday that he would be backing Alabama Republican Senate candidate Katie Britt against Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) in the GOP primary runoff, less than three months after withdrawing his endorsement from the congressman. In a statement issued through his Save America PAC, Trump doubled down on previous rhetoric he used...

A judge in Texas on Friday threw out a policy instituted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last year that directed border officials to exercise discretion in deportation cases. Introduced last September, the policy encourages officials not to deport noncitizens who have lived in the country for years without incident and to focus on...

The legal team of former Vice President Mike Pence found allegations of election fraud either unverifiable or minor in a memo issued just days before a mob stormed the Capitol and tried to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election. In the 10-page memo addressed to Pence and dated Jan. 1, 2021, which was...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky signed an order on Friday to end a requirement for international travelers to show a negative COVID-19 test or proof of recovery from the virus before boarding flights to the United States. The order, which becomes effective on Sunday at 12:01 a.m., acknowledged that the...

Reviewers at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in briefing documents released on Friday that Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is both effective and safe for children under 6 years old. The analysis comes ahead of several advisory committee meetings next week to weigh giving approval to Moderna's and Pfizer's vaccines for young children. “Available data...

These days, it seems like it would be hard to get the majority of Americans to agree about anything. Everywhere you look, it feels like the country is divided on nearly every subject, but there is one issue that unites us: lowering the cost of prescription drugs. Across partisan and ideological lines, Americans agree the...