Новости за 07.07.2022

The Las Vegas Raiders have hired Sandra Douglass Morgan to be the team’s new president, making her the first Black woman in NFL history to be named to that position.  The Raiders announced the news in a statement on Thursday, with the team later holding a press conference to introduce Morgan.  Morgan, the former chairwoman...

Story at a glance The poll found 47 percent of people said they were either “very” or “somewhat” concerned while 25 percent said they were only a “little concerned” and 28 percent said they were not concerned at all. According to the poll, 36 percent said they or someone they know has been displaced due...

Story at a glance Christian Americans are more likely to believe a person’s gender cannot be different from their sex assigned at birth, according to a report published Thursday by the Pew Research Center. Most Christian Americans said their views on gender identity have been heavily influenced by their religion, but political party affiliation and...

The Washington Post has named the next head of its editorial board. David Shipley, who was co-founder of Bloomberg's opinion section and has overseen its growth as senior executive editor, will begin as the Post's editorial page editor this summer. "David brings deep experience in serving a sophisticated global readership with up-to-the-minute commentary and analysis....

Rather than helping reduce costs, price controls will harm the economy and threaten high-paying manufacturing jobs.

President Biden on Thursday awarded the Medal of Freedom to 17 recipients, including his late friend Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and athletes Simone Biles and Megan Rapinoe.  “This is America,” Biden said after awarding the medals to the recipients at the White House, to applause from the audience. The president spoke about McCain last during...

Welcome to The Hill’s Campaign Report, tracking all things related to the 2022 midterm elections. You can expect this newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday leading up to November's election. Email us tips and feedback: Max Greenwood (mgreenwood@thehill.com), Julia Manchester (jmanchester@thehill.com), and Caroline Vakil (cvakil@thehill.com).   Anxious Dems eye increasingly difficult landscape Democrats always knew that the 2022...

A proposed rule released by the Biden administration Thursday would require states and cities to set carbon emission reduction targets for transportation. The draft rule would require state transportation departments and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) with National Highway System mileage within their boundaries to both measure their transportation-related emissions and develop reduction targets. This would...

Story at a glance The Kemper Foundation, a philanthropic partner of the insurance company The Kemper Corporation, will be giving thousands of dollars to bilingual southern California teachers. In a new program called “Read Conmigo” the foundation will award up to 100 grants of $3,000 a year to English-Spanish bilingual teachers. Funds will be used...

Nicki Minaj's husband on Wednesday was sentenced to home confinement for failing to register as a sex offender, multiple outlets report. Kenneth Petty, who married the singer in 2019, avoided jail time and will serve an at-home sentence for a year, followed by three years of probation, and will pay a $55,000 fine. Petty's sentencing...

A former Trump supporter received a three-year probation sentence and a $7,000 fine on Wednesday after sending an email to Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) campaign in which he threatened to kill her and other “Squad” members.  U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle also directed David George Hannon to refrain from having alcohol, enroll in a...

Washington, D.C., police arrested a leader of a truck convoy that has protested on roadways in and near the nation’s capital. D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) arrested David Riddell, 57, on Wednesday morning after the Maryland State Police issued an arrest warrant that accused him of blocking traffic on the Fourth of July, the state...

Story at a glance Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) and phthalate esters (PAEs) have been linked with adverse health effects in humans. The chemicals are widely used in consumer products such as makeup, cookware and clothing. Researchers warn the levels seen in the oysters might be a bellwether for unhealthy contaminants in drinking water.  Perfluoroalkyl and...

Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley pleaded not guilty on Thursday to four misdemeanor charges connected with his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. The FBI arrested Kelley last month, alleging that he was among the crowd on Capitol grounds for roughly two hours on Jan. 6 but had no...

USCIS’s budget is funded by filing fees; the more time spent adjudicating a request, the higher the fee USCIS can charge.

Kaitlan Collins, CNN's Chief White House reporter, has been elected by her peers to serve as the president of the White House Correspondents' Association in 2024. Collins's election marks a bit of history for the organization, which has now elected a woman as president three years in a row for the first time ever. Collins...

One would hope that Biden and progressive Democrats would have learned by now that the way to produce tangible results is to narrow the focus of bills they consider.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) has raised $9 million for Republican Senate candidates in this year’s midterms through his new joint fundraising committee, according to a source familiar with the matter. Cornyn, a top Republican in the upper chamber, has transferred between $290,000 and $400,000 each to campaigns of incumbent GOP senators up for reelection in...

Story at a glance The authors noted the most common forms of hesitancy stemmed from mistrust in the science and effectiveness and safety concerns. Other common reasons for hesitation were rooted in personal experience.  The authors warned that although some countries are moving away from some mitigation measures, the pandemic is not over, and vaccination campaigns...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is out, resigning Thursday after less than three years on the job. Larry the Cat, a mainstay at 10 Downing Street, is not going anywhere. The brown and white tabby, whose official title is chief mouser to the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom, has been living in the country's...

A test missile launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California exploded seconds after being fired late Wednesday night, according to officials.  The Minotaur II space launch vehicle exploded approximately 11 seconds after launching off the test pad at 11:01 p.m. local time, Vandenberg officials confirmed in a statement early Thursday.   The explosion sparked a...

ELBERTON, Ga. (WXIN) — A controversial rural Georgia monument dubbed by some as “America’s Stonehenge” was bombed and ultimately demolished after an explosion damaged one of the four granite panels early Wednesday morning. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, preliminary information indicates that unknown individuals detonated an explosive device at the Georgia Guidestones at...

A majority of Americans surveyed in a new poll disapprove of the Supreme Court's decision last month overturning Roe v. Wade's constitutional right to an abortion.   Fifty-seven percent of the respondents in the Pew Research Center survey disapprove of the court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, compared to 41 percent who...

Cheri Beasley, the Democratic Senate nominee in North Carolina, is calling out both parties in a new ad. “It’s time for something different – for someone who calls it like they see it,” Beasley, a former North Carolina Supreme Court chief justice, says in the 30-second spot.  “That’s what I did as a judge when...

A trio of Democrats introduced two bicameral bills aimed at boosting media literacy skills for students and veterans by providing funding for nationwide educational programs. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), a lead sponsor of the bills in the Senate, said Thursday the effort will “help combat disinformation and misinformation campaigns that seek to manipulate perceptions and sow...