Новости за 11.07.2022

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol will hear testimony on Tuesday from a former spokesperson for the far-right militia group Oath Keepers, Jason Van Tatenhove. The panel plans to focus its hearing on Tuesday in part on the role of far-right extremist groups leading up to and on...

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus campaign arm on Monday announced its endorsement of Democrat Michelle Vallejo in an open South Texas House race that's being aggressively targeted by the GOP. Bold PAC, the Hispanic Caucus campaign arm, threw its weight behind Vallejo, a small business owner who in May won a primary runoff by 30 votes....

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) urged the federal government Monday to ramp up access to monkeypox vaccines as cases of the virus continue to rise. “We cannot wait any longer to take action against the spread of monkeypox,” De Blasio said in a Twitter thread on Monday. De Blasio officially announced...

A U.S. citizen who has been detained in Venezuela for several years is calling on President Biden to negotiate his release from a Venezuelan prison. Jorge Toledo, who was sentenced to prison along with five other American oil executives in 2020, was convicted of corruption charges after traveling to Venezuela on a work trip with...

Abortion rights advocates in Michigan are one step closer to securing a ballot measure that would let voters decide whether abortion remains legal. A coalition of advocacy groups including the ACLU of Michigan and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan said they secured nearly 754,000 signatures to put an abortion rights constitutional amendment on the ballot...

Recent Republican gains in Virginia are fueling excitement among the GOP and concern among some Democrats that the commonwealth could be shifting rightward. Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) surprised many Democrats when he won in last year’s off-year gubernatorial election in a state that had been seen by many in the party as trending blue. Youngkin’s...

All of this swift action begs a question: Why is Congress finally doing now what it should have done long ago?

Story at a glance A new report from the United Nations states the global population will reach 8 billion by November. The world’s population is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030 and 9.7 billion by 2050. Next year, India is predicted to beat China for most populated country on Earth, the report states. The...

To avoid the greatest hardship from inflation, therefore, wages – at least for lower-wage workers – should rise.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation into the PGA Tour over allegations of anticompetitive behavior. A source told The Wall Street Journal on Monday that players' agents have received inquiries from the department’s antitrust division about the tour’s bylaws and actions as many players leave for the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour. According...

Though in poor condition, botanical researchers were thrilled to find the lone oak tree after the specimen was believed to have perished in 2011.

Reality TV star Jen Shah is pleading guilty to running a telemarketing scheme. Shah, one of the stars of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” pleaded guilty in a Manhattan federal court to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York announced Monday....

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined the Denver Broncos' ownership group, the NFL franchise announced Monday. Broncos ownership group head Rob Walton shared the news of Rice's involvement with the organization in a news release that noted her “knowledgeable” experience in football and in the Denver area, where she lived with her parents...

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic said that he is hopeful that U.S. authorities will change rules requiring foreign visitors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in time for him to compete in the US Open.  "I'm not vaccinated and I'm not planning to get vaccinated so the only good news I can have is them removing...

Elon Musk on Monday tweeted a meme mocking Twitter as it prepares to sue Musk for attempting to back out of a deal to buy the social media giant. The meme shared by Musk includes four sequential images of the Tesla founder in increasingly hysterical laughter, each of which is accompanied by a caption that...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which operates the Lone Star State’s self-contained power grid, called on residents to voluntarily conserve power amid a heat wave Monday. In an advisory Sunday, ERCOT appealed to residents and businesses to conserve power between 2 and 8 p.m. Monday. The operator warned of shortages in reserve power...

America’s absence on the continent has been felt.

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is calling President Biden's recent executive order on abortion “an important first step” but is urging the administration to prioritize equity in its response to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. Padilla wrote in a letter to Biden on Friday, first reported by The Washington Post, that the rate...

Former President Trump on Monday dismissed questions over his and President Biden's age as it relates to the 2024 presidential election after a poll found many voters believe Biden is too old to run for reelection, concerns that could affect Trump's own prospective White House bid. “President Biden is one of the oldest 79s in...

Story at a glance Young people who drank alone at age 18 were 35 percent more likely to report symptoms of alcohol use disorder. People who reported drinking by themselves in their early twenties were 60 percent more likely to report these symptoms. The team found that young women who drink alone are especially vulnerable to...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday received an application for the first over-the counter birth control pill. The move came as the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning of Roe v. Wade is heightening attention on contraceptive access. The application for a daily birth control pill available without a prescription comes from the...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Hundreds of state employees in Virginia have resigned from their jobs amid the start of a new telework policy. On May 5, Gov. Glenn Youngkin updated the telework policy for all state employees to begin working in-person full-time by July 5, a change the governor’s office stressed would provide “options for and supports...

Federal prosecutors revealed on Monday that the Justice Department interviewed former President Trump's attorney last month regarding their contempt case against Stephen Bannon. In a court filing submitted just after midnight, prosecutors said the attorney, Justin Clark, told investigators that Trump never asserted executive privilege in response to the subpoena Bannon received last year from...

A congressional race in a hotly contested House South Florida district is providing Democrats with a rare glimmer of hope in an otherwise brutal election year in the Sunshine State. At a time in which Florida Democrats are already reeling from a tough redistricting outcome and a growing voter registration disadvantage, Florida’s 27th District offers...

Key players in former President Trump’s last campaign have quietly distanced themselves from the president, raising real questions about who would staff his campaign as he edges closer to a bid for reelection in 2024. Some key players from the 2020 campaign have even taken part in the Jan. 6 panel’s investigation into last year’s...