Новости за 22.07.2022

A man from Lynnwood, Washington, is facing a federal charge after allegedly calling a Tops Markets store in Buffalo and threatening to shoot Black shoppers. The threats came just two months after a racially motivated mass-shooting at a different Tops supermarket in Buffalo.

The convenience store company 7-Eleven has cut about 880 associate positions as it completes its restructuring after acquiring Speedway, a convenience store and gas station chain, last year. A 7-Eleven spokesperson told The Hill that the company has made “significant progress” in its integration process following the $21 billion deal just over a year ago. ...

Since President Biden took office, Washington Democrats have embarked on a massive spending spree totaling $9 trillion, which is more than the federal government spent in its first 195 years combined. That explosion of reckless spending is sabotaging America’s economy — with inflation up 13.8 percent under Biden, interest rates rising dramatically, and the nation...

Dangerous heat and crushing drought conditions in southern U.S. states are unlikely to subside anytime soon, federal experts say, with many currently blighted regions expected to face a “whiplash” in extreme weather over the coming months. That means period of rain may bring little relief, as summer heat squashes crop yields and forces farmers to...

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) pressed the Biden administration on Friday to increase the volume of monkeypox vaccines to his state, which has endured the highest number of infections in the country. Padilla urged the administration to work together to address the outbreak and increase access to the Jynneos vaccine, a smallpox inoculation used to prevent...

Story at a glance The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) on Friday announced a partnership with You Can Play, a group dedicated to eradicating homophobia in sports and a longtime partner of professional organizations including the NHL and MLS. The ATP said the partnership was the result of a survey conducted last year in which...

Calls to the national suicide hotline increased by 45 percent during the week after it switched to 988 from a longer number. The hotline received approximately 30,000 more calls, texts and chats the week it transitioned to 988 than it had the week before, the line’s Director of Marketing and Communications Hannah Collins told The...

President Biden on Friday condemned an attack on GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin (N.Y.) during an event for Zeldin's gubernatorial campaign the night before, when a man carrying a sharp object confronted Zeldin on stage. "I condemn the attack on Congressman Zeldin in the strongest terms," Biden said in a statement. "As I’ve said before, violence...

A Kentucky order blocking an abortion ban was extended Friday, preventing a “trigger” law from taking effect and keeping the procedure legal in the state. The trigger law went into effect after the recent U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month. But Kentucky's Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Mitch Perry suspended the ban with...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) endorsed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Friday for reelection in the 14th district of New York, which will hold its primary election in late August. “Congresswoman @AOC has been a fierce champion for the working people of NY-14,” Sanders tweeted, saying that he is “proud” to endorse her for reelection. “She is an...

The House Freedom Caucus is urging Senate Republicans to oppose the Respect for Marriage Act that would codify federal protections for same-sex marriage, even though its chair, Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), voted in favor of the legislation. “The ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ was rushed through the House as yet another weapon to distract, confuse, and...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will hold a briefing Friday afternoon, joined by COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha. The briefing is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET. Watch the live video above.

A federal prosecutor on Friday accused Steve Bannon of refusing to cooperate with the House Jan. 6 Select Committee out of loyalty to former President Trump as a jury prepared to deliberate over whether to convict the right-wing political strategist of contempt of Congress charges. Molly Gaston, an assistant U.S. Attorney prosecuting the case, laid...

President Biden’s COVID-19 symptoms have "improved" but he ran a 99.4 degree temperature on Thursday evening, his physician Kevin O’Connor wrote in a memorandum on Friday. O’Connor said that Biden’s temperature has returned to normal after Biden took Tylenol and that the president continues to experience a runny nose, fatigue and an occasional cough. “His...

The first openly LGBTQ senator says she confronted Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) for his comments that a same-sex marriage bill vote was a “stupid waste of time.” Together in a congressional elevator after the House voted to advance the Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA), which would codify marriage rights for same-sex and interracial couples, Sen....

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a fierce critic of Amazon’s market power, is urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the e-commerce giant’s proposed $3.9 billion acquisition of primary health care provider One Medical. The Minnesota Democrat, chair of the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, asked the FTC in a letter Thursday to investigate the deal over...

Fox News host Ainsley Earhardt said the morning after the latest hearing investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection that Congress should also probe the riots that broke out during protests for racial justice across the country during the summer of 2020. "There's never an excuse for a riot, but remember the summer of 2020 when...

Political committees controlled by former President Trump have paid more than $2 million to law firms whose attorneys represented Jan. 6 committee witnesses, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Law firms connected to former White House lawyer Stefan Passantino, who previously represented committee witness Cassidy Hutchinson, were the top recipients, receiving $1.6 million from Trump-connected...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is being mocked across social media after a video of him running away from the mob storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was released on Thursday by the House committee investigating the insurrection. The committee displayed a well-known picture of Hawley raising a fist of solidarity to those gathered to...

Some women in their 20s are asking for sex education that comprehends more than just consent or even enthusiastic consent.

A Democratic group focused on court reform on Friday rolled out its first-ever endorsements, backing seven House candidates who support expanding the Supreme Court. Demand Justice PAC, the political action committee aligned with the progressive group Demand Justice,  announced the endorsements as Democratic activists seek to make court reform a more central issue in the...

Former D.C. police officer Michael Fanone, who was assaulted by a mob on Jan. 6, was harassed by protesters on Thursday night after he attended a hearing held by the House committee investigating the Capitol riot. Multiple videos posted on Twitter show a group following Fanone and asking him antagonistic questions like “Are you a...

The recent news alleging that the United States Secret Service deleted texts related to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, coupled with testimony that raises questions about the Secret Service response to the events at the Capitol that day, have cast a shadow on a storied agency and threatened to overshadow the work the agency...

With the unemployment rate near a record low, jobs growth solid and final demand positive, it is hard to believe a recession is underway

The man who was accused of raping and impregnating a 10-year-old girl in Ohio, who later traveled to Indiana to get an abortion, was indicted on two felony counts of rape on Thursday. A grand jury in Columbus charged Gerson Fuentes, 27, issued the indictment on the two felony counts. Fuentes was charged with the...