Новости за 03.08.2022

Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) on Wednesday said he was worried there are too many cooks in the kitchen when it comes to leading the federal government’s cyber security efforts. Portman’s remarks came during a nomination hearing for Nathaniel Fick, President Biden’s nominee to be the ambassador at large for a new cyber bureau launched within...

U.S. Capitol Police arrested two armed alleged carjackers Tuesday after an intense car chase in downtown Washington, D.C. Maryland 19-year-old Mekhi Staton and D.C. 18-year-old George Turrentine were found with a 9mm self-assembled gun known as a “ghost gun.”   "When officers attempted to stop the stolen Mercedes, the sedan sped away. The car blew through...

House progressives are calling on leadership to include people without health insurance in any legislation that limits out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Senate Democrats are pushing to include a $35 cap on out-of-pocket insulin costs as part of a larger reconciliation bill, though it's still unclear if such a provision would be allowed under the arcane...

Gov. Ron DeSantisn (R-Fla.) highlighted the letters he's received from Floridians since he entered office in his first TV ad for his 2022 gubernatorial re-election campaign. The one-minute ad features both adults and children with narrators reading out segments of their "Dear Governor" letters. The caption shared with the video added that "these stories are...

Story at a glance More than a quarter of Republicans answered cutting out the news would make them much happier, compared to 18 percent of Democrats who said the same. Overall, 25 percent of those surveyed believe removing news from their daily lives would have no effect on their happiness at all. Only 14 percent...

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Wednesday touted a bipartisan bill he introduced with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to reform the Electoral Count Act (ECA) that he said would fix a law “bad actors” have manipulated for their benefit. The act was passed in 1887 as an answer to the disputed 1876 election between Rutherford B....

As Democrats focus on pronouns and vilifying police, America is losing ground to China and other countries in global competitiveness. It’s time for the Biden administration to work with Republicans to promote innovation and advance policies to help our businesses compete on the international stage. One critical step is to promote incentives for research and development (R&D)....

Rather than modernizing in the face of new challenges, the government is reneging on its pledge to help workers adapt to a changing economy.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) husband, Paul Pelosi, has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence charges. Paul Pelosi, 82, did not show up in person at Napa County Superior Court on Wednesday and his attorney, Amanda Bevins, entered his not guilty pleas, which is permissible by California law for DUI misdemeanor defendants. The...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) flight to Taiwan on Tuesday was the most-tracked flight in global flight tracking service Flightradar24’s history. More than 708,000 people were watching the Boeing C-40C aircraft when it landed in Taipei, according to Flightradar24, securing its spot as the most-tracked live flight in the website’s history. The service started in...

President Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again on Wednesday but continues to feel “well,” his physician, Kevin O’Connor, said in a new update that noted Biden is coughing less frequently. O’Connor said that he examined Biden on Wednesday morning after the president enjoyed a “light workout” and that Biden has no fever and his vital...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday lauded Taiwan's "flourishing Democracy" and said her visit "should be seen as a strong statement that America stands with Taiwan." The statement came a day after Pelosi became the first Speaker of the House to visit the self-governing island in 25 years. “This visit is part of our broader...

White House national security spokesman John Kirby denied that there was a "public spat" between the White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) over her decision to go to Taiwan. In an appearance on Fox News, Kirby emphatically denied that there was a disagreement between Pelosi and the White House and told host Bill Hemmer...

Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) are testifying at a Senate Rules Committee hearing on the need to reform the Electoral Count Act. Watch the live video above.

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning will hear from Department of Justice and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency officials about the threat to election workers. The hearing begins at 10 a.m. Watch it live in the video player above.

David Whelan, the brother of imprisoned former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, said he is cautiously optimistic about the renewed U.S. effort to free his sibling and Brittney Griner from detention in Russia but expressed concerns in an interview with The Hill that his brother could ultimately be left out of a deal that frees the...

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday condemned China’s plans to conduct live-fire drills following Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) visit to the island, saying the move violates Taiwan’s sovereignty. Beijing on Tuesday announced it would conduct military exercises, including live-fire drills, in six maritime regions and their air space off the coast of Taiwan between...

Five former Treasury secretaries on Wednesday signed a statement backing the Inflation Reduction Act, pushing back against the claim that the reconciliation bill will raise taxes on Americans who make under $400,000 a year. The former Treasury secretaries, both Republicans and Democrats, said the legislation is "financed by prudent tax policy that will collect more from top-earners...

With just months to go ahead of the November midterms, Hollywood stars are flooding Democratic campaigns with cash, aiming to ward off Republican challengers and hold the evenly split Senate. The campaigns of high-profile Democratic Senate candidates in fiercely competitive races — including Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in Pennsylvania and incumbent Sens. Raphael Warnock (Ga.)...

A provision that limits the price of prescription drugs included in Democrats’ climate, health care and tax deal is the most popular piece of the legislation, according to a new Morning Consult-Politico poll. The poll asked respondents to voice their opinion on 12 different aspects of the reconciliation bill. Fifty-one percent indicated they strongly supported...

Almost a third of Americans consider abortion to be their greatest motivator to protest in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday.  The survey found that 31 percent of respondents said they were most likely to protest in favor of or against abortion rights or...

Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers (R), who offered dramatic public testimony to the Jan. 6 panel about his resistance to the pressure campaign on state officials waged by former President Trump to overturn the 2020 election, has lost his reelection bid. State Sen. David Farnsworth, who was endorsed by the former president in late June, has been...

Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Cori Bush (D-Mo.), two progressive lawmakers who are members of the so-called “Squad,” fended off primary challengers on Tuesday, making them favorites to win their third and second terms, respectively. Bush earned 69.5 percent of the vote in her primary, easily beating out Missouri state Sen. Steve Roberts (D), who...

The Democratic bench is exceptionally thin. Because if Newsom is considered a serious contender, what record can he run on?

This is, and has been, a conversation I’ve had on and off the radio many times. It requires intellectual thought and personal beliefs to be properly placed whether in agreement or disagreement. Sometimes, there isn’t an answer. In my decades of talk radio, I found it almost cathartic to honestly say there isn’t an answer...