Новости за 12.08.2022

Story at a glance The United States Army is developing a tactical bra for female soldiers.   There are currently four prototypes of bra expected to be presented to the Army Uniform Board this fall.  All the prototypes use flame-retardant protection and include pullover and front closer styles. For the first time ever, the United States...

A judge on Friday ruled the Manhattan District Attorney's case against the Trump Organization and its former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg can go to trial. New York prosecutors allege Weisselberg avoided paying close to $2 million in taxes over a span of more than a decade by receiving indirect compensation from the business, and...

Story at a glance Corneal implants made from pig skin have restored eyesight into 20 people with damaged or diseased corneas, a new study claims. The cornea is the clear part of the eye that covers the iris and pupil and allows light to enter the eye. Corneal impairments are the fourth leading cause of...

A federal judge on Friday restored a 2016 moratorium on coal leasing on federal lands that had been overturned by the Trump administration. In the ruling, Judge Brian Morris of the District of Montana, an Obama appointee, ordered the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to reimpose the moratorium until it has conducted a more thorough...

The superbugs are beating us at a competition we can’t afford to lose.

Story at a glance In a letter organized by the National Women’s Law Center and the Women’s Sports Foundation, dozens of gender equity groups asked the Biden administration to release a Title IX athletics rule that will protect the rights of transgender student athletes. The administration in June announced a series of proposed updates to...

Antarctica’s ice shelves may be melting much faster than scientists previously anticipated — a phenomenon that could ultimately accelerate sea level rise, a new study has found. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory came to this conclusion by deploying a new model showing how dense, warm ocean water can get...

A sprawling Democratic economic package slated to pass Congress this week could contribute to more than $200 billion in cumulative deficit reduction, according to an analysis released by the Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM) on Friday. The analysis estimates the latest iteration of the bill, which is poised to sail out of the House on Friday after...

Rep. Brad Finstad (R-Minn.) was sworn into the House on Friday to finish the term of the late Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.), who died of kidney cancer in February. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) facilitated the oath of office on the House floor for Finstad, who was surrounded by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and members...

House lawmakers held a moment of silence on the floor Friday morning to honor the late Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.), who died in a car accident last week. Members of Congress from both parties rose on the House floor to honor the life of Walorski, 58, and two of her staffers, Zachery Potts, 27, and...

Story at a glance Florida and Texas, which do not have a state income tax, hold the top two spots. The states losing the most high-income households include New York, California, Illinois, Massachusetts and Virginia. Washington, D.C., has the highest proportion of households earning $200,000 or more at 12.19 percent. America’s high wage earners — those...

Democrats are holding an edge over Republicans on a generic ballot for the state legislature in three battleground states, according to a new poll. A poll commissioned by the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) and conducted by the left-leaning Public Policy Polling that was shared exclusively with The Hill shows that Democrats have an edge...

Former President Trump pushed back on reports that some of the documents the FBI sought at Mar-a-Lago on Monday included information related to nuclear weapons. Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social on Friday that the “nuclear weapons issue” is a “hoax,” as were other investigations into him. The Washington Post reported that sources...

We are never going to be “best friends,” but we should reengage to work towards a partnership beyond security interests.

Democrats must start reviving Americans’ confidence in their government’s ability to help them solve their problems.

More than 5.7 million acres have burned, already surpassing the 10-year average of 3.6 million acres.

Representatives in the House will debate and vote Friday on the 'Inflation Reduction Act.' The event is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. ET. Watch the video above.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) renewed her request on Thursday for the D.C. National Guard (DCNG) to lend support to migrants arriving in the city, after the Pentagon denied the request last week. “I have been honored to work with the men and women of the D.C. National Guard many times and today we...

Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson announced Thursday that it will stop selling talc-based baby powder in 2023. The company said that the switch from talc-based to cornstarch-based baby powder is a “commercial decision” to sustain long-term business growth. The move comes two years after Johnson & Johnson announced it would stop selling its talc-based baby...

A group of four major media companies filed a motion on Thursday to unseal all court documents related to the search warrant that the FBI executed at former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property on Monday.  The Washington Post, CNN, NBC News and E.W. Scripps Company filed the motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern...

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday defended the FBI’s search of former President Trumps’ Mar-a-Lago as the Justice Department asked a judge to unseal the warrant authorizing the search. We’ll talk about Garland’s first public comments since the Monday search. Plus, we’ll talk about Russia confirming the existence of prisoner swap negotiations for WNBA star...

An armed man who allegedly attacked the FBI field office in Cincinnati, Ohio, was killed by police on Thursday after a chase and standoff, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol. The armed suspect attempted to breach the FBI field office early Thursday morning and fled in a vehicle after he triggered a security alarm, according...