Новости за 17.08.2022

“The Daily Show” is launching a free, self-guided walking tour that traces “the exact route taken by the insurrectionists” during last year’s Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. “In the Footsteps of the Freedomsurrection” will include 15 stops that “spotlight important sites from the events of Jan. 6,” Comedy Central announced Wednesday. Using technology from...

President Biden’s approval rating ticked up 3 percentage points in the past week, according to a Politico-Morning Consult poll released on Wednesday, as Democrats scored a major legislative win with the passage of their climate, health care and tax reform package. The poll showed that 42 percent of registered voters said they approve of the...

Nearly 10,000 people died in motor vehicle crashes in the first quarter of the year, marking the largest first-quarter level since 2002, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced on Wednesday. NHTSA projected 9,560 traffic fatalities in the first three months of 2022, the seventh consecutive quarterly increase, as Americans increased driving that was...

A group of Democratic members of Congress from New York on Wednesday called on President Biden to invoke the Defense Production Act to enhance the production of vaccines for monkeypox. In a letter to Biden, the lawmakers, led by New York Democratic Reps. Jerry Nadler and Ritchie Torres, said ,"It is clear that vaccine demand...

Story at a glance People living in the northern part of the United States and Canada might be able to see the aurora borealis on Wednesday night.  Typically, the northern lights are not seen so far south, but they will be visible in the night sky after a number of recent explosions on the sun’s...

New York City health officials announced that the West Nile Virus (WNV) has been detected in two people and a record number of mosquitos in the city. In a news release on Wednesday, the New York City health department said that the two human virus cases were detected in the Queens and Brooklyn boroughs of...

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said on Tuesday that some people “equate Donald Trump with the person of Jesus Christ” in their hearts. “To them, if you even come against this amazing man, Donald Trump, which obviously quite flawed, you are coming out against Jesus, against their Christian values,” he told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner. “And when...

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Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren (D) on Wednesday sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), alleging the governor unconstitutionally suspended him for his views supporting gender-affirming surgery and abortion. DeSantis suspended Warren earlier this month for “incompetence” and “neglect of duty,” citing statements the prosecutor signed indicating he would refuse to enforce “prohibitions on sex...

Story at a glance Nearly three times the number of restrictive education bills have been introduced this year compared to last year, according to a report released Wednesday by PEN America. Most measures target classroom instruction related to race, but a growing number also seek to limit how teachers and students may communicate about topics...

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona wouldn’t say in a recent interview whether the Biden administration plans to extend a current freeze on federal student loan repayments, but he indicated a decision will be made “soon.” "While I don't have an announcement here today, I will tell you we're having conversations daily with the White House and...

Eleven Republicans who sought to falsely certify Donald Trump as the winner of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia asked a judge on Tuesday to disqualify the Atlanta-area prosecutor who is probing the effort by Trump and his allies to overturn the state’s election result. The judge presiding over the special grand jury, Robert McBurney...

Billionaire Elon Musk spoke at a Republican retreat hosted by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in Wyoming on Tuesday. The event came on the same day that Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the former No. 3 House Republican, lost a primary challenge to Harriet Hageman, who was supported by former President Trump and McCarthy. A source...

Wyoming House Republican nominee Harriet Hageman said the reason why she defeated Rep. Liz Cheney in the GOP primary on Tuesday was in part due to Cheney's "obsession about President Trump" and lack of focus on Wyoming. During an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham after her primary win in Wyoming, Hageman said that...

Syria’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday denied claims that the government is holding American journalist Austin Tice, just days after the 10th anniversary of his disappearance in the country. The ministry said statements from President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week calling on the Syrian government to release him are misleading. It said...

A cap on prescription drug price increases is the most popular part of the Inflation Reduction Act, the $430 billion climate, health care and tax package that President Biden signed into law Tuesday, according to a Politico-Morning Consult poll. The poll found that 76 percent of respondents strongly or somewhat support placing a limit on...

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said hours after losing her reelection primary to Trump-backed challenger Harriet Hageman that she is “thinking about” running for president. “That's a decision that I'm going to make in the coming months, and I'm not going to make any announcements here this morning. But it is something that I am thinking...

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. reported a sharper-than-expected fall in earnings in late July, with its stock dropping to about half its value at the beginning of the year (it has since recovered slightly, part of a broader market “moderating inflation” narrative and relief rally). The company faces myriad headwinds detailed by market analysts,...

TikTok will label all content related to the midterm elections and crack down on paid influencer political ads as part of its plans to prepare for the upcoming midterm elections, the company announced Wednesday.  The popular video sharing app will label content identified as being related to the elections, and all content from accounts that...

SKDK named Doug Thornell as its next chief executive officer. Thornell joined the consulting firm in 2011 as managing director. He previously was a senior adviser at the Democratic National Committee and national press secretary at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Linda Lourie joined WestExec Advisors as a senior adviser. Lourie most recently served as...

Progressive Democrats are expressing growing concern about having Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) as the face in the Senate of restoring abortion rights, particularly after voters in Kansas struck down a proposed constitutional amendment that would have eliminated abortions in the state. They see Kaine, who is personally opposes abortion, as too much of a centrist...

President Biden is enacting climate action at a previously unprecedented scale in the United States and establishing a significant environmental legacy in signing the Inflation Reduction Act, say climate advocates. Biden, during his first year in office, pledged to cut U.S. emissions that lead to climate change in half by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. ...

State and local health authorities are facing new obstacles in responding to monkeypox after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized dividing Jynneos vaccine doses into fifths to expand the available supply, with many authorities unsure about how to immediately adopt the new strategy. The FDA last week authorized a new method of administering the Jynneos smallpox vaccine, which is being used to...

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) was projected to advance from her primary in the race for Alaska’s at-large congressional district. The Associated Press called the race at 1:42 a.m. ET. Republican Nick Begich and Democrat Mary Peltola were also projected to advance. Palin was among a large group of primary candidates vying for Alaska’s...