Новости за 24.08.2022

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced Wednesday that its new rule going after so-called "ghost guns" has gone into effect. The rule is intended to stop the proliferation of ghost guns — firearms privately made or put together through gun kits that are generally hard to trace. The new rule states that...

President Biden told reporters Wednesday that he had no advance notice of the FBI’s plans to search former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. “I didn’t have any advance notice. None. Zero. Not one single bit,” Biden said in response to a question from reporters following an event on student debt relief. Biden’s...

Legislation in California that would limit the use of hip-hop lyrics as criminal evidence in court proceedings has cleared the state's legislature. Senate Bill AB 2799 passed the state’s Senate in a 76-0 vote on Tuesday. The bill is now headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) desk, where it should be signed into law in...

The race to replace Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) as the leading Democrat on the Oversight and Reform Committee is already heating up, with at least two senior Democrats vying for the top spot in the next Congress. Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) and Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) quickly announced their intent to seek the powerful seat on...

A Texas church responsible for the unauthorized "Christian" production of "Hamilton" apologized to those involved in its creation, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, for its staging of the hit musical and will pay for any damages. In a statement posted on Instagram on Tuesday, The Door McAllen Church pastor Roman Gutierrez apologized for the church's staging of the Broadway...

First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 days after receiving a negative test in a "rebound" case of the virus. The first lady tested negative on Tuesday before receiving the positive test result on an antigen test on Wednesday afternoon, her office said. "The First Lady has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and...

Seventy-nine percent of parents say they became more interested in how their child was being educated during the pandemic, when the process went largely virtual, according to a new survey. The survey, conducted by the Harris Poll on behalf of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, similarly found that 84 percent of parents agreed...

A federal judge in Texas in a Tuesday night ruling blocked guidance issued by the Biden administration that requires doctors to provide abortions in emergency medical situations even if doing so would run afoul of state law. In a 67-page ruling, U.S. District Judge James Hendrix halted emergency abortion guidance that the Department of Health and...

If Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who lost her House primary last week, decides to embark on a presidential run in 2024 as an independent, she could end up hurting President Biden’s chances of reelection more than Trump’s, according to a new Yahoo News/You Gov poll.  After Cheney lost her reelection bid for the House to...

NASA has released audio it captured from a black hole, sharing sounds waves that it previously identified but have made audible for the first time. NASA’s team that explores space for planets and life outside the solar system tweeted on Sunday that the idea that sound does not exist in space is a misconception. Most...

Authorities say they are investigating a 911 call that claimed a shooting was taking place at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) home early Wednesday morning. The Rome Police Department in northwest Georgia said in a statement that officers responded to a 911 call at 1:03 a.m. claiming an individual was shot multiple times at Greene’s...

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) wasted no time this week announcing a bid to lead the Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee next year — a seat that's soon to open up following Tuesday's primary defeat of the current chair, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.). Connolly, who would enter his eighth term next year, is...

The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), a super PAC aligned with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), is launching ads targeting vulnerable Democratic Reps. Kim Schrier (Wash.) and Elaine Luria (Va.) on Wednesday. The $615,000 in ads targeting Schrier and $395,000 aimed at Luria amount to over $1 million in additional ad buys for CLF, and...

President Biden's approval rating is at its highest point since June, a new Reuters-Ipsos opinion poll found. The two-day poll, completed Tuesday, showed Biden's rating at 41 percent — the first time it has topped 40 percent since the beginning of the summer. Of the 1,005 adults surveyed, 78 percent of Democrats voiced support for...

Capitol Records has announced that it is walking away from an artificial intelligence rapper project after receiving backlash for the AI model’s “gross stereotypes” of the Black community. “CMG has severed ties with the FN Meka project, effective immediately,” the Capitol Music Group said in a statement on Tuesday. “We offer our deepest apologies to...

Democratic Senate candidates seeking to flip five key swing states are joining financial forces with the “Flippable Five Fund,” which will allow donors to split campaign contributions evenly among the quintet of candidates. Reps. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) and Val Demings (D-Fla.), Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D), Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (D), and former...