Новости за 12.09.2022

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) has introduced separate legislation to overhaul the permitting process for energy projects, as Democrats debate a similar proposal agreed on by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).  Capito, the ranking member on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, presented the bill as necessary to give industry...

The biggest challenge now is to change how we collectively think and act.

Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Chapek said in a new interview the company “stood our ground” against the “barrage” of attacks for their public disapproval of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislation. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Monday, Chapek addressed his initial hesitance to speak out on the divisive bill, which he later...

Story at a glance Nationally, more than 90 active wildfires have consumed close to 814,000 acres so far and just four are considered contained.  Wildfires have burned more than 6.6 million acres nationwide to date in 2022.  Currently the largest fires are in Oregon, California and Idaho. Extreme weather conditions across the American Northwest, including...

Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin left her Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Sunday, starting a weeklong journey through the country before her funeral on Sept. 19. The monarch died Thursday at Balmoral, ending a seven-decade reign and leaving her son Prince Charles to take the throne as King Charles III. Charles and the royal family accompanied...

Twitter is facing a tough Tuesday as senators gear up to hear testimony from a whistleblower alleging widespread security deficiencies at the social media company — the same day Twitter shareholders vote on whether to approve Elon Musk’s embattled $44 billion deal to buy the company. The Senate Judiciary hearing featuring whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko...

Green Bay Packers star quarterback Aaron Rodgers slammed California's COVID-19 restrictions in a podcast released Sunday, saying the state is “going to shit.” In an episode of “Club Random with Bill Maher” released on Sunday, Rodgers lamented the changes in his home state, where he still reportedly owns a home. “State’s going to shit, but...

Story at a glance The report gave Oregon high marks for its policies to improve workplace conditions and ensure workers the right to form unions. The state also ranked first among Oxfam’s “Best States for Working Women” report as it provides accommodations for pregnant workers, protections for workplace breastfeeding and some form of paid family...

No one assumed that Elizabeth would be any less capable of rising to the task, coping with its demands and maintaining her composure under utmost pressure than her father had been.

The Biden administration on Monday proposed to strengthen certain safety regulations for offshore oil and gas drilling that were loosened under the Trump administration. After the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill that killed 11 workers and released 134 million gallons of fuel into the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama administration implemented new safety regulations. In...

The House is kicking off phase III of its reopening plan on Monday, which includes allowing tours of the floor, marking the chamber’s latest step toward normalcy after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the building to the public. House Sergeant at Arms William Walker sent a memo to House members and staff on Monday announcing...

The percentage of Black people appointed to senior positions in President Joe Biden’s White House is not in line with the percentage of Black Americans who voted for him, according to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Twenty-two percent of Biden voters were Black, while 11 percent of his 139 most senior officials...

President Biden will speak Monday afternoon at the JFK Library in Boston about an ambitious goal to reduce cancer mortality dramatically. The event is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET. Watch the live video above.

President Biden on Monday bemoaned the state of U.S. airports as he touted the ways a bipartisan infrastructure law passed last year would help upgrade terminals, improve the passenger experience and reduce emissions. Biden traveled to Boston to highlight a $62 million investment in Logan Airport through the infrastructure law. The funding will be used...

Howard Stern says he can’t fathom how former President Trump could evade an indictment in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) probe of the ex-commander in chief’s handling of classified documents. “It’s some crazy shit going on,” the SiriusXM host said Monday on his eponymous radio show while speaking about FBI agents finding more than 100...

A former federal prosecutor fired by former President Trump on Monday condemned what he described as “unprecedented” political interference in his work during the Trump administration. Former U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, who served as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that the Trump-era Justice Department pressured him to indict...

As the Senate prepared to move on a bill that would protect same-sex marriage, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) on Monday pushed back against GOP objections that it is unnecessary. Some Republicans have said the Respect for Marriage Act, which would make marriage a constitutional right regardless of a couple’s sex, race, ethnicity or national origin,...

Story at a glance A bar in Texas canceled a Disney-themed drag event after receiving threats and hateful comments. In a statement, management said the cancellation is not a ‘win’ for perpetrators and that they made the decision out of safety concerns for patrons and employees. A drag event at another bar in Denton County...

Polling shows 63 percent of U.S. adults supported doing away with the Electoral College system.

Nearly 50 million people were living in some form of modern slavery last year, either through forced labor or a forced marriage, an increase of 10 million more people from 2016, according to the United Nations's International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Organization for Migration (IOM). The United Nations published the study this month with...

President Biden will not travel with a delegation to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, the White House confirmed Monday. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One that the United Kingdom’s invitation to the United States government was only for the president and first lady. Biden will not travel with a larger...

If you walk by a federal government building between now and next Monday evening, you’ll see U.S. flags flying at half-staff to honor Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-serving monarch who passed away on Thursday at the age of 96. Presidents regularly order flags to be flown at half-staff to mark certain holidays and the mourning...

Stephen Curry says Americans should treat President Trump — and his potential 2024 White House bid — as a serious “threat.” “Take Trump seriously? Of course,” the Golden State Warriors star and NBA Finals MVP told Rolling Stone magazine for a cover story published Monday for its October issue. “Most of his rhetoric — before...

As many as 15,000 Minnesota nurses went on strike Monday, citing short staffing and low wage increases. The thousands-strong strike may be the largest private-sector nurses’ strike in the nation’s history, according to a release from the Minnesota Nurses’ Association (MNA). Nurses at 16 hospitals in Minnesota’s Twin Cities and elsewhere in the state rallied...

President Biden will appear in Boston on Monday to share his perspective on projects made possible by the bipartisan infrastructure law. The event is scheduled for 12:45 p.m. ET. Watch the live video above.