Новости за 23.09.2022

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday extended proxy voting in the House until Nov. 10, allowing members to vote remotely until after the midterm elections under a pandemic-initiated shift. The announcement was notable this time coming days after President Biden in an interview declared that “the pandemic is over.” Republicans have pounced on the remarks,...

Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died in police custody in 2019, died from a ketamine injection that was too large for his size, according to an amended autopsy report released on Friday. “Simply put, this dosage of ketamine was too much for this individual and it resulted in an overdose,” Stephen Cina, a...

A group of House Democrats on Friday called on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to condemn Florida, Texas and Arizona officials for their policy of shipping migrants north to Democratic-controlled jurisdictions. The 27 House Democrats, led in a letter by Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), asked Mayorkas to ensure that Department of Homeland Security officials take...

A jury has ordered the conservative media organization Project Veritas to pay $120,000 after finding it liable for wiretapping and misrepresentation following a yearslong court battle over the outlet’s undercover operation targeting a Democratic consulting firm.  The 2017 lawsuit from Democracy Partners, its founder Robert Creamer and Strategic Consulting Group, a member of Democracy Partners,...

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) was accused by Twitter users on Friday of “shooting his shot” with actress Nia Long, whose longtime partner — Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka — is currently embroiled in a cheating scandal. “Sending nothing but love to Nia Long,” Bowman wrote on Twitter. “We’re not letting a man, who didn’t...

It’s almost unthinkable that Up With People has been invited to perform at the Super Bowl on five separate occasions, and yet Taylor Swift never once headlined the Halftime Show.

A man set his arm on fire Friday while protesting during London's Laver Cup tournament, hours before tennis legend Roger Federer was set to play his final professional match. The Sun shared footage of the man sitting in the middle of the tennis court with his arm in flames before three more men rushed to...

Lately, no matter if the federal government is spending taxpayer dollars or losing them, it doesn’t mess around with small change.

President Biden holds a small lead over former President Trump in a hypothetical 2024 presidential election, according to an Emerson College poll released Friday. The poll found Biden leading Trump by 1 point in a rematch of the 2020 election, 45 percent to 44 percent. Six percent said they would vote for another candidate, while...

Even before President Biden's highly publicized recent assertion that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, there was plenty of discussion on this topic in public health circles and beyond. Dropping the “p” word from our COVID-19 discourse would suggest to many that our current state of play is something we should accept for the foreseeable future. If...

Story at a glance Researchers are testing a modified cold sore virus to help fight cancer. Encoded in the virus are the instructions to produce a specific antibody. Preliminary results from a phase 1 clinical trial suggest that this therapy may work in reducing the size of tumors. Researchers have genetically modified a herpes virus...

Career lawyers have reportedly recommended that the Department of Justice (DOJ) does not charge Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as part of its probe into allegations of sex trafficking against the congressman. The Washington Post, citing people familiar with the matter, reported on Friday that career prosecutors advised the department not to charge Gaetz because of...

President Biden on Friday sought to dismantle the agenda proposed hours earlier by House Republican leaders should they take back the House, hitting Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for dodging key issues and warning that a GOP majority would try to strip away fundamental rights and government programs. Biden, in remarks at a Democratic National...

The Treasury Department announced exceptions to Iranian sanctions Friday to allow companies to provide more online services in the country after Iran’s government cut internet access for most of the country amid protests. The guidance authorized tech companies to offer Iranian people with more options for secure, outside platforms and services, the department said in...

A California man was charged on Thursday after authorities said he punched a flight attendant on an American Airlines flight. Alexander Tung Cuu Le, 33, allegedly punched a flight attendant in the back of the head on Wednesday’s flight from San José del Cabo, Mexico to Los Angeles, Calif., according to the U.S. attorney’s office...

President Biden's approval rating has hit a year-high in the third poll this week, driven largely by an increase in support from female voters. An Emerson College poll released Friday found 45 percent of voters said they approve of Biden's performance, a 3-point increase since last month, while 49 percent disapprove, a two-point decrease. “Biden’s...

MONONGAHELA, Pa. – House Republicans avoided sore subjects like abortion, election denialism and former President Trump as they rolled out their “Commitment to America” midterm messaging and policy platform on Friday. Instead, the GOP leaned into the topics it wants on voters’ minds this fall: inflation, the border and the IRS. “On our very first...

If all the world is a stage, terrorists have perverted the dynamic with political violence and a captive audience.

Former Twitter employee Anika Navaroli said the company’s tolerance of former President Trump led her to take the “extreme risk” of testifying before the Jan. 6 Committee, according to an interview with The Washington Post. “I realize that by being who I am and doing what I’m doing, I’m opening myself and my family to extreme...

The Republican Party on Friday is launching a five-figure ad buy celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, targeting Latino voters in key battleground states. The Republican National Committee (RNC) will buy print, radio, television and digital ads in Hispanic newspapers and radio stations and on TV stations in Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Texas and...

President Biden on Friday announced that his administration would distribute $1.5 billion to states and territories, including tribal lands, to fund responses to opioid overdoses and support recovery. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will disseminate the funding through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) State Opioid Response and...

The Nicaraguan government has taken Spanish-language CNN off the air as part of an ongoing government crackdown in the Central American country. CNN en Español went off the air overnight Wednesday, the outlet reported, saying cable operators in the country did not respond to requests for comment. “Today the government of Nicaragua pulled our television...

President Biden criticized Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) earlier this week for his proposed federal bill banning abortions past 15 weeks gestation, saying: “My church doesn’t even make that argument now.” “Think about what these guys are talking about,” said Biden at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in New York City, referring to the bill and...

The Respect for Marriage Act passed the House and will need at least 10 Republican Senate votes.

Bill Maher says indicting Donald Trump would likely “turn him into a martyr,” but that the former president “has to be held accountable for what he did.” “There’s always a risk of everything with anything controversial and anything important,” the “Real Time” host told ITK in an exclusive Thursday interview, when asked if an indictment...