Новости за 03.10.2022

Former President Trump on Monday objected to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request to expedite its appeal in the special master case regarding documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago residence. The Atlanta-based 11th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with DOJ last month when it partially stayed a lower court’s ruling, allowing the department to continue its...

President Biden on Monday sought to contrast his support for Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Fiona to the Trump administration’s response to Hurricane Maria during a trip to the storm-ravaged island. Biden has repeatedly emphasized in recent days that he has the plight of Puerto Rico in mind even as much of the...

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, knocked former President Trump on Monday over his latest attacks on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his wife, condemning the comments as “inflammatory and racist." Trump, a frequent critic of McConnell, drew headlines on Friday when he launched a new attack at the...

Story at a glance Hurricane Fiona struck the island of Puerto Rico on Sept. 18, causing flash flooding, mudslides and an islandwide blackout.   Two weeks later, there are still over 100,000 homes and businesses without power. LUMA Energy, the American-Canadian company responsible for electricity transmission and distribution, has restored power to 1.34 million customers so...

An investigative report published Monday found evidence of systemic emotional abuse and sexual misconduct in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) spanning across multiple teams and coaches. The 319-page report was commissioned by the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) and led by former Obama Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, now with international law firm King &...

The methane gushing out of the damaged Nord Stream represents the daily amount from oil, gas and coal energy systems.

Former President Trump’s attorney is pushing to delay proceedings, including Trump’s upcoming deposition, in a defamation case brought by a woman who accused Trump of raping her in the 1990s. A federal appeals court handed Trump a partial victory last week by ruling that presidents are covered by a law granting broad legal immunity to...

Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman is out with a new ad mocking his GOP rival Mehmet Oz and comparing the celebrity surgeon to a quack doctor character from "The Simpsons." “Before there was Dr. Oz, there was Dr. Nick," Fetterman wrote in a tweet Monday, referring to the recurring character from the long-running animated...

Fox Weather, the new weather news streaming service launched last year by the biggest player in cable news, notched its best performance in head-to-head competition with The Weather Channel during live coverage of Hurricane Ian last week. On Sept. 28, as Hurricane Ian was making landfall along the Florida coastline, Fox Weather’s simulcast from 1...

United States Park Police and other Interior Department law enforcement will be required to wear body cameras under a new policy, the department announced Monday. The policy is part of a chapter added to the departmental manual, which will also establish standards for downloading and storing the footage as well as the public release of...

Federal prosecutors aren't filing charges against two Secret Service officers who shot and killed a 19-year-old outside the residence of Peru’s ambassador to the United States, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. The U.S. attorney’s office said there was insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights...

Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama commemorated their 30th wedding anniversary in social media posts on Monday. In a message posted on his various social media accounts, the former president said that he felt like he won the lottery the day when they wed. “Miche, After 30 years, I’m not sure why...

The Tenet Healthcare Corporation on Monday announced it has named former Nebraska governor and Sen. Bob Kerrey (D) as its new chairman. The Dallas-based health care company's Chairman Ronald Rittenmeyer resigned from the role effective Saturday due to personal health reasons, according to the filing. Kerrey was appointed the same day.  The former senator...

Journalist Katie Couric said she feels fine and lucky after being diagnosed with breast cancer in June and finishing radiation treatment. “I’m feeling just fine,” Couric said during an interview with Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb on NBC’s “Today,” which Couric previously anchored. “I finished radiation last week. They said it makes you tired. I...

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by Second Amendment advocates to the Trump-era ban on “bump stock” devices that modify semi-automatic rifles to fire more rapidly. The court's move leaves intact the federal ban that was enacted in 2017 after a gunman in Las Vegas used the rapid-fire accessory in the...

President Biden, speaking from the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Monday afternoon, is expected to announce $60 million in federal aid for the island territory's recovery from Hurricane Fiona. The event is scheduled for 2:45 pm ET. Watch the live video above.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear two cases this term on whether social media companies can be held financially responsible for hosting terrorist content.   The family of Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old U.S. citizen killed during a 2015 series of Islamic State terror attacks in Paris, sued YouTube parent company google, arguing the...

The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), a Republican super PAC aligned with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), is pumping out $14 million in new ad reservations in 15 districts, bringing its total advertising spending this cycle to nearly $200 million. The new funding will go toward races in Florida, Maine, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Arizona,...

United Airlines is suspending service at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City as it continues negotiating with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expand its schedule at the airport. United told its employees about the change in a letter on Friday, saying the airline’s existing schedule of four flights per day did...

Story at a glance The report from financial health company doxo, which breaks down comparative household bill costs across the 50 largest cities in U.S., found that Americans spend an average of $24,032 annually on household bills.  The report analyzed average spending for bills including mortgage, rent, auto loans, utilities, and insurance. Cities along the...

Five former governors or senators went down to defeat when they sought the party’s nomination for a new state-wide job.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) will make an appearance at a political event in New Hampshire this week amid speculation that he’s eyeing a 2024 presidential bid. The New England Council on Monday announced Hogan would be appearing at a Politics and Eggs event on Thursday, a part of a larger series held jointly between the...

Story at a glance Five years after the #MeToo movement went viral, a survey from Pew Research Center shows around half of Americans support it in 2022. However, differences in opinion emerged along party lines, with more Democrats supporting the movement than Republicans. Women under 30 tend to express the strongest support for #MeToo.  Five...

The mere fact that these objectively weak GOP candidates are running so close to politically viable Democrats is indicative of the energy on the Republican side and the weakness of the national Democratic Party.

When people are viewed as less than human, they become more vulnerable to abuse and violence.