Новости за 11.10.2022

NASA on Tuesday said its historic planetary defense mission was successful after a spacecraft that purposefully smashed into a tiny asteroid called Dimorphos last month altered its orbit by 32 minutes. At a press conference, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) team explained that before the impact, Dimorphos orbited a larger asteroid called Didymos in...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday shared her own story of coming out in recognition of National Coming Out Day, urging other Americans not to feel discouraged. "Like so many in the LGBTQ+ community, coming out wasn’t an easy thing to do. My family was traditional and conservative. Being gay in my family...

Vice President Harris said in an interview on Monday that she is a fan of HBO’s new hit show “House of the Dragon.” During an appearance on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” Harris told host Seth Meyers about some hobbies she partakes in during her leisure time away from White House duties, including watching...

The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it will invest nearly $60 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law towards roads, bridges, tunnels, carbon emission reduction and safety improvements in all 50 states. The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will release more than $59.9 billion in funding from the $1.2 trillion bill that the president...

Vice President Harris told late-night host Seth Meyers on Monday that she hasn’t been able to use emojis or group chats since taking on her role. “Obviously you have to make many sacrifices to hold this office, but is it true you can no longer send emojis?” Myers asked Harris during an interview on NBC’s...

Actor Mark Hamill will stump for Utah Senate hopeful Evan McMullin (I) later this week with less than a month to go before the November midterms, McMullin's campaign announced Tuesday. The “Star Wars” actor will join a virtual volunteer kickoff event on Thursday, a press advisory said. McMullin is running against Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah),...

California Sen. Alex Padilla (D) condemned the racist remarks that former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez and other city officials could be heard making about African Americans and other ethnicities, including comments about another member of the council and their son, in an audio recording leaked online. “I am appalled at the racist,...

The program has long been the poster child of wasteful Pentagon spending.

President Biden on Tuesday afternoon will deliver virtual remarks at a summit on fire prevention and control. The event is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. ET. Watch the live video above.

The coronation of King Charles III, the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, has been set for May 6, according to an update from the royal family.  The coronation ceremony will take place more than half a year after the death last month of Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away at the age of...

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has asked the Department of Justice to preserve documents tied to its school board directive, a sign of how House Judiciary Committee Republicans will direct their energy if the GOP regains control of the House. Attorney General Merrick Garland signed the memo in October of last year, noting a “disturbing spike in harassment,...

Republican John James leads Democrat Carl Malinga by nearly 8 percentage points in Michigan’s competitive, newly drawn 10th Congressional District, according to a Detroit News-WDIV poll released on Monday. The poll, which was conducted by Glengariff Group for the two outlets, found James garnered the support of 44 percent of respondents, compared to 36 percent...

The Army’s top civilian is urging service leaders to stay out of the “culture wars” less than a month after it was revealed that the Army started an investigation into a top commander for sparing with conservative news hosts on social media.  Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said Monday that the service “absolutely” wants its general officers...

As many as 10 million people may still be entitled to receive a COVID-19 stimulus payment, the government’s internal watchdog said Tuesday. Americans with little or no income, who are not required to pay taxes, have until Nov. 15 to complete a simplified tax return in order to get their stimulus checks, the Government Accountability...

President Biden on Tuesday touted the plans for Honda to build a joint-venture battery factory in Ohio, saying new investments are part of the backbone of his economic agenda. “Just as my CHIPS and Science Act is spurring record investments in communities across the country, my Inflation Reduction Act is driving a manufacturing boom for...

Ohio Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Tim Ryan slammed his Republican opponent J.D. Vance during a televised debate Monday, calling him an "ass-kisser." Ryan referenced a comment former President Trump made at a Youngstown rally last month where he said to laughs, "J.D. is kissing my ass, he wants my support so much." The Democratic candidate invoked...

White House national security spokesman John Kirby on Tuesday said President Biden is willing to immediately begin reevaluating the U.S.-Saudi alliance after the country and its oil-exporting allies announced production cuts of 2 million barrels per day. The White House expressed disappointment after the announcement from OPEC+, which is comprised of the 13 OPEC nations...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review an appeal from a Black death row inmate who claims his case was tainted by the racial prejudice of several members of the all-white jury. Inmate Andre Thomas in 2005 was convicted and sentenced to death by a jury in Sherman, Texas, for the murder of his...

Michelle Obama is launching a new girls education initiative that she says aims to “help clear away all that’s standing in the way of girls achieving their dreams.” The Obama Foundation unveiled its Get Her There campaign on Tuesday, which it described as a “global call to action to support thousands of adolescent girls over...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an appeal by Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, leaving in place his death sentence for the 2015 shooting deaths of nine Black congregants. The court's denial came in a brief unsigned order without explanation, as is customary. Roof had urged the justices to review his case to resolve several...

"The Daily Show" is aiming to raise money for voter registration efforts with some new midterm elections-inspired swag. The Comedy Central show hosted by Trevor Noah is rolling out a line of "VOTEDEMIC 2022" merchandise beginning Tuesday, ITK has exclusively learned. Organizers said proceeds from select items for sale will go to HeadCount, a nonprofit...

Republican candidate Allan Fung holds an 8 percentage point lead over Democrat Seth Magaziner in Rhode Island’s 2nd Congressional District, according to a new poll. A Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll released on Tuesday showed Fung, the former mayor of Cranston, R.I, receiving 45 percent among general election voters in the state, compared to Magaziner, the...

One of the most popular ideas in American politics is that a large majority of voters under 40 are “woke.” Originating in the Black activist community during the 1960s, the term, intended as a signal to other Black Americans to watch out for police brutality and systemic racism, became more prominent during the 2014 Black...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) engaged in an argument after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection in which he yelled at Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) about protecting Republicans from former President Trump, making her cry, The Washington Post reported. The Post reported that McCarthy and Herrera Beutler met in his office on Feb. 25...

He’s known as the god of love, kindness and mercy. But in the Gospels, Jesus occasionally also shows his wrath. And nowhere more than on those occasions when he’s confronted with hypocrisy. We still shudder, for example, hearing an angry Jesus erupt in Matthew 23/27-28: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which...