Новости за 09.11.2022

National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) celebrated GOP pickups in House midterm races and attempted to beat down frustration among Republicans over the gains being smaller than expected. “For any of the naysayers, we’re happy to point out this is now the second straight cycle that House Republicans have picked up seats,”...

Rep. Cindy Axne (D-Iowa) is projected to be defeated by Republican state Sen. Zach Nunn, flipping a seat that GOP leaders had seen as among their best pickup opportunities of the cycle. The Associated Press called the race at 3:25 p.m. Wednesday. Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District includes the heavily Democratic Des Moines, but it wasn’t enough...

Corporate America is bracing for political gridlock and a flurry of GOP investigations as Republicans appear poised to emerge from the midterms with a razor-thin House majority. The GOP is favored to narrowly take the House, though the race for the lower chamber is still in play. Election forecasters have given Democrats a slight edge...

If there was one message that summed up how President Biden was feeling on the heels of Tuesday’s midterms, it came in the form of a tweet. “I ain’t dead and I’m not gonna die,” Biden said in an old video from 2020 shared again on Wednesday afternoon by White House digital director Rob Flaherty. ...

President Biden will deliver a statement Wednesday afternoon and answer questions at the White House, following the midterm elections Tuesday. The President is scheduled to speak at 4 p.m. ET. Watch the live video above.

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced a bid to become the next House majority leader on Wednesday as the GOP appears likely to win a narrow majority in the lower chamber. "The American people deserve a House of Representatives that can move the agenda that was promised to them on the campaign trail," Scalise...

Story at a glance New research found average screen time among youths aged 18 and under rose by 84 minutes per day during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with rates measured beforehand. The findings mirror similar upticks in screen time seen among U.S. youths throughout the pandemic. Experts worry the increases could worsen eye health and...

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is projected to skate to victory on Tuesday in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, easily deflecting a challenge from Republican Cicely Davis in a contest focused heavily on crime and law enforcement. The Associated Press called the race at XXX. Omar has emerged as a leading figure in the liberal push to...

Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids is projected to win reelection on Tuesday in Kansas’s 3rd Congressional District, repelling a challenge from Republican Amanda Adkins, a former congressional staffer, for the right to return to Capitol Hill for a third term. The race marked a rematch of the 2020 contest, when Davids defeated Adkins by 10 points. Since...

The head of the Texas Republican Party suggested on Wednesday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) may present a “winning brand” for the GOP, following what he characterized as a “wave election” for Republicans in the Sunshine State. “Ron DeSantis and his optimistic brand of bold and unapologetic conservatism is a winning brand and the...

There’s a quiet but widespread war on plastic happening, with fronts found on Capitol Hill and at statehouses around the country. Its target includes everything from fruit juice and energy drink containers to plastic forks, plates and bowls — all listed specifically in the Senate bill filed last year by Democrats, including Sens. Cory Booker...

Twitter’s new CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said he “killed” the rollout of second verification labels less than 24 hours after they started appearing on select users’ accounts, with a company director clarifying that the marks are still set to be introduced when the company's updated subscription service launches. Twitter said Tuesday evening it would...

Story at a glance Tropical Storm Nicole is expected to make landfall in Florida late Wednesday night, forecasters predict.   The storm is currently 185 miles east of Palm Beach with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour. Although the Atlantic Hurricane season runs until the end of November, hurricanes this time of year...

Oil and gas operations account for more than half of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, according to a new database backed by former Vice President Al Gore. The global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, released by the nonprofit Climate TRACE on Wednesday, homes in on facility-level emissions data for 72,612 sites worldwide. Of these...

Fox News contributor and former Trump White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says former President Trump should hold off on his expected announcement of a 2024 White House bid until after next month's Georgia Senate runoff election. "I know there's a temptation to starting talking about 2024 — no, no, no, no, no," McEnany said...

McCain said that the candidates Trump chose to endorse in the midterm cycle did not deliver in their races, adding that the hyped-up “red wave” push from the party will go down as a “giant warning sign” that Trump isn’t the future for the party.

The hard-fought Senate race in Georgia is heading into overtime. Neither Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) nor Republican Herschel Walker is projected to score the majority support needed to clinch the hotly contested Senate seat. The results mean that one of the most competitive statewide contests in the country will be left unresolved for weeks. NBC...

Progressive Democrat Summer Lee won election to the House on Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress from Pennsylvania. For Lee, it’s the second time she’s made history. Four years ago, Lee became the first African American woman from the region elected to the state House in Harrisburg. “This was a movement that...

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters at the Capitol Wednesday morning that he is “feeling good” after Democrats won retiring Sen. Pat Toomey’s (R) seat in Pennsylvania, giving them a better chance of keeping their Senate majority. Schumer kept his remarks brief and stopped well short of celebrating after Senate Democrats exceeded...

Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.), who was the Democrats’ biggest Republican target in the Senate, was projected to defeat Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (D) and win reelection to a third term.  NBC News and CNN both called the race for Johnson. Johnson and allied outside groups spent the last several months of the race defining Barnes as...

House Democrats on Tuesday beat back any designs Republicans had for a midterm rout, defying the odds to keep dozens of vulnerable seats where GOP leaders had predicted widespread gains. But the Democrats’ exuberance glossed over an underlying reality: Despite the overperformance, Republicans had nibbled away at the Democrats’ fragile majority and appeared likely to...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said that the latest results from Tuesday’s midterm elections show that former President Trump’s political instincts are “about” himself and not for his party. Christie made the remarks during an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America” after co-anchor George Stephanopoulos asked if he agreed with an assessment about Trump...

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (N.Y.), the head of House Democrats’ campaign arm, conceded his race on Wednesday against state Assemblyman Mike Lawler (R), a major blow to the party and a stunning defeat for the man charged with propelling other House Democrats to victory. Lawler’s win in New York’s 17th Congressional District marks the first...

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Wednesday called Russia’s transfer of jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner to a penal colony “another injustice.” “Following a sham trial and the unjust sentencing of Brittney Griner, Moscow is transferring her from a prison in Moscow to a remote penal colony. It is another injustice layered on her...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold $3.95 billion worth of shares in the electric car company within the last week, following his recent purchase of Twitter, The Associated Press reported. Musk sold 19.5 million Tesla shares from Nov. 4 to Nov. 8, according to recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The billionaire has...