Новости за 10.11.2022

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to deny a bid by former President Trump to block his tax returns from being handed over to a House panel. The court filings had been requested by Chief Justice John Roberts, who handles emergency matters arising in the District of...

Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine (D) announced on Thursday that his office has filed a civil suit against the Washington Commanders and team owner Daniel Snyder, the NFL and league Commissioner Roger Goodell amid multiple investigations against Snyder and his NFL franchise. At a news conference on Thursday, Racine, who is due to step...

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who chairs the Senate's Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has come out in opposition to President Biden’s renomination of an interstate energy regulator.  Manchin spokesperson Sam Runyon said via email that the senator is “not comfortable holding a hearing” on the confirmation of Richard Glick for another term on the Federal...

President Biden is nominating a top management consultant to be the new IRS commissioner as the agency mulls a strategy to use $80 billion in new funding allocated to the agency in the Inflation Reduction Act to increase revenue. Biden announced that he wants Boston Consulting Group public sector chief Danny Werfel to be the...

California on Thursday announced a lawsuit against manufacturers of so-called forever chemicals, accusing the companies of deceiving the public and endangering public health. In a press conference Thursday, Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) announced the lawsuit, which names 3M and DuPont. Bonta alleges the two companies concealed health hazards associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...

President Biden will deliver remarks Thursday in an address to his campaign staff and volunteers. The event is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. ET. Watch the video above.

The balance of power in Congress following the midterm elections is still to be determined but one thing is clear: Women showed up and delivered for Democrats and abortion rights across the country.  The polls predicting women were breaking right en-masse were dead wrong. The punditry that abortion didn’t matter was wrong. Conventional political theory...

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (N.Y.), the chair of House Democrats’ campaign arm who lost his reelection bid this week, said he "let people down" by potentially not being able to prevent Republicans from capturing the House majority. Maloney, who serves as the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Thursday...

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) is giving away a vegan Thanksgiving feast, in honor of his late son. The lawmaker is teaming up with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Saturday for an event in Silver Spring, Md., handing out what the animal rights group is calling a “hearty ‘ThanksVegan’ feast.” The meat-...

Since there is no objective standard for normal or excess profits, do we really want politicians to make that decision?

If we are to reach a better today and brighter tomorrow, change must begin at the grassroots of society.

Former President Trump on Thursday pushed back on reports that he is angry and spreading blame for Democrats' better-than-expected midterm results. “For those many people that are being fed the fake narrative from the corrupt media that I am Angry about the Midterms, don’t believe it,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I am not at...

More than 100,000 strollers are being recalled after several reports of the frames cracking, injuring children using them.

The Biden administration announced a new proposal on Thursday to require the largest recipients of federal contracts to both set targets to reduce their planet-warming emissions and disclose how much they are contributing to climate change. Under the rule, companies that get more than $50 million in annual contracts from the federal government would be required to...

Michelle Obama is hitting the late-night TV circuit, booking a “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” appearance as she gears up to promote her latest book. The former first lady will sit down with Colbert on Monday, CBS announced on Thursday. The “Late Show” appearance comes ahead of the Nov. 15 release of Obama’s forthcoming memoir...

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has taken the lead in the race for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, edging ahead of Democratic challenger Adam Frisch with 97 percent of the vote in. Boebert had taken a lead of 794 votes just after 4 p.m. Thursday. (The graphic below will provide the latest vote count.) Boebert, a freshman...

U.S. policymakers should be careful to build upon — not reverse — the successes of the past.

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday denied a request from a group of New York City public sector workers who sought to block their employers' COVID-19 vaccine requirement on religious grounds. Sotomayor, who handles emergency matters arising from New York, appeared to reject the request herself without referring the matter to the full court, according to...

Democrat Katie Hobbs and Republican Kari Lake are separated by less than a percentage point in Arizona’s too-close-to-call gubernatorial race, and hundreds of thousands of votes are yet to be counted. Eyes are turning to county election officials as they parse through remaining ballots over the next few days, with an estimated 31 percent of...

Stocks roared higher Thursday after new inflation data showed prices growing far slower than economists expected in October. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up nearly 1,000 points shortly after noon Thursday, rising 3 percent on the day. The S&P 500 index rallied 4.7 percent higher and the Nasdaq composite soared 6.2 percent from its...

Democrat Gabe Vasquez is projected to defeat Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell in New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District, denying her a second term and adding to GOP woes this midterm cycle. During the redistricting process, Democrats in New Mexico drew new lines for the southern border district that made the once reliably Republican seat more competitive....

To paraphrase George Orwell, all minorities deserve equality, but some deserve more equality than others. Or so it would seem, in assessing two court cases involving American institutions. The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in what are known colloquially as the “race-based college admissions” cases.  Almost simultaneously, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

The New York Republican who toppled the House Democrats’ campaign chairman this week is calling for the GOP to move beyond former President Trump. Mike Lawler, a state assemblyman who upset Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday, said he’d “like to see the party move forward” after the midterm elections, where Republicans failed to...

Story at a glance On Veterans Day, a host of restaurants will offer discounts to veterans and active duty service members. Some discounts extend to military spouses. Below is a list of 15 eateries offering deals on Veterans Day this Friday. Friday marks Veterans Day in the United States, the annual recognition of the nation’s...