Новости за 12.12.2022

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Monday that he has no intention of leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent after fellow centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) announced last week that she would no longer identify as a Democrat. Manchin, however, declined to rule out changing his party affiliation at some point in the...

Ticketmaster apologized over the weekend after hundreds of Bad Bunny fans were turned away from a concert in Mexico City on Friday night, an incident that sparked an inquiry from Mexican authorities. In a Saturday statement, Ticketmaster's division in Mexico said an "unprecedented" number of fake tickets were presented at the Puerto Rican rapper's concert....

Sony Hostin, a co-host of ABC's "The View," slammed former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former President Trump and other Republicans who have critiqued President Biden's recent prisoner swap deal with Russia. Co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Alyssah Farah Griffin noted that the Trump administration negotiated the release of 5,000 Taliban members in Afghan prisoners in...

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency platform FTX, says he will indeed testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday but indicated he will do so virtually. “I’m going to be calling in,” Bankman-Fried said on the “Unusual Whales” finance podcast. Panel Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and ranking member Patrick...

The short-term consequences of people being denied access to air travel and federal facilities would ensure long-term compliance .

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday said her recent comment that the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack would have been armed and successful if she planned it was "sarcasm," after she drew rebukes from the White House and Democratic leaders. “The White House needs to learn how sarcasm works,” Greene said in a statement....

Sen. Mike Braun (Ind.) announced a bid for Indiana governor on Monday, throwing his name into what is expected to be a crowded Republican field vying to succeed Gov. Eric Holcomb (R).  Braun’s announcement didn’t come out of the blue. He has reportedly been weighing a gubernatorial run since at least September, and he filed...

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a second legal clash over President Biden's ambitious student debt relief plan that is currently blocked by lower courts. The two cases involve an effort by the Biden administration to reinstate a loan forgiveness program that would give federal borrowers making less than $125,000 a year up...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on Monday scheduled a special election for Feb. 21 to replace the late Rep. Donald McEachin (D). McEachin, who was first elected to represent Virginia’s 4th Congressional District in 2016, died at the age of 61 late last month after being diagnosed with colorectal cancer.  The district, which stretches from...

We’ve all seen anecdotes and reports about businesses struggling to find and keep workers. Stories of workers reducing their hours, forgoing their desired career path, or leaving the workforce entirely due to their caregiving responsibilities. These pervasive problems carry all too real human consequences and perplex economists. They frustrate Americans of all political stripes, including...

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Crews in Richmond, Va., removed the city's last publicly owned Confederate memorial on Monday, completing a process initiated in 2020 to take down statues that critics say glorify the Confederacy. Workers operating cranes lifted up a statue of A.P. Hill — a Confederate general in the Northern Virginia army who was a trusted associate of...

Subaru has announced a safety recall on all Ascent models made between 2019 to 2022. The safety recall announced Friday revolves around the ground bolt — which secures the ground terminal of the Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) heater — potentially being improperly fastened during production. The issue could result in the melting of the ground terminal and surrounding components and an increased risk of the vehicle catching fire when...

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said she was “fed to the wolves” in a new trailer for the second portion of her and Prince Harry’s controversial docuseries set for release Thursday. “To see this institutional gaslighting,” Harry says in the new trailer for “Harry and Meghan.” “I wasn't being thrown to the wolves. I was...

NewsCorp. has tapped Emma Tucker to serve as the next editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, the company announced on Monday. Tucker will fill a high-profile media job vacated by Matt Murray, who will take a new senior role at News Corp, reporting to Chief Executive Robert Thomson, the media conglomerate said. Murray ushered the...

His sinking polls and political status in the Republican Party may cost him more than another shot at the presidency.

A powerful winter storm is barreling across the the western U.S. this week, delaying thousands of flights across the country as it moves inland. Flight-tracking website FlightAware reported 6,313 delayed flights in the U.S. on Sunday and 245 cancellations. Another 1,442 flights were delayed and 104 were cancelled as of 11 a.m. Monday morning. Dozens...

Concerns are growing nationwide for rapidly increasing cases of what health officials have deemed a tripledemic.

Some high-ranking members in both parties have been quick to criticize antisemitism across the aisle, yet have allowed antisemitic rot to fester in their own ranks.

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Monday will travel to Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va., to participate in a United States Marine Corps Reserve sorting event for Toys for Tots. The engagement is part of the first lady’s Joining Forces initiative to support those who serve, including families of service members...

Federal scientists have reportedly made a breakthrough in the potential for nuclear fusion as a carbon-free power source. The Financial Times reported on Sunday that scientists with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory produced more energy than was consumed in a fusion reaction for the first time. The Washington Post and Bloomberg separately confirmed the Times's reporting....

A little more than three years ago, I wrote a column entitled, “The white privilege Democratic primary.” The premise was simple: The Democratic primary schedule and infrastructure propped up a system that prioritized the preferences of white voters. Anyone who has been to Iowa, let alone to the caucus, knows my thesis holds water. Throw...

Sen.-elect John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) were included in The New York Times's list of the 93 most stylish people of the year. The diverse list for 2022's most fashionable includes a typical host of celebrities — from Kim Kardashian to Beyoncé and Harry Styles — but also some less likely candidates....

Americans' confidence in the U.S. economy has increased slightly, according to a new Gallup poll released Monday, though the number remains negative. Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index, which has a theoretical range of -100 to +100, found that Americans' confidence in the economy improved in November and early December, moving up from -45 in October to...

The White House lashed out at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday for saying the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol would have been armed and successful if she planned it, arguing her rhetoric is violent. Greene on Saturday appeared to hit back at claims that she and former Trump adviser Stephen Bannon were involved...