Новости за 22.12.2022

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried can be released on a $250 million bail and placed on home detention as he awaits trial in a sprawling fraud case, a New York judge ruled on Thursday. At the request of prosecutors, Manhattan U.S. District Court Judge Gabriel Gorenstein agreed to the bond price and said Bankman-Fried can reside...

Workers across the country have driven a national wave of activism this year as they joined together to demand change.

Former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura Bush spoke out Thursday about the "terrible hardship" Afghan women and girls face under Taliban leadership in their country. “As 2022 comes to a close, our hearts are heavy for the people of Afghanistan. We are especially sad for Afghan women and girls, who are enduring...

On Thursday, the House Jan. 6 committee released two new transcripts from their interviews with Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. The transcript details Hutchinson’s fraught efforts to secure legal counsel after being subpoenaed by the panel in February. It details what pushed her to switch attorneys,...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday proposed a record-breaking nearly $300 million fine for an alleged robocall scheme that involved billions of calls about auto warranties. The agency said its proposed $299.997 million fine follows the largest robocall operation the FCC has ever investigated, alleging Roy Cox, Jr., and Michael Aaron Jones made more...

Winter Storm Elliott is projected to intensify into a so-called bomb cyclone as it dumps extreme winter precipitation across the Midwest heading into the weekend. Bomb cyclones are hurricanes that form in winter through a process known as bombogenesis or explosive cyclogenesis, the meteorological term for when a midlatitude cyclone undergoes rapid intensification, at speeds...

Newly released transcripts from the House Jan. 6 committee's interviews with star witness Cassidy Hutchinson detail the efforts by what she referred to as “Trump World” to diminish the impact of her testimony and withhold information from investigators. The transcript details Hutchinson’s fraught journey in securing legal counsel after being subpoenaed by the panel...

Former President Trump on Thursday called on every single Republican senator to vote “no” on a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package. “Every single Republican should vote no on the ludicrous, unacceptable $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill. It’s a disaster for our country and it also happens to be a disaster for the Republican Party, because...

Several University of Southern California graduates are suing their former university, alleging the USC education school promoted "fraudulent rankings" of its online graduate program to attract students. The three former students filed the lawsuit this week in Los Angeles County Court, alleging USC’s Rossier School of Education and its business partner, 2U, promoted an inaccurate...

Former President Trump asked a federal judge on Wednesday to dismiss a battery and defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who accused Trump of raping her in the 1990s. E. Jean Carroll had previously filed a defamation lawsuit against the former president for statements he made about the alleged incident. On Thanksgiving, she filed a...

Senate Democrats sought political cover on Thursday as Republicans forced a vote on whether to maintain a Trump-era immigration policy that has Democrats divided. Nine Democratic senators — Jon Tester (Mont.), Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.), Jacky Rosen (Nev.), Jon Ossoff (Ga.), Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio) and Maggie Hassan...

Earlier this year, Israel attacked the Damascus airport after Iran transferred missiles and weapons to Damascus on civilian flights. Israel routinely strikes Iran’s weapons transfers by ground and precision missile factories in Syria, but commercial flights to a civilian airport have not been a primary path for these weapons deliveries. On the ground, the most...

Destabilizing and dangerous climate tipping points are possible even at current levels of global heating, a new study has found. Chances of the collapse of vital earth systems rises to 50 percent if temperatures rise above 4 degrees Celsius (6.4 Fahrenheit) — even if society successfully brings them to safe levels later, according to the study in...

The commanding officer of SEAL Team 1 Cmdr. Robert Ramirez was found dead in his San Diego County, Calif., home Monday, the Navy has revealed. Foul play is not suspected and an investigation into the decorated officer’s death by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s is ongoing, according to a Wednesday statement from Naval...

Story at a glance A major winter storm is bringing record cold temperatures and winter weather to much of the continental U.S., leading to significant disruptions ahead of the Christmas holiday. Temperatures have plunged to well below zero on Thursday in some areas, and millions are under weather advisories as the storm plagues everything from...

House Democrats voted Thursday to make Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) the top Democrat on the powerful Oversight and Reform Committee in the next Congress, a pivotal role in the defense of President Biden as Republicans prepare to take control of the lower chamber next year. Raskin, a six-year House veteran, defeated Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.)...

Amtrak has suspended some of its train services through the end of the week due to a massive winter storm sweeping across the nation.  In a news alert on Wednesday, Amtrak said that it has suspended some Midwest and cross-country routes through Sunday.  The railroad service said a number of long-distance trips inbound or outbound...

Story at a glance New research shows a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, nuts and seafood could help lower women’s chances of developing serious pregnancy complications. A study published Thursday in JAMA Network Open claims that women who conceive while following the Mediterranean diet have a “significantly” lower risk of developing preeclampsia during their...

The Biden administration’s creation of a “China House,” the Office of China Coordination, in the Department of State could be a positive step forward to address the China threat. The office is tasked with providing information regarding the China threat and accelerating and coordinating the government’s reaction to it. Last year, the CIA created the...

Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz (Fla.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) penned dueling op-eds on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) quest to become Speaker that were published in The Daily Caller on Wednesday. Gaetz, one of a handful of GOP lawmakers vocally opposing McCarthy’s bid, wrote that the California Republican “has no ideology” and claiming...

A group of House Republicans threatening to block priorities from GOP senators who vote for the $1.7 trillion omnibus funding bill has grown to 31. The 31 current and incoming members signing an open letter led by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) to Republican Senate colleagues on Wednesday marks an increase from a similar Monday letter that had 13 names....

Lawyers for Journey’s Neal Schon are sending a cease and desist letter to one of his bandmates for performing the group’s hit, “Don’t Stop Believin’” at an event for former President Trump. Attorneys for lead guitarist Schon, who founded the band in 1972, recently sent the letter to fellow musician Jonathan Cain, Variety first reported Wednesday. Cain...

China sent 39 aircraft and three warships on military drills toward Taiwan on Thursday in a show of force against the self-governing democratic island nation. Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said officials detected the aircraft and vessels around 6 a.m. and were closely monitoring the military drills. Thirty of the Chinese aircraft crossed over the...

Dozens of proposals from state legislatures have cropped up in recent years to limit ballot measures.

Bob Woodward, one of the two Post journalists that famously broke the Watergate scandal, has been named one of the Washingtonians of the year. The longtime journalist was one of eleven city residents local magazine Washingtonian awarded the yearly honor. Woodward received the honor from the magazine for his more than fifty years of work...