Новости за 29.12.2022

Regardless of how good a person’s tent, gloves, hat and coat are, it is impossible to stay safe in dangerously cold conditions.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is closing up its business with the release of thousands of pages of transcripts. The interviews with various figure surrounding former President Trump have included a number of bombshells. Here are five of the most interesting things mentioned in the interviews. Hutchinson: Meadows...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued one of the nation’s largest drug distributors on Thursday, accusing the company of partially fueling the opioid crisis by failing to report hundreds of thousands of suspicious orders. The civil complaint against AmerisourceBergen, filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, asks for potentially billions of dollars...

Former First Lady Melania Trump distrusted most of her husband's inner circle ahead of the Jan. 6 riot on the Capitol, and was outright angry with chief of staff Mark Meadows, according to testimony from ex-White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham released Thursday. Melania Trump was "wary" with the White House legal advisors — including...

A top Buffalo area official said he bears “full responsibility” for the criticized timing of local authorities issuing a travel ban ahead of an intense winter storm that has killed nearly 40 people in the area as of Thursday.  Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz tweeted on Wednesday that he does not know if instituting a...

President Biden on Thursday marked the swearing-in of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by saying that his administration will continue to support the two-state solution in the Middle East, warning that he will oppose policies that endanger it. Netanyahu, the former prime minister, was sworn in on Thursday after he teamed up with far-right parties...

The office of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced plans to bring singer Dolly Parton's literacy program, Dolly’s Imagination Library, to the state. In a tweet on Wednesday, Newsom’s office said that starting in June, state children who are under the age of 5 will be eligible to receive a free book in the mail...

Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.), who has been facing increasing scrutiny after a series of false claims he made about himself on the campaign trail came to light, called President Biden a liar in a tweet that has received renewed attention online.  Santos tweeted in August 2021, ahead of his eventually winning the Republican nomination and...

Progressives are taking aim at Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg over the Southwest airlines holiday travel fiasco that continues to cause mass delays and cancellations across the country, urging further scrutiny of the department’s practices. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), a leading left-wing lawmaker on Capitol Hill, took to Twitter on Thursday to question the Transportation Department's...

The Treasury Department and IRS announced on Thursday that they are delaying restrictions on which electric vehicles can be eligible for tax credits under Democrats’ climate and tax bill from earlier this year, drawing ire from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). The legislation, known as the Inflation Reduction Act, removed caps on how many electric vehicles...

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol formally withdrew its subpoena to former President Trump on Wednesday, as the panel closes out its investigation. “As you may know, the Select Committee has concluded its hearings, released its final report and will very soon reach its end,” committee Chairman Bennie...

Members of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus are joining calls for Rep.-Elect George Santos (R-N.Y.)  to resign, demanding the newly elected congressman take accountability for misrepresenting key elements of his background. The statement was signed by seven Democrats in the caucus, who said the "LGBTQ+ community and the people of New York’s Third Congressional District...

State and local governments are closest to the people they represent. In 2023, they will be presented with an opportunity to set citizens up for success.

We cannot take a one-size-fits-all approach to crypto regulation.

Southwest’s chief commercial officer issued an apology to customers on Wednesday as the airline continues to cancel thousands of flights amid a multiday meltdown of its operations. “My personal apology on behalf of myself and everyone at Southwest Airlines for all of this,” Southwest CCO Ryan Green said in a video statement, adding, “My personal...

David Solomon, the CEO of U.S.-based investment bank and financial services company Goldman Sachs, said in a staff memo that the firm's latest round of job cuts is expected to come within weeks.  In an end-of-the-year staff memo obtained by Bloomberg News, Solomon, who has been chairman of the bank since 2019, told staff that...

Elaine Chao, former President Trump’s Transportation secretary, is declining to respond to Trump’s latest use of a racist nickname to attack her and urging the media to not repeat it. Trump on multiple occasions has invoked Chao as he lambastes her husband, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and the former did so again on...

Three quarters of Americans surveyed by Gallup say they disapprove of the way Congress handles the job of governing. We also know that about 8 in 10 registered voters (79 percent) say the economy is a priority guiding their voting decisions, according to polling by Pew Research Center. Clearly, there is a big disconnect between...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI remains “lucid and alert” one day after Pope Francis indicated his predecessor was “very sick.” "The Pope Emeritus was able to rest well last night. He is absolutely lucid and alert. Today, although his condition remains serious, the situation remains stable at the moment,” said Holy See spokesman Matteo Bruni, according...

Social media platform Twitter is back up and running after experiencing a widespread outage Wednesday night that affected thousands of users.  According to Downdetector, an online platform that provides the real-time status of various websites and social media platforms, more than 10,000 reports of outages on Twitter were made by U.S. users of the platform. ...

The Southwest Airlines pilots union suggested the carrier’s mass flight disruptions were preventable, blaming the issues on “leadership shortcomings” that did not update the airline’s outdated scheduling software. Southwest Airlines has canceled thousands of flights in recent days, stretching beyond the recent winter storm that affected all airlines, leaving passengers stranded and drawing scrutiny from...

Tunisia’s parliamentary election on Dec. 17 — the first since President Kais Saied’s power grab that reversed the course of Tunisia’s young democracy — has done everything but diffuse the deep-seated fissures plaguing society. Around 89 percent reportedly abstained from voting for a parliament that is now stripped of power, signaling deep disaffection and, with...

Prime Minister Sunak might therefore consider the following New Year’s resolution — to make an overture to Obama and Biden that expresses regret that Johnson criticized an American president based on his ancestry.

Mass flight disruptions at Southwest Airlines continued on Thursday, with the carrier canceling more than 2,300 flights. Southwest’s 2,356 cancellations comprise the vast majority of the 2,443 total canceled flights within, into or out of the U.S. on Thursday, according to FlightAware. The carrier’s cancellations include 58 percent of its schedule, which is on par...

China’s dramatic change in its COVID policies could have deleterious consequences for the world’s population: We may face the prospect of a new wave of the virus that will have an enormous impact on public health, three years after the start of the pandemic. The Chinese government seems to have “the Midas touch” in reverse...