Новости за 05.01.2023

For the Pacific coast, it was a blue wave in 2022.

Majorities of midsize business leaders expect their sales and profits to increase this year but also believe the U.S. could slip into recession, according to a survey conducted by JPMorgan Chase. In an online survey of 791 business owners and executives, 65 percent of respondents said they believe a recession is likely and only 8...

Recent collapses of cryptocurrency exchanges show that—while this technology is new, exciting, and filled with possibilities—dangers still exist. These collapses also show that the current way of doing things in this field isn’t going to cut it. Cryptocurrency is an exciting look into the future of finance, combining the latest technology with the ability for...

Welcome to The Hill’s Campaign Report, tracking all things related to the 2022 midterm elections. You can expect this newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday, and Thursday as we make sense of this year’s elections and look ahead to 2024. Email us tips and feedback: Max Greenwood, Julia Manchester and Caroline Vakil. Someone forward this newsletter to you? Subscribe here. Dems' 2024 Senate...

Congress should instruct the USTR to insist on an S&D reality check at the next ministerial meeting.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) voted for former President Trump for Speaker of the House on Thursday, as the chamber held its seventh vote in three days in an attempt to elect a Speaker. Gaetz, who has been a staunch opponent of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) bid for Speaker, broke with his fellow anti-McCarthy members to...

The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the state's ban on abortion after six weeks, ruling that the law violated constitutional rights to privacy that extend to the decision whether to terminate a pregnancy. The court ruled in a 3-2 decision to strike down The Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act. With...

House Clerk Cheryl Johnson has taken center stage amid the disarray of Republicans trying to choose the next Speaker, attempting to keep order in the speakerless chamber. Because the chamber can’t seat members without a new Speaker elected, Johnson, who has been House Clerk since 2019, is presiding over the House, without her usual duties...

Left-leaning Hollywood stars are relishing the ongoing showdown among House Republicans as the lawmakers in the 188th Congress struggle to elect a Speaker. The drama to choose a Speaker played out for the third day in a row on Thursday, as Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), for the seventh time, fell short in reaching the 218 votes...

Several Democratic members of the House and former U.S. Capitol Police officer Michael Fanone are calling on Republicans to condemn political violence on the eve of the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.  Four members of the House who are also veterans gathered on Thursday with Courage for America, an organization pushing against...

President Biden on Thursday warned migrants to not "just show up" at the southern U.S. border, while announcing new steps that aims to alleviate the crisis at the border. “Do not, do not just show up at the border. Stay where you are and apply legally from there,” Biden said in remarks at the White...

Story at a glance LAS VEGAS - Sony and Honda unveiled their new electric vehicle prototype called Afeela on Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show.  Sony Honda Mobility CEO Yasuhide Mizuno revealed few details about the prototype, but showcased its more than 40 sensors inside and outside of the car that will help the vehicle...

Investigators used a DNA sample on a knife sheath to link a suspect to the fatal stabbing of four University of Idaho students, according to court documents released on Thursday. Authorities arrested Bryan Kohberger in Pennsylvania last week in connection with the November stabbings, and officials released the affidavit that supported his arrest after he...

As Republicans scramble to seat a Speaker, Democratic leaders are urging their rank-and-file members to remain in Washington for the duration of the process — a strategy that will make it tougher for GOP leaders to resolve their historic dilemma to get the House up and running. Rep. Katherine Clark (Mass.), the incoming Democratic whip, said...

One of the House’s most conservative Democrats said Thursday that he has not been approached by Republicans seeking help in seating a Speaker — and he wouldn’t give the assistance if he were asked.  "They've got the majority,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said. “They need to figure out their Speaker." Cuellar, a prominent Blue Dog Democrat,...

President Biden will visit the U.S.-Mexico border Sunday, stopping in El Paso on his way to the North American Leaders' Summit in Mexico City next week. The border visit comes as the administration made its broadest border policy announcement Thursday, a push to quell migration in the Western Hemisphere by allowing some migrants into the...

Buffalo Bills cornerback Kaiir Elam, a teammate of Bills safety Damar Hamlin, said on Thursday that Hamlin is “awake and showing improvement” as he continues to recover from a cardiac arrest episode suffered during his team’s Monday Night Football contest against the Cincinnati Bengals. “Our boy is doing better, awake and showing more signs of...

The failure to elect a Speaker so far in the House has one silver lining, at least for TV viewers. C-SPAN, the public service network that televises congressional proceedings and other matters, has full freedom to focus on whatever its camera operators find interesting — for the moment. Under normal circumstances, the majority party imposes...

Third-term Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), who is up for reelection in 2024, announced Thursday that has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which he said came as “a shock.” Casey, who was in Washington Tuesday to welcome newly elected Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) to the Capitol, said he expects to undergo surgery soon. “Last month, I...

Just when you thought the Republican Party hit a new low, the current crowd manages to crash through into an even lower low.

The administration began its effort to save President Biden's student loan forgiveness program before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, submitting an opening brief addressing challenges to the program. The late-night filing from the Justice Department argued those who have sued the administration over the program lack standing to do so. The filing further argues that...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday rolled out a proposal to prohibit employers from implementing noncompete clauses that limit workers’ ability to change jobs. Noncompetes, which are used in a broad range of industries, make it difficult for employees to work for a competitor or start their own business for a period of time...

Former Trump White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Thursday that GOP House members want Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to "ride out" the Speaker vote as a faction of Republicans refuse to support his bid for the top leadership role. Mulvaney told anchor Kaitlin Collins on CNN This Morning that McCarthy's supporters "overwhelmingly" want...

President Biden on Friday will mark two years since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by awarding the Presidential Citizens Medal to several election workers and law enforcement officials who stood up for democracy. Biden will deliver remarks and honor a dozen individuals for their contributions in the events surrounding the insurrection, a White...

Rep.-elect Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) called the scenes of Republican infighting over the House Speakership “embarrassing" as the standoff over who leads the chamber heads into a third day. “If you have differences, then solve the differences internally,” Zinke said in an interview with CNN Thursday morning. “Don’t run up the flagpole and show disorganization (and)...