Новости за 21.01.2023

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin announced Friday that he married his “longtime love,” Anca Faur, on his 93rd birthday.  Aldrin tweeted that he and Faur married in a small ceremony in Los Angeles on the same day that he was honored by the Living Legends of Aviation, which honors people who have significant achievements in the...

White House chief of staff Ron Klain, who has served in the position since the start of the administration, is preparing to step down. Klain will likely leave following President Biden’s State of the Union address on Feb. 7, The New York Times first reported, citing senior administration officials. Klain has told colleagues since the midterm...

Illegal border crossings during the month of December reached their highest level of the Biden administration, topping 250,000 in the last month of 2022 ahead of President Biden announcing tougher border enforcement policies. Data released from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Friday revealed that officials had 251,487 encounters on the southwestern border of...

The data suggest that there is a core group of American voters who are unmoved by celebrity endorsements.

Flooding exacts a terrible toll on homeowners and residents, many of whom are completely unaware that they are at risk.

Staff at the Virginia school where a 6-year-old boy shot a teacher have recalled requests for help the teacher made about the student that were reportedly ignored and incidents preceding the shooting that raised concerns about the boy's behavior. The Washington Post reported Saturday that educators at the school said the teacher, Abigail Zwerner, had...

A ticket in Maine matched the winning numbers for the record-setting jackpot last week, but will we ever know who the winner is?

When it comes to judicial confirmations, Democrats are at risk of becoming Charlie Brown and having the football swiped out from under them — again.

Paper? Plastic? Or none of the above?

Well before classified documents were found in President Biden’s Delaware home, its garage, and the Penn Biden Center, it’s fair to say a certain number of Democrats were uncomfortable with the idea of our octogenarian president seeking reelection. Now a narrative is building that if the classified documents found at these locations aren’t the leverage...

Activists and lawmakers on both sides of the abortion issue are marking Sunday’s 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling by seeking to reenergize supporters and refocus their goals after the landmark decision was struck down by the Supreme Court. The court’s ruling last June in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe, drastically altered...

The Supreme Court’s investigation into the extraordinary leak of a draft opinion has left the justices grappling with how to prevent future breaches.  The source of the draft abortion decision leak may never be known, but investigators in an extensive probe identified security gaps in how sensitive documents circulate among dozens of the high court’s employees. ...

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He’s address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was striking for its dishonesty and prevarication. It recalls novelist and political activist Mary McCarthy’s dismissal of fellow writer Lillian Hellman, when she said: “Everything she writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the.’” Liu argued, in essence, that “China is...

United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was fined on Friday for not wearing a seatbelt while filming a video discussing an economic program.  The Lancashire Police, located in northern England, tweeted that the department issued a “fixed penalty” to a 42-year-old man from London following the circulation of a video on social media showing him...

Five members of the Memphis Police Department have been fired after a man died after being arrested during a traffic stop. The department said in a release posted on its Twitter page on Friday that it concluded its review into the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols and determined that the officers violated multiple department policies,...

Florida health officials circumvented traditional regulatory channels to draft a report recommending gender-affirming health care be excluded from coverage under Medicaid, a state employee alleges in an exchange included in new court filings. Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which controls most of the state’s Medicaid program, wrote in a June report that available medical literature provides “insufficient evidence”...

There is now a distinct possibility we will have two candidates who could be indicted or close to indictment at the time of the election.

The Justice Department (DOJ) has launched a criminal investigation into the Abbott Laboratories plant in Michigan that shut down last year and exacerbated a nationwide baby formula shortage. Company spokesperson Scott Stoffel confirmed to The Hill on Saturday that the DOJ informed it of the investigation and Abbott is fully cooperating. Abbott, one of the country’s largest...

As experts in child health and the effects of immigration, we agree that the following changes to ORR policy must be adopted immediately.

An Illinois state judge temporarily blocked the state’s assault weapons ban Friday, finding that the state government likely violated procedural regulations for passing legislation. A lawsuit against the measure was filed days after Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed it into law, banning the sale and distribution of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and parts that convert...

Competitive pressures demand that a new trade agenda in the Americas must emerge.

The Justice Department (DOJ) signaled in a letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) that it will not share information about ongoing investigations as the GOP vows to probe actions from the Biden administration.  “Consistent with longstanding policy and practice, any oversight requests must be weighed against the Department’s interests in protecting the integrity...

Democrats in Congress recently have pushed to take the nation further in debt in order to write more checks to families with children. This is a demonstration of Congress at its most materialistic — representatives believe they can buy loyalty by writing checks, even if the recipients don’t need it. Voters should want something better...

Tensions between Donald Trump and evangelical leaders have spilled into public view, posing a potential threat to the former president’s election chances in 2024. In an interview earlier this week, Trump said evangelical leaders are showing “signs of disloyalty” because they have yet to endorse his third presidential bid. The comments highlighted the changing dynamic in...

Racial justice was at the forefront of President Biden's agenda when he took office. Yet despite signing an executive order on advancing racial equity, critics say he's made little progress since his election, including on voting rights and police reform, two major concerns for Black voters. He now faces a GOP House that is set to...