Новости за 15.02.2023

Former President Trump on Wednesday celebrated Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon’s surprise announcement that she’s stepping down after eight years in power, saying “good riddance” as she leaves the first minister post.  “Good riddance to failed woke extremist Nicola Sturgeon of Scotland! This crazed leftist symbolizes everything wrong with identity politics,” Trump wrote in a release. ...

A majority of Americans surveyed expressed dissatisfaction with current gun laws in the U.S. amid a recent string of mass shootings affecting the country, according to a new Gallup poll. The poll, published Wednesday, found that 63 percent of respondents said they are dissatisfied with the nation’s laws and policies on firearms, while 34 percent...

Two Senate Democrats introduced a resolution on Wednesday condemning a proposal that House Republicans issued last month to raise sales taxes to 30 percent and repeal other taxes like income, payroll and estate. The resolution from Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) would declare that the Senate opposes the Fair Tax Act of...

While California’s wealthy have long been considered most at risk from wildfires, new research suggests that lower-income communities experience such events most frequently. Wildfire managers typically use government hazard maps to identify at-risk wildfire zones, but the location of such zones and fire experience may have different effects on communities, according to the study, published in...

Republican Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and J.D. Vance (Ohio) on Wednesday questioned Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg over the department’s oversight of the U.S. rail system in the wake of a train derailment in Ohio that has been spilling toxic chemicals since the crash. “We write to convey our alarm over the Norfolk Southern Railway freight...

During the 28 days of Black History month, we take time to reflect and honor the great Black men and women who not only contributed to the advancement of America through the Civil Rights Movement but the contributions that our people have made in all aspects of this country. I feel that when most people...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the new chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, slammed Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Wednesday for declining to testify before the Senate about labor problems at the coffee giant.   “It is disappointing, but not surprising, that Howard Schultz, the CEO and director of Starbucks has declined an invitation...

White House aides are weighing whether to have President Biden address the public about a series of unidentified flying objects that were shot down by the U.S. military in recent days, according to an official familiar with the conversations. Biden has faced an onslaught of criticisms by Republicans in particular who have said the president...

Two Democratic senators called on Congress to adopt a proposal that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made in 2011 to address a standoff over raising the debt ceiling, which would grant the president the authority to raise the limit on their own. Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said in an op-ed...

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said on Tuesday that she thinks Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) should “stay governor” for the time being, as he continues to attract speculation about a potential 2024 bid. “DeSantis doesn’t need to [run],” Palin said in an interview with Newsmax. “I envision him as our president someday but...

Former President Trump on Wednesday attacked new Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, his former United Nations ambassador, for her previous support of cutting Medicare and Social Security. In an email titled "The Real Nikki Haley" sent minutes after her official campaign launch event, the Trump campaign noted Haley supported former Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) plan...

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said on Wednesday that he intends to support the confirmation of President Biden’s nominee to head up the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Danny Werfel. During Werfel's confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee, Tillis expressed his support for the nominee during a line of questioning about the agency’s recent funding...

A new poll found that while most Americans expect there will be a time when entire news articles will be written by artificial intelligence (AI), a majority said that would be a bad thing. The survey — conducted by Monmouth University Polling Institute — showed that 72 percent of Americans believe that AI will be...

More than 200 New York Times contributors on Wednesday published an open letter condemning the paper’s coverage of transgender people and issues, calling out Times reporting that has been cited to justify criminalizing gender-affirming health care. “We write to you as a collective of New York Times contributors with serious concerns about editorial bias in the newspaper’s...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley criticized what she said was a "self-loathing" taking over the U.S. and dismissed accusations that the country is racist during her campaign launch Wednesday in Charleston, S.C. "A self-loathing has swept our country. It’s in the classroom, the boardroom and the backrooms of government,” Haley said, speaking to supporters. “Every...

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rose 5.5 percent in 2021 from the previous year, an all-time year-over-year spike, but were still below 2019 levels, according to a draft Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report. In the draft of its annual inventory, the agency found total emissions of 6,347.7 million metric tons in 2021, driven largely by increased...

President Biden on Wednesday afternoon will seek to show a contrast between his upcoming budget proposal and those put forth by the House and Senate GOP when he visits a suburban Maryland union hall for a press event.  Biden, according to an advance release of his remarks, will argue that the budget plan he will...

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With Nigeria’s presidential elections just weeks away, it looks increasingly likely that the elections will go to a second round, in what would be the first runoff election since the restoration of democracy in 1999. This should be embraced as an exciting new phase in Nigeria’s democratic development. However, in the shadow of pernicious election...

A federal judge on Wednesday denied former President Trump’s “quid pro quo” offer to provide his DNA in a case accusing him of sexual assault, slamming it as a delay tactic. Trump previously repelled efforts by author E. Jean Carroll — who accused Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s — to secure a DNA...

CORRECTION: Sen. Ron Wyden is a Democrat from Oregon. An earlier version of this story included incorrect information. Danny Werfel, who was tapped by President Biden to head up the Internal Revenue Service, committed before Congress to look into recent reports of racial disparities in agency audits if he is confirmed. Senate Finance Committee Chairman...

Kimberlé Crenshaw, a leading critical race theory scholar, said it was “a shame” that the College Board removed the topic of intersectionality from its new Advanced Placement African American studies course.  Speaking to Rev. Al Sharpton on MSNBC’s PoliticsNation on Monday, Crenshaw explained that intersectionality is not meant to be a divisive topic. “Intersectionality is...

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) emphasized on Wednesday that the state’s bottled water recommendation for people living near this month's train derailment that allowed chemicals to escape into the air is out of an “abundance of caution.”  DeWine said in an interview on “CNN This Morning” that the air around the town of East Palestine,...

A Michigan State University (MSU) student said in an interview Wednesday that the system failed her after surviving her second mass shooting within a fifteen month span. MSU student Ava Ferguson told "CNN This Morning" that she did not think she would have to go through the experience again, noting the recent mass shooting incident...