Новости за 07.04.2023

President Biden on Friday spoke with Louisiana State University (LSU) women's basketball star Angel Reese and head coach Kim Mulkey to congratulate them on their championship win earlier in the week after Reese had been critical of the White House after the game. Biden spoke with Mulkey and with University of Connecticut men's basketball head...

The White House is forming the country’s regulatory system, announcing a new executive order and guidance that experts say could be used to justify both more and stronger regulations. On Thursday, the White House released an executive order reducing the number of regulations that undergo a more rigorous White House review and promoting public participation...

A large percentage of people in 11 Muslim-majority nations, and two others in the region, disagree that the United States is serious about democracy, according to a new poll released by Gallup. In addition, most don't believe the U.S. will be able allow them to fashion their own political future. It's been 20 years since...

A federal court ruled on Friday that U.S. officials can use a felony charge of obstruction of an official proceeding to prosecute defendants from the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. A panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decided in a 2-1 ruling that prosecutors do have broad authority to...

Unemployment fell to 3.5 percent and the U.S. economy added 236,000 jobs in March as the labor market continued to show signs of strength, the Labor Department reported Friday. Wage growth appears to be cooling along with corporate profits, which are still way above their pre-pandemic levels, as inflation has been declining since the middle...

March tied with three previous years as the warmest on record in 2023, according to an analysis from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Service. March 2023 tied with the years 2017-2020 as the second-warmest on record in terms of surface-air temperature, with only March 2016 hitting warmer temperatures, according to the data. Even more intense...

Twitter appears to be restricting interactions with posts linking to the newsletter platform Substack on Friday. When users tried to like or retweet posts that included links to Substack, they received a notification saying “some actions on this Tweet have been disabled by Twitter.” Some users even reported receiving error messages when they tried to...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) warned former President Trump against hiring far-right activist Laura Loomer, calling her “mentally unstable” and a “documented liar.” Greene tweeted on Friday that Loomer, a former congressional candidate who has repeatedly made anti-Muslim remarks, attacked her for supporting Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) bid for House speaker and for not endorsing Loomer...

House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) expanded his probe into the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Friday, asking to speak with one of the leading prosecutors in the inquiry into former President Trump’s hush money dealings. The letter to Matthew Colangelo, a former Justice Department attorney, asks for his correspondence with the DA’s Office prior to...

Former Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake said on Thursday that it would be a "big red flag" if any 2024 Republican presidential candidate did not believe her 2022 Arizona election was stolen. “I ask you that every candidate who comes through — when they stand on this stage, when they’re shaking your hand, when...

His climate goals — and his legacy  — are in jeopardy.

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is calling for a reevaluation of “train makeup” on Thursday in the aftermath of a series of derailments.  The FRA on Thursday issued a safety advisory to raise concerns about the makeup of trains and make sure that railroads “exercise due diligence” and are proactive in addressing possible safety risks...

Genuine international efforts coupled with bipartisan work by our elected representatives can address global climate change in a responsible way.

Vice President Harris is making a previously unscheduled stop in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday to meet with two state lawmakers who were expelled from the Tennessee House for leading gun violence protests in the wake of a local school shooting, a spokesperson confirmed. Harris will meet with state Reps. Justin Jones (D) and Justin Pearson...

President Biden will get some measure of respite from domestic political strife when he visits his ancestral home of Ireland next week. Biden is first traveling to Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, on Tuesday and Wednesday. His visit will mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, the peace accord that largely ended...

Just under half of Americans say they think it was right for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) to pursue criminal charges against Trump for his role in a 2016 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, according to a new Reuters-Ipsos poll released on Friday. However, that 49 percent breaks down drastically along party...

Louisiana State University (LSU) star forward Angel Reese said on Friday that she will go to the White House to celebrate her team's championship win, after she called out first lady Jill Biden for initially suggesting that the runners-up would also be invited. Reese told ESPN that because her team wants to go and she’s...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday said he “was advised” that he did not have to disclose a series of trips reportedly paid for by a Republican mega-donor. The trips, which were revealed on Thursday by ProPublica investigation, led to outrage from Democrats and judicial watchdog groups. “Early in my tenure at the Court,...

Consumer confidence in the housing market held near its all-time low last month with most in a new survey saying it is not a good time to buy a home. Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) rose modestly month-over-month in March while remaining close to its lowest point reached late last year. Seventy-nine percent...

While passion and purpose are paramount to sustain a long career, payment is just as important. In his introduction to Working, the landmark 1974 oral history of work, Studs Terkel said the American worker was just as motivated by meaning as by money. “[Work] is about a search…for daily meaning as well as daily bread,...

Many take water service for granted, never giving it a second thought when they turn the tap.

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is leaving Newsmax, the conservative cable channel catering to supporters of former President Trump. In a video posted online late Thursday, Spicer, who had hosted a show on the channel for several years, teased a new venture. "The 2024 election cycle will be in full swing before we...

Senate Intelligence Committee members of both parties are threatening to withhold funding from the Justice Department amid bipartisan frustration over a failure to comply with oversight requests surrounding investigations into former presidents’ handling of classified records. Senators for months have been asking to review files related to twin special counsel investigations into President Biden and...

Don’t consider for a moment that they’re planning to pull back. Unchecked power in the hands of the power hungry has no limits.

President Biden on Friday said Republicans in Congress are threatening to hurt the U.S. economy, while hailing the March jobs report that showed the U.S. economy added 236,000 jobs. “Extreme MAGA Republicans in Congress, on the other hand, are threatening to wreak havoc on our economy with debt limit brinkmanship,” Biden said in a statement....