Новости за 10.04.2023

The State Department on Monday officially designated Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich as "wrongfully detained" by Russia, nearly two weeks after he was arrested. The designation, made by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, follows a process conducted within the State Department and officially transfers responsibility of the case to the State Department's Office of...

The White House on Monday said the Biden administration is prepared for a long legal fight — including all the way up to the Supreme Court — following the ruling by a federal judge in Texas that a common abortion pill was improperly approved, expressing confidence that it can win the fight to keep access...

President Biden on Monday called gun control measures “long overdue,” urging Republicans in Congress to act in the wake of the mass shooting in Louisville, Ky., earlier that day. At least four people were killed and eight others hospitalized from a downtown shooting at the Old National Bank on Louisville’s Main Street earlier on Monday. Police arrived...

The Biden administration on Monday afternoon asked an appeals court to put on hold a ruling that could rescind the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions. The Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to pause U.S. District Court Judge...

On Friday, a jury found Perry guilty of murdering Garrett Foster during a July 2020 protest in Austin, Texas. The jury found him not guilty of an aggravated assault charge.

President Biden opened the White House’s annual Easter egg roll on Monday on a hopeful note, addressing a morning wave of the thousands of children who will roll colored eggs down the South Lawn over the course of the day. “What I see looking across the South Lawn is a country made up of possibilities,”...

We must keep this in mind as we observe National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day on April 10.

Former President Trump’s legal team is appealing a sealed order requiring limited testimony from former Vice President Pence after a judge determined he must answer questions from the Justice Department about some aspects of Trump’s attempts to stay in power. The challenge from Trump’s team comes after Pence’s lawyers said they would not appeal a...

The Biden administration is expected to soon put forward a proposal to strengthen regulations on vehicular emissions that, if finalized, is likely to move the market toward a greater share of electric vehicle sales. A person familiar told The Hill that they expect the proposal, which concerns passenger cars for model years 2027 and later, to...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) gave an emotional response to a Monday shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville that killed at least four victims and wounded at least eight others. "This is awful. I have a very close friend that didn't make it today. And I have another close friend who didn't, either, and...

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president has agreed to testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in April, the union confirmed to The Hill. Randi Weingarten accepted the invitation from Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) in a hearing centered around Weingarten and the AFT’s alleged role in school closures. The hearing, titled...

The Washington state Senate has passed a bill to ban the sale and manufacture of assault weapons, bringing the state one step closer to becoming one of the few in the country that have instituted general assault weapon bans. The bill, which must now return to the House for concurrence on some of the amendments...

Most congressional Republicans are waiting on the sidelines when it comes to their party’s 2024 presidential primary, but at least a few dozen have already weighed in. At least 40 House Republicans and half-a-dozen GOP senators have endorsed former President Trump’s 2024 comeback bid. No one candidate, declared or potential, comes anywhere close to having...

Jill Biden is helping to give Ryan Seacrest a send-off as he bids goodbye to “Live with Kelly and Ryan.” The first lady will appear as a guest on Friday for Seacrest’s final show, “Live with Kelly and Ryan” announced on Monday. Biden will help “celebrate Ryan Seacrest’s final day as co-host,” according to the...

Adult film star Stormy Daniels in a new interview said the indictment of former President Trump over his alleged role in a hush money payment to her “doesn’t feel like a victory.” Trump pleaded not guilty to 43 felony counts of falsifying business records after a Manhattan prosecutor’s probe, becoming the first U.S. president —...

Most states have enacted some sort of legislation allowing - or not allowing - teachers and school employees to carry a firearm on campus.

President Biden on Monday said he plans on running for reelection in 2024, but he's not yet ready to make an official announcement. Biden spoke with NBC's Al Roker for a "Today" show segment on the White House Easter egg roll. Roker asked the president if he had plans to host more of the events...

Supreme Court justices are allowed to have friends, even if a particular friend is rich and a particular justice is conservative.

If Joe Biden, with 36 years in the Senate and eight as vice president, could not get Afghanistan right, in the future, who will or can deal with the next real foreign policy crisis?

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey on Monday announced he’ll seek reelection to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate for a fourth term. “Folks, I’m running for re-election. There’s still more work to do to cut through the gridlock, stand up to powerful special interests, and make the lives of hardworking Pennsylvanians easier,” Casey said on Twitter....

Individuals should be treated as individuals and not on the basis of their membership in racial groups. Nonetheless, race preferences in college and graduate school admissions are sometimes defended as opening up valuable opportunities to racial and ethnic minority students. But an important new study indicates that race-preferential admissions aren’t providing opportunity, but only a...

Ousted Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville), who was removed last week for participating in protests against gun violence, accused the state’s Republican House Speaker of leading a “white supremacist system.” Jones and fellow Democratic state Rep. Justin Pearson (Memphis), both Black men, were voted out by the Republican-controlled state House. A resolution to remove...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Sunday he will return to Washington, D.C., next week following surgery on his broken femur. The 77-year-old senator fractured his femur on Saturday after someone fell on his leg during a championship parade for the UConn men’s basketball team. "I expect a full recovery!" he tweeted after the incident. "Proud to be...

Former Attorney General Bill Barr said Sunday that former President Trump is the GOP presidential candidate "most likely" to lose to President Biden in a hypothetical 2024 matchup. Barr discussed the charges facing Trump in a New York City hush money case while appearing on ABC's "This Week." He said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) was being...

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich called out the Tennessee GOP lawmakers who voted to expel two of their Black colleagues last week for leading protests against gun violence after a mass shooting killed three students and three adults at a private elementary school.  "Well, since you asked, what would it take to budge...