Новости за 16.04.2023

Far-right activist and white supremacist Nick Fuentes was paid more than $30,000 by the 2020 presidential campaign of rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, according to campaign finance filings. In January and February of this year, Kanye 2020 made two $10,000 payments described as “Archival Services” and one payment of roughly $10,300 described...

Hip-Hop legend E-40 said “racial bias” is the reason why he was thrown out from Saturday’s NBA first-round playoff game between the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings. In a statement, E-40, whose real name is Earl Stevens, said that he was "subjected to disrespectful heckling" throughout the contest, adding that he addressed one...

Authorities said that a search is being conducted in an effort to find three American soldiers who went missing off the Mexico coast earlier this month. In a news release, the U.S. Coast Guard said that the three individuals, Kerry O’Brien, Frank O’Brien, and William Gross were aboard the sailing vessel Ocean Bound, a 44-foot...

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday said President Biden and former President Trump have the "same plan" on Social Security. "You know, both Joe Biden and former President Trump have the same plan, which is to do nothing on Social Security and to allow a 24 percent cut to benefits when the fund goes insolvent...

Fox's Howard Kurtz said on his "Media Buzz" show on Sunday that he will cover the lawsuit Dominion Voting Systems filed against Fox "fair and down the middle," after previously saying he could not cover it. "The trial on the high profile Dominion voting systems lawsuit against Fox begins tomorrow in Delaware and let's face...

Congress and the administration are weighing a range of options to help combat chronically high unemployment rates among military spouses.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said the various investigations into former President Trump make a hypothetical GOP presidential primary win "uncertain." "No, I don't think that the field [is] starting to look like Trump," Christie said on ABC's "This Week." "In fact, you know, when you're indicted in one place, and you're facing investigations [in]...

What does it take to be middle class? Roughly $82,000 a year in household income in San Francisco, $74,000 in Seattle and $60,000 in Washington, D.C., a new study says, but only $24,000 in Cleveland. Researchers at SmartAsset, the consumer finance site, tabulated the low and high end of middle-class salaries in 100 large cities...

A super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) attacked former President Trump in its first TV ad for his aggression toward the governor ahead of what is expected to be a 2024 White House bid by DeSantis. “Donald Trump is being attacked by a Democrat prosecutor in New York,” the narrator in the ad...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in an interview broadcast on Sunday warned that banks might further tighten lending in the wake of the abrupt collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. "Banks are likely to become somewhat more cautious in this environment. We already saw some tightening of lending standards in the banking system prior to...

Roughly two in three respondents in a new poll said that the abortion drug mifepristone should remain available in states where abortion is legal following a Texas federal judge's decision to block the pill earlier this month. The CBS News poll released Sunday found that 67 percent said mifepristone should remain available for those in...

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said he would be supportive of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) appointing a “caretaker” replacement for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) after Khanna called for the 89-year-old lawmaker to resign from her position in the Senate last week. “Gov. Newsom can appoint a caretaker, he doesn’t have to appoint someone in the...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said it's Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-Calif.) "right" to decide when to step down from office as she faces calls from within her own party to resign. "She's a team player, and she's an extraordinary member of the Senate. It's her right. She's been voted by her state to be...

For Democrats, the abortion rights issue is becoming the political equivalent of the gun rights issue for Republicans.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Sunday that he did not agree with the decision from a federal district judge in Texas who handed down a national ban on a popular abortion drug because a district judge should not issue “a national decree.” “I don’t like a district court judge issuing a national decree,” Graham...

Gov. Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) on Sunday urged Republicans not to "look in the rearview mirror" as the 2024 election revs up. "Focus on the future, not look in the rearview mirror. You know, if you look in the rearview mirror too long while you're driving, you're gonna look up and you're gonna be running into...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Sunday called a federal judge in Texas's decision to block the abortion drug mifepristone an "outrage" and an attack on the right to privacy. "So to take away the right to have medicine is an extension of taking away this right to privacy, to say we can't have medicine sent...

JUICE will be the most complex planetary mission the ESA has ever undertaken.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) criticized her fellow Republicans on Sunday for their silence on issues of mass shootings and abortion access, arguing GOP lawmakers must offer policy solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing voters. “Republicans can no longer be silent on this issue,” Mace told anchor Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday."...

Vice President Harris has found herself at the center of multiple key policy pushes and national debates in recent weeks, giving her a significant platform as she and President Biden ready a reelection campaign. Harris became the highest-ranking Biden administration official to visit Africa when she traveled to the continent late last month. Last week,...

Tornadoes are becoming more frequent in populated parts of the United States and are often occurring as damaging clusters — a development seen in recent deadly outbreaks from Alabama to Michigan. The number, damage and deadliness of individual tornadoes has held roughly steady over the past 50 years, federal experts with the National Oceanographic and...

SpaceX is planning a test flight of its Starship rocket early next week that could eventually take civilians to the moon and Mars.  The company said in a post on its website that it is planning Monday for the first test launch of its “fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket” from its Starbase in...

The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that Twitter’s limit on automated tweets could hinder its ability to post timely storm and other weather updates. The NWS Tsunami Warning Center and several other local NWS offices tweeted out posts alerting their followers that the platform’s new restrictions could prevent them from being able to post...

A freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in Maine earlier on Saturday, but the materials are reportedly not causing any threat to public safety, officials said.  Rockwood Fire & Rescue, which provides services for the small town in central Maine, said in a post on its Facebook page that the train derailment occurred with hazardous...

April 15 — Tax Day — is also the due date for Congress to adopt an overall budget plan for the next year. The deadline is toothless, but there’s no hope for a holistic plan any time this year. The House Budget Committee is struggling to reconcile possibly inconsistent demands for the budget resolution. At...