Новости за 18.04.2023

The man who has been accused of shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl has turned himself in to authorities. The sheriff’s office for Clay County, Mo., tweeted on Tuesday that Andrew Lester, a white homeowner who officials allege shot Yarl twice last week, surrendered to the office’s detention center and is in custody. The incident occurred on...

The White House on Tuesday argued that action on gun safety is what the federal government owes the victims of a recent spate of shootings, calling on Congress to act. “Action on gun safety is what we owe to those who have had their lives stolen from them, and it is what the majority of...

The White House on Tuesday called Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-Calif.) request for a temporary replacement on the Judiciary Committee "reasonable" and pushed back on Republicans using her lengthy absence as she recovers from shingles for political purposes. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre offered her first comments since Feinstein issued a statement last week requesting that Senate...

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Tuesday defended the Supreme Court from Democrats’ calls to pass judicial ethics legislation or even conduct an impeachment inquiry after reports that Justice Clarence Thomas received gifts and hospitality from a billionaire.   “The Supreme Court and the court system is a whole separate part of our Constitution...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Democrats in the Hawkeye State are feeling divided about what’s likely to be a demoted status in the 2024 presidential contest, with some hoping to find ways to salvage parts of their most cherished political tradition. The Democratic National Committee’s move to knock Iowa from its perch as the first-in-the-nation caucus...

After a rough 2022 which saw the cryptocurrency market crash, coin prices are turning around and now nearing year-long highs. But now, advocates are worried that regulatory confusion in the U.S. may mean that new investment is going overseas. “This is a global technology. Markets tend to overcorrect based on the United States,” said Sheila...

Rep. John Rutherford endorsed former President Trump’s 2024 White House bid on Tuesday, becoming the latest Florida Republican to back the former president against expected primary opponent Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. “Today, I am proud to endorse my friend, President Donald J. Trump,” Rutherford said in a tweet. “As a former Sheriff, I understand the...

St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard downplayed recession fears in the second half of 2023 and noted that he is in favor of more interest rate hikes. "Wall Street’s very engaged in the idea there’s going to be a recession in six months or something, but that isn’t really the way you would read...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday afternoon is slated to hold a press briefing. The press conference comes on the heels of another shooting incident in Kansas City last week where a Black teenager, Ralph Yarl, was shot twice after reportedly going to the wrong house. Yarl went to the wrong address to pick up...

President Biden on Tuesday took a swipe at Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for his remarks a day earlier on Wall Street in which he laid out a plan for raising the debt ceiling into next year while also capping federal spending. "Yesterday, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, went to Wall Street,"...

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V) blasted recent proposed vehicle emissions standards from the Environmental Protection Agency as a “Trojan horse,” the latest salvo from the West Virginia Democrat against the Biden administration’s environmental policies. The proposal, issued last week, would result in an estimated two-thirds of light duty cars and 46 percent of medium-duty cars sold...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday debated how far employers must go to accommodate their employees’ religious beliefs as the justices weighed an evangelical Christian’s claims of discrimination while serving as a U.S. Postal Service worker. Gerald Groff sued the U.S. Postal Service after being disciplined for missing scheduled Sunday shifts to deliver Amazon packages. Groff...

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A federal watchdog on Tuesday informed the White House that Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra violated the Hatch Act at an awards gala last September. The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) submitted a report to President Biden detailing that Becerra was found to have violated the ethics law when he said at a...

TV and film writers have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike ahead of their upcoming contract expiration, the Writers Guild of America said Monday. Nearly 98 percent of the union’s workers voted to authorize the walkout, which is centered around worsening pay and working conditions stemming from the transition to streaming services. Writers could go...

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been medically cleared to play football again after experiencing cardiac arrest during a game last season, the NFL team announced. Brandon Beane, the team's general manager, made the announcement on Tuesday, saying the second-year player met with three specialists during the offseason, and they came to an agreement he...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) criticized the “red carpet” that was rolled out for former President Trump as he faced criminal charges in Manhattan earlier this month, saying people get treated “far worse for doing far less.” “I have to go in every single day, watching people get treated far worse for doing far less,” Ocasio-Cortez...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) will seek a 24-year prison sentence for a Jan 6. rioter convicted of assaulting police officers, which if imposed would be the longest term of any case related to the 2021 attack at the Capitol. In a sentencing memo submitted on Monday, federal prosecutors argued Peter Schwartz had a lengthy...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court says New Jersey can withdraw from a commission created decades ago with New York to combat the mob’s influence at their joint port. The high court ruled unanimously Tuesday that the Garden State doesn’t need New York’s consent to withdraw from the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor....

Former President Trump is railing against Twitter CEO Elon Musk for telling Fox News's Tucker Carlson that he voted for President Biden in 2020. Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday that he does not believe “for a minute” that Musk voted for Biden in 2020, alleging that Musk told him he...

Former President Trump on Tuesday posted images to his Instagram account for the first time since Jan. 5, 2021, a day before the riot at the U.S. Capitol. “I am pleased to inform you that, due to the great success of my previously launched DIGITAL TRADING CARDS, we are doing it again, SERIES 2, AVAILABLE...

The mother of the 16-year-old boy who was shot after he mistakenly went to the wrong house said he is crying “buckets of tears” as he replays the shooting in his mind. Cleo Nagbe told Gayle King in an interview on CBS Mornings on Tuesday that her son, Ralph Yarl, is “doing considerably well” after...

A toddler on Tuesday squeezed through the fencing in front of the White House and was able to get onto the property before Secret Service scooped him up. The unidentified child got through the metal fence on the north side of the complex, making his way toward the North Lawn while his parents were on...

Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is giving a nod to Nicki Minaj’s famous COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, appearing to name a new bill after the rapper. The “Medical Information Nuanced Accountability Judgement Act,” or MINAJ Act, H.R. 2631, introduced Tuesday by Santos, would prohibit the federal government from imposing “any mandate requiring an individual to receive a...

Hundreds of Southwest Airlines flights have been delayed on Tuesday because of a technology issue. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) tweeted that Southwest requested the agency pause all of its departures, while deferring to the airline for any additional information. More than 1,500 of the airline’s flights were delayed as of around 11 a.m., according...