Новости за 25.04.2023

The cast and co-creator of “The L Word: Generation Q” made an appearance at Tuesday’s White House press briefing to mark Lesbian Visibility Week and address recent legislative attacks against the LGBTQ community. The original “The L Word,” which premiered in 2004, broke ground as the first major television show to feature a majority lesbian...

The White House on Tuesday punted a question on why President Biden won't set up another meeting with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) over raising the nation's debt ceiling instead blaming Republicans for the stalemate. “It’s the Speaker, McCarthy, and the MAGA wing of the Republican party that is doing this; we’re not doing this. They’re...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday had to clarify that President Biden would serve out a full second term if he's reelected after she initially suggested he had not yet decided whether he would do so. Jean-Pierre held a press briefing hours after Biden officially launched his reelection campaign. The press secretary, who...

Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) on Tuesday announced he is blocking all of the Biden administration’s nominees to serve on Amtrak’s board of directors due to the lack of representation for Western states. Tester made the announcement in a video on social media, noting that five of the nominees are from the Northeast corridor and none...

Newly announced limits on visas for foreign nurses threatens to further a staffing strain on hospitals, nursing homes and other major health employers. The State Department in its May Visa Bulletin announced that nearly all the available green card slots that nurses are eligible for had been filled. Only people who applied prior to June...

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is giving a daily briefing Tuesday afternoon, after President Biden officially launched his reelection bid with a video released in the morning. Biden pitched continuing the course on his economic agenda at his first official campaign speech at the Washington Hilton Tuesday afternoon. The White House and congressional allies...

The way to halt and even reverse the Middle East nuclear arms race is straightforward and requires two steps under U.S. leadership.

President Biden on Tuesday bashed Republicans and touted his own agenda in front of a friendly crowd of union workers for his first speech since he announced his reelection bid. “They’d rather see kids and seniors struggle with what they need, people on Medicare lose their health care, veterans lose access to doctors visits… than...

As former President Trump’s civil trial over rape allegations gets underway, his legal team is hoping the judge will allow them to tell the jury that an opposing political megadonor is funding E. Jean Carroll’s legal fees after it was previously undisclosed. Jury selection began on Tuesday for Carroll’s federal suit against Trump for sexual...

Former President Trump on Tuesday raised the prospect of skipping the two Republican White House primary debates that have been announced thus far, suggesting he should not have to subject himself to such scrutiny given his commanding lead in the polls. “I see that everybody is talking about the Republican Debates, but nobody got my...

Former President Trump responded to President Biden launching his reelection campaign on Tuesday by calling him the “single worst president in American history.”  The former president said in a release from his campaign that Biden’s announcement will “backfire” and called on his supporters to donate to the Trump campaign to help defeat Biden. “Joe Biden...

A pair of Senate Democrats have urged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to take a simplified approach to the tax filing process and expand access to free e-filing options. In a letter sent to IRS commissioner Daniel Werfel on Tuesday, Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) noted some ways the IRS can simplify...

Consider this: In just one week in September, 2022, three text-to-3D video image generators came to market.

The White House on Tuesday slammed a GOP proposal in the House to pair a debt limit increase with government spending cuts, vowing that President Biden would veto the measure if it made it to his desk. In a Statement of Administration Policy, the White House called the House Republican bill "a reckless attempt to...

President Biden on Tuesday morning tapped senior adviser Julie Chávez Rodríguez to head his reelection campaign, turning to an Obama-Biden administration veteran and granddaughter of Latino labor leader Cesar Chávez to lead the charge to 2024. Biden made the announcement when he officially launched his campaign Tuesday, the four year anniversary of when he declared...

President Biden on Tuesday afternoon is delivering his first address since formally declaring his 2024 reelection bid earlier in the day. In his remarks at the Washington Hilton, Biden plans to tout economic developments he says are tied to actions taken by his administration, including infrastructure spending. Biden has promoted his "Investing in America" agenda and...

Harry Belafonte, known for popularizing Caribbean folk music, breaking down barriers and advocating for civil rights, has died. He was 96. According to a spokesperson, Belafonte died in his home on Tuesday from congestive heart failure. Born Harold George Belafonte, Jr. in the Harlem district of New York on March 1, 1927, Belafonte was the son of Caribbean...

It’s White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner week, and Washington appears ready to get the political party started. More than 20 WHCA dinner-related shindigs are on tap this year, with event organizers reporting “insane” demand from revelers aiming to make the cut on the exclusive guest lists of the many bashes. Susanna Quinn, who’s co-hosting...

The White House unveiled the menu for this week's state dinner for South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, revealing that crab cake, ribs and a trio of wines will be served. President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host Yoon and his wife, Kim Keon-hee, on Wednesday for the second state visit of the Biden...

With the pandemic mostly in the rearview mirror and a president willing to play ball with the press, Washington appears ready to return to the star-studded event that “everyone loves to hate” — the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner. Demand for this Saturday’s lawmaker-, celeb- and journalist-filled soiree at the Washington Hilton hotel is...

Justice Neil Gorsuch and two partners sold a property they owned to the head of a major law firm with business before the Supreme Court days after Gorsuch’s confirmation, according to Politico. Politico reported that Gorsuch had sought a buyer for nearly two years for the 3,000-square-foot home located northwest of Denver and that Greenberg...

College Board announced on Monday that the AP African American studies course will undergo some changes after it was enveloped in controversy earlier this year.  The scholars and experts in charge of the content for the AP African American course have “decided they will make changes to the latest course framework,” with the “details of...

Residents said this year's massive swarm of aquatic insects was the worst in 30 years.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) threatened to vote against a debt-limit bill that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has proposed without changes to the proposal’s work requirements for public assistance programs.  Gaetz said on an episode of his podcast, “Firebrand with Matt Gaetz,” that he would want work requirements for these programs to be “far more...

Republicans sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Tuesday asking for details of the agency’s plans to restart student loan payments this summer. The letter is requesting answers and documents relating to questions about what steps the Department of Education is taking to prepare for the repayments.  It asks for the department's overall...