Новости за 26.04.2023

President Biden will veto a resolution that aims to undo his administration's truck pollution regulations if the resolution makes it to his desk, the White House said Wednesday. A vote is soon expected on the resolution, which takes aim at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that aims to cut releases of pollutants known as...

President Biden issued the first presidential proclamation recognizing the impact of the “Lavender Scare" — a period of time starting in the 1950s that lasted decades in which LGBTQ Americans were banned from serving in the federal government.  Biden said in a proclamation on Wednesday that the country has made “tremendous progress” in advancing equality...

President Biden on Wednesday warned that any North Korean nuclear attack on the U.S. or its allies would mean “the end of whatever regime” launched such an offensive as the Biden administration and South Korea rolled out a new effort to cooperate on the use of nuclear weapons. “Look, a nuclear attack by North Korea...

President Biden on Wednesday suggested that he "may not be the only one" who could beat a Trump campaign in 2024 when asked he if stood by the belief that he's the only candidate who could once again top his predecessor. “I may not be the only one,” Biden said when asked if he stood...

The United States will deploy nuclear-armed submarines to South Korea for the first time since the 1980s, according to a new agreement signed between the two countries on Wednesday.  President Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met at the White House to sign the deal in a show of support to Seoul in...

President Biden on Wednesday said raising the debt limit is "not negotiable" as House Republicans prepare to pass a bill that would pair a debt limit increase with government spending cuts. "I’m happy to meet with [Speaker] McCarthy, but not on whether or not the debt limit gets extended. That’s not negotiable," Biden told reporters...

Media personality Howard Stern weighed in on former Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s abrupt exit from the news network, saying the conservative pundit forgot he was a “worker bee” for Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of Fox Corp.  During Wednesday’s episode of his long-running radio program “The Howard Stern Show,” Stern referred to Carlson’s departure as...

Nothing’s off-limits when Roy Wood Jr. takes the stage as the headliner at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner on Saturday, except, perhaps the Senate minority leader. “The only thing that I know for sure that's off the list right now is Mitch McConnell,” Comedy Central’s “Daily Show” correspondent told ITK of the Kentucky...

SPOTTED: Ronald McDonald and Grimace turning heads as they made their way through the Capitol — or McCapitol — on Wednesday. The colorful McDonald’s duo joined Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) to help launch the Congressional Franchise Caucus with its first meeting. Hern was undoubtedly lovin’ it — he’s a McDonald’s franchisee.

Television host Piers Morgan, in a new column for The New York Post, said the way back to the White House for the GOP in 2024 is not with a "political suicide bomber" in former President Trump but instead with a "winner" in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). Morgan, the former host of "Piers Morgan...

Manhattan prosecutors are asking a judge to prevent former President Trump from disseminating evidence in his hush money criminal case publicly after his lawyers declined to consent to such an agreement, according to court filings. Prosecutors are arguing a protective order, which would place rules on how Trump can use evidence prosecutors turn over to...

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce gets most of its money from a small pool of anonymous donors, raising questions about its claim to represent more than 3 million businesses, a new report found. The nation’s largest business group raised nearly half of its 2021 revenue from donors giving $1 million or more, according to an...

By the time a homeowner who buys a house today pays off a typical mortgage, there is a good chance they will live in a different climate — one threatened by stronger winds, more frequent floods and bigger wildfires. For the last two years, homeowners have been able to track those risks on their individual...

A new advocacy group is debuting on Wednesday, aiming to raise awareness of how residents of U.S. territories are shortchanged in terms of political representation, federal benefits and self-determination. "This is colonialism, plain and simple. It is time we call it what it is. It is time we confront colonialism," reads Right to Democracy's first...

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Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) formally launched his presidential campaign on Wednesday after announcing he was going to run for the 2024 Republican nomination earlier this month. "Today I'm announcing that I'm a candidate for president of the United States," Hutchinson said in Bentonville, Ark. Hutchinson hit the Biden administration’s handling of the economy,...

The Walt Disney Company is suing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and other state officials, alleging that DeSantis is harming the company’s business operations. The lawsuit comes after months of Disney and DeSantis sparring over legislation that DeSantis has signed and steps the governor has taken to increase the state’s control over Disney. "A targeted...

Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced legislation on Wednesday targeting a deadly street drug known as tranq through officials taking steps to prevent its spread. A release from Cruz, who serves as the ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, states that the Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality...

A lawyer for a former Fox News producer now suing the network says the special counsel investigating former President Trump is interested in tapes she says she has of conversations inside the network around the time of the 2020 election. Gerry Filippatos, an attorney for Abby Grossberg, told CNN that he has given Special Counsel Jack...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said three of its officers were injured on Tuesday in an “unprovoked” attack by a passenger at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. A female traveler was arrested after attacking the TSA officers during security screening early Tuesday morning. About 450 travelers had to be redirected to a different security checkpoint...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is considering declaring salmonella an adulterant in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products, as part of a larger effort to reduce salmonella infections from poultry. The proposed changes, announced on Tuesday, would allow breaded and stuffed raw chicken products to be considered adulterated if their chicken component contains at...

The White House on Wednesday bashed House Republicans for last-minute changes to their debt limit bill, accusing them of "selling out" working Americans. “House Republicans are selling out hard-working Americans in order to defend their top priority: restoring the Trump tax cuts for the wealthiest and corporations at a cost of over $3 trillion,” White...

Sens. Angus King (I-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have introduced a bipartisan bill to require the Supreme Court to create a new code of conduct for itself after ProPublica revealed that conservative Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose luxury trips he accepted from Texas billionaire Harlan Crow. The bill would require the Supreme Court...

A new poll has found that a vast majority of Americans follow a public figure to get their news, a finding that comes amid evidence showing declining confidence in news organizations. According to the new poll from Gallup and the Knight Foundation, about nine in 10 Americans follow at least one public figure to keep...

A man who scaled the KTLA news tower in Hollywood on Tuesday safely came down on his own after an hours-long standoff.