Новости за 29.04.2023

Slowly progressing efforts to raise the debt ceiling before a looming default deadline and President Biden’s official entry into the 2024 presidential race are likely to dominate the Sunday talk show circuit this weekend. House Republicans passed legislation on Wednesday to raise the federal government’s borrowing limit, alongside sweeping spending cuts. The bill, which represents a major...

When decision-makers get locked into a path, they almost intuitively build up regimes, institutions, and rules that reinforce their decision, no matter how suboptimal that path may be. It makes it very difficult, and expensive in the short term, to leave that path. We just witnessed a true-life example of Nobel Laureate Economist Kenneth Arrow’s...

Twitter will soon allow publishers and media outlets to charge users per click on an article they post on the platform, CEO Elon Musk announced Saturday. Musk said in a tweet that the platform will roll out the policy next month, which he said would allow users who do not sign up for a monthly...

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), the assistant House Democratic leader, said the debt limit bill backed by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will be “dead on arrival” in the Senate.  Clyburn said Saturday in an interview on MSNBC that he does not believe the Lift, Save, Grow Act — which the House narrowly passed in a 217-215...

Beleaguered bank First Republic is now facing buyout bids after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation sought to arrange suitors Saturday following a hollowing out of the bank's share price amid several weeks of market turmoil, multiple outlets reported. First Republic Bank is the latest financial institution to come under stress following the second- and third-largest...

An aggressively opaque implementation means that Congress is going to have to get aggressive with its oversight powers to figure out what is going on here.

Elon Musk said he considers himself a “moderate,” addressing claims that his political beliefs lean conservative after his purchase of Twitter last year. "I, at least, think of myself as a moderate," Musk told Bill Maher during an appearance on his late-night program. "I’ve spent a massive amount of my life energy building sustainable energy,...

“Several hundred” Americans have fled Sudan during a ceasefire in the country’s ongoing power struggle, which has seen the streets of Khartoum become a war zone, a State Department spokesman said. The State Department said Friday that “less than 5,000” people had requested information from the department on the conflict, and that “a fraction” of...

Almost three-quarters of millennials are living paycheck to paycheck, notably higher than other generations, according to a new report. PYMNTS, which reports on financial news and data, and the financial services company LendingClub collaborated to release a report, entitled “New Reality Check: The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Report,” to learn consumers’ financial situations, broken down into the different...

Over the last several months, it’s become clear that the overturning of Roe v. Wade has created an incredibly difficult political landscape for Republicans. The widely-anticipated “red wave" failed to materialize in the midterm elections last fall, in part because Democrats were able to frighten swing voters into believing that the GOP would outlaw abortion...

Saving money at the pump doesn’t just mean knowing where to fill up – it also helps to know when to fill up.

Strict abortion bans failed to pass in votes just hours apart in two conservative states this week, in the latest sign of the anxiety among Republicans that supporting strict limits or outright bans on abortion could risk a political backlash. Anti-abortion advocates continue to press lawmakers to take a hardline position on the issue, but...

Yes, you read that right: people who have a higher risk of default from a lender’s perspective will receive preferential treatment at the expense of those prospective buyers who are traditionally considered safer bets.

SPOTTED: A who’s who of Washington — and of New York, and Hollywood — in full-on party mode on the eve of the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner with a blowout bash hosted by United Talent Agency (UTA). Fiola Mare in Georgetown was packed to the brim Friday night with a hodgepodge of members...

A former Apple employee has been sentenced to three years in prison for a fraud scheme that cost the company more than $17 million.  A release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California from Wednesday states that Dhirendra Prasad, a 55-year-old from Mountain House, Calif., pleaded guilty to one count of...

A 14-year-old boy in Tennessee faces three criminal charges after he brought a handgun to school Friday, which accidentally discharged and grazed a teacher, according to Knoxville Police. The student, who has not been identified, had the gun in his backpack. It fired accidentally when he was rummaging through the bag, law enforcement said. “A...

It is not enough to give lip service and empty sentiments about wanting returning citizens to turn their lives around.

WE HEAR: Brittney Griner and her wife, Cherelle, are headed to the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner. The WNBA star will attend Saturday’s soiree in Washington as a guest of CBS News, ITK can exclusively report. Griner was detained in Russia for nearly 10 months after being arrested in early 2022. CBS News was...

Five people were killed, including an 8-year-old, during a shooting in Texas on Friday night, and the suspect is still at large, officials said. San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said at a press conference that the office received a call just past 11:30 p.m. local time reporting harassment at a home in the town...

A group of climate activists plan to blockage the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday in protest of President Biden’s policies on the environment. Climate Defiance has held a “series” of nonviolent protests leading up to the dinner at which they plan to protest the Biden administration approving multiple oil projects. A video posted by...

What happens then is anyone's guess. As a first offender, Hunter could plead out such charges to minimal jail time.

Most beer drinkers support brands working with transgender spokespeople, according to a new poll taken amid conservative criticism over a partnership between Bud Light and transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. A Morning Consult poll released Thursday found that 53 percent of monthly beer drinkers said they would feel favorable toward a brand working with a transgender...

Stars of the big and small screen gathered in Washington, D.C., Friday evening as part of the Creative Coalition’s call to preserve arts funding.  The organization’s Right to Bear Arts gala took two years off due to the COVID pandemic before returning last year. The nonprofit lobbies for public funding for community arts programs, which...

If ever there was a time for the Fed to be more forward-looking and less data dependent than it currently is, it has to be now.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked an assault weapons ban in Illinois, ruling that multiple plaintiffs who sued alleging that the law violates their Second Amendment rights have a “reasonable likelihood” to succeed in their argument.  U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn issued a preliminary injunction on Friday against the state’s Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA),...