Новости за 07.05.2023

The Arab League, an organization of Middle Eastern and African countries, voted to re-admit Syria, it said on Sunday, after the country was booted from the group for 11 years after its violent crackdown on civilian protests. The move by the group to allow Syria back is effective immediately, as the country, led by President...

A gunman opened fire at a mall near Dallas, Texas on Saturday, killing eight people before being shot and killed by police. The shooting occurred in the Allen Premium Outlets, a mall outside of Dallas resulting in the deaths of eight victims with seven injured. An officer responding to an unrelated call at Allen Premium...

MTV has decided to pre-tape its annual Movie & TV Awards due to the ongoing screenwriters' strike. MTV’s parent company, Paramount Global, made their decision on Friday to scale back the award show. “As we carefully navigate how best to deliver the fan first awards' show we envisioned that our team has worked so hard...

A new ad by former President Trump paints the former president as a political outsider against the litany of legal woes he faces as well as his impeachments by Congress. “Following your convictions means you must be willing to face criticism from those who lack the same courage,” Trump’s voice says in the video over...

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said any indictment of Hunter Biden stemming from the federal investigation into him would be a “slap on the wrist,” as reports suggest investigators are nearing a decision on whether to charge the president’s son. Hunter Biden could be facing tax and gun-related charges from a multi-year investigation by federal prosecutors,...

Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D) said on Sunday that “people need to really wake up” in the wake of seven people being killed by a gunman at a Dallas-area outlet mall on Saturday.  “People need to really wake up. I mean, wake up to what's happening here. It's almost become some normal event for everybody....

Top political figures are swirling the possibility that President Biden could use the powers of a clause in the 14th Amendment as a last-ditch effort to ward off the looming threat that the U.S. could default on its debt as soon as next month. When asked about possibility of invoking the amendment, President Biden as...

The FAIR Act would ban forced arbitration clauses in employment, consumer and similar cases, to prevent corporations from breaking the law and getting away with it.

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said Sunday that the Biden administration's new policies to bring them closer to the "center" on immigration policy is coming too late in President Biden's term. "Now, the administration needs to go to the center, and I’ve asked them to go to the center, and I think some of the policies...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) slammed the Biden administration’s move to send 1,500 troops to the southern border, arguing the president was sending the soldiers to “do paperwork” and not “secure the border.” “President Biden is sending 1,500, quote, soldiers to do paperwork, and he's not going to secure the border,” Abbott said in an...

Seven people are dead and another six people are injured after being struck by a vehicle in the border city of Brownsville, Texas on Sunday morning. Valley Central News reported that a car ran into pedestrians at about 8:30 Sunday morning near the Ozanam Center, a shelter for migrants and the homeless. Lt. Martin Sandoval...

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said in an interview that she often talks to her children about the threats she receives from her constituents amid a man being arrested for vandalizing her office.  “I have to have regular conversations with my kids: 'What happens if I am killed?'" Omar said in an interview with the Star...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), who is mulling a potential bid for the White House, said on Sunday that GOP contenders will need to "go through" former President Trump if they want to be the Republican nominee in 2024. "There’s one lane. And that one lane, Donald Trump’s at the head of. So,...

President Biden took aim at Republicans for not taking action in the wake of the latest Texas mass shooting that left nine people dead and again called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban. "Too many families have empty chairs at their dinner tables. Republican Members of Congress cannot continue to meet this epidemic...

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) said Sunday that she will not consider becoming a member of the Republican Party, months after she switched her affiliation from Democrat to Independent. During an appearance on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” Sinema told moderator Margaret Brennan about how the two political party systems in the U.S. are broken. She noted...

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Sunday avoided endorsing former President Trump in his 2024 White House bid. Host George Stephanopoulos asked Lankford on ABC's "This Week" whether the senator was "comfortable with the idea" of Trump as the GOP nominee. "Well, we're going to allow the nominee process to go through. I've not endorsed anyone in this...

Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Sunday said he expects former President Trump to appear on the GOP primary debate stage, despite the former president’s recent suggestions that he could skip the events. “I’m ... not sure whether Donald Trump's going to be there or not. I hope that he will...

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is pushing back on criticism the Biden administration has received over its plans to lift Title 42, saying officials are prepared for the move later this week.  During a Sunday appearance on CBS’s “Face The Nation,”  moderator Margret Brennan mentioned recent criticism from Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs...

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, warned on Sunday that China and Russia could “exploit” a possible U.S. default, which the Treasury Department warns could hit as soon as next month. “Of course, the Russians and the Chinese would seek to exploit it,” Himes said of the debt crisis...

Democrats need to “wake up,” strategist Donna Brazile warned on Sunday following a new national poll in which President Biden’s approval ratings sank further over the first few months of the year. The Washington Post-ABC News survey found the president’s approval rating fell 6 percentage points between February and May, with the share of those...

Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Sunday said Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts should state a “clear set of rules” for the nation’s highest court as it deals with ethics scrutiny — rather than Congress taking action on the issue. “I think there needs to be a clear set of...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) during an interview on Sunday didn’t rule out agreeing to a short-term move to temporarily raise the debt ceiling and make the debt ceiling and budget deadlines match up as lawmakers and the White House work against the threat of default. Asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether Democrats...

Policies that attempt to raise fertility rates are a fool's errand and risk doing more harm than good.

A recent YouGov poll has some very good news for supporters of expanding human civilization to the moon, Mars and beyond.

Most distressing, few voters are paying attention to redistricting in their own state, and have not made opposition to partisan gerrymandering a priority, let alone a litmus test.