Новости за 13.05.2023

In the wake of Title 42’s expiration on Thursday, the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border will likely dominate the Sunday talk show circuit this weekend. The pandemic-era policy implemented under former President Trump, which allowed authorities to rapidly expel migrants without permitting them to seek asylum, was used more than 2.8 million times over the...

The GOP backlash to a former Navy digital ambassador who performs as a drag queen highlights a growing focus for Republican lawmakers overseeing the military. Even before Joshua Kelley was hammered for making Instagram videos under the drag queen name Harpy Daniels, Republicans held hearings on diversity programs at the Pentagon and blasted drag shows...

The Biden administration this week proposed a new rule that could go a long way toward meeting the president's ambitious climate goals. But it relies on two little-used technologies, which could make its targets challenging to reach. The new proposal lays out strict limits for planet-warming emissions from coal plants and some gas plants that would significantly cut down...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said the GOP needs to reject a “culture of losing” that has taken hold in the party in recent years to win the elections in 2024.  DeSantis said during an appearance on Saturday at the annual Feenstra Family Picnic, an annual fundraiser hosted by Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa), that Republicans...

By rethinking disability and work, the federal government could begin to support all of the diverse work patterns of individuals with severe health problems.

LAGUNA HEIGHTS, Texas (AP) — At least one person was killed when a tornado struck an unincorporated community on the Gulf coast near the southern tip of Texas, damaging dozens of homes and knocking down power lines early Saturday, authorities said. Roberto Flores, 42, died when the EF1 tornado struck the community of Laguna Heights,...

Now that the U.S. Senate has reassembled, it must swiftly appoint President Biden’s exceptional nominee Bradley Garcia to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The court is the nation’s second most important tribunal, because it decides massive appeals that challenge administrative regulations, which protect public health, safety, and welfare and can be...

President Biden said hope is “shadowed” by fear, violence and hate but asserted that it can still win if people speak up to oppose those forces in his commencement address at Howard University on Saturday. Biden, the seventh sitting president to give the commencement address at the historically Black university, told graduates that he hoped...

I propose that President Joe Biden and Congress create a Single Mother's Day. At the very least, in the form of a proclamation.

The death of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man with a history of mental illness, on a New York City subway earlier this month has sparked outcry and protests in the past couple weeks. Neely was pronounced dead in a hospital after 24-year-old Daniel Penny, a former Marine, placed him in a chokehold. Penny and...

It has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for the Republican Party.

His case has become the poster child for the weaponization of blasphemy and other censorship laws around the world that are designed to silence minority viewpoints at any cost.

General Motors (GM) has recalled almost 1 million of its vehicles due to a risk of the driver's-side air bag inflators exploding during use.  Alex Ansley, the chief of the Recall Management Division in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said in a letter to GM on Friday that it is acknowledging GM’s notification that...

A federal judge has blocked former President Trump from being questioned under oath as scheduled later this month in lawsuits brought by two former FBI staffers.  Former FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI attorney Lisa Page filed lawsuits after Strzok was fired and Page resigned from their positions in 2018 following the revelation of...

House Republicans fulfilled a major campaign promise this week with the passage of a border security crackdown measure — given the designation of H.R. 2 to symbolize its significance — that boosts border technology and funding, restarts border wall construction, adds new restrictions on asylum seekers and more. But they did so only after months...

Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) are heading to Iowa on Saturday for dueling events that underscore the escalating rivalry between the two leading contenders for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. DeSantis has been slated for weeks to headline Rep. Randy Feenstra’s (R-Iowa) annual Family Picnic in Sioux Center, Iowa, and...

The unprecedented step of President Biden invoking the 14th Amendment to avoid a national default would likely lead to legal uncertainty hanging over the already-fragile financial system. Markets are concerned about a default, which could come as soon as June 1 if Biden and lawmakers can’t come to an agreement. But if Biden chose to...

A former executive for TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has claimed that the Chinese government “maintained” access to the company's U.S. data. Yintao Yu, who served as the head of engineering for ByteDance’s U.S. operations from August 2017 to November 2018, filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court for San Francisco County earlier this month alleging...

The attorney for the former Marine who has been charged in the killing of a homeless man on a New York City subway said he expects that the man’s autopsy “will be revealing” for the situation. Thomas Kenniff, who is representing 24-year-old Daniel Penny, told radio talk show hosts John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby on...

Rep. John Duarte (R-Calif.) explained his decision to vote against the GOP’s border bill that the House passed mostly along party lines, saying he did so to support working families and agriculture.  Duarte was one of two Republicans, along with Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.), that chose to vote against the bill.  The House passed the...

The families of the victims in the Buffalo supermarket shooting from last May have sued more than half a dozen Big Tech companies alleging that they gave the shooter a platform to take in racist and violent views before committing the shooting. Diona Patterson, Barbara Mapps and Shawanda Rogers, whose loved ones were killed in...

The sale of the NFL’s Washington Commanders from controversial longtime owner Dan Snyder and his family to a group led by investor and sports team owner Josh Harris has moved into the final stages after both sides approved the record $6 billion deal. The parties involved in the deal announced the agreement in a joint...

Welcome to The Hill's Health Care newsletter {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story GOP trying to resurrect abortion bans in Nebraska, South Carolina Lawmakers in South Carolina and Nebraska are attempting to resurrect abortion ban bills less than two weeks after initial versions were defeated. © Associated Press In Nebraska, Republican Sen....

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story What you need to know about Biden's proposed power plant rules On Thursday, the Biden administration unveiled new proposed rules for power plant emission reductions. © Getty Images The new rule would not apply to all...

The Paramount Network television series “Yellowstone” appears to have made a mark on the top baby names of 2022. The Social Security Administration released its annual list of top tier names in the country on Friday, revealing that Liam and Olivia were the most popular baby names last year for males and females, respectively.  The...