Новости за 26.07.2023

Democratic House leaders on Wednesday introduced legislation to build on the drug cost lowering provisions included in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ); Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-Mass.); and Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) introduced the Lowering...

Black women’s fetal mortality rate declined by nearly four percent in 2020 but still remained much higher than other racial groups, according to a new report. In 2021, there were 21,105 fetal deaths, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, published Wednesday. While this was...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that while the central bank staff is no longer forecasting a recession, there’s still a “long way to go” to get inflation back to its 2 percent target. The Fed pushed its baseline interest rate range to the highest level in 22 years Wednesday as officials were wary...

Home prices are nearing their peak, but the housing market could have “a ways to go” before balancing out, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday after the central bank’s decision to raise interest rates. “There are many people who have low-rate mortgages and whereas they might want to sell in a normal situation,...

House Judiciary Republicans appeared split in their appetite for impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Wednesday, with many largely refraining from discussions of booting him from office. Democrats went into Wednesday's hearing expecting the unofficial kickoff of an impeachment inquiry into Mayorkas. But they were met with a more muted GOP as the party grapples...

One of the nation’s leading Black conservative organizations has condemned Florida’s new education policies, specifically criticizing a provision that says students should be taught that enslaved people learned skills that benefitted them.  “This stance undermines the historical reality of slavery and the unimaginable hardships endured by millions of enslaved individuals,” the Black Conservative Federation said...

Experts are predicting generative artificial intelligence (AI) and automation could take more jobs from women than men in the next decade, according to a new study from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI). The report, released Wednesday, predicts nearly 30 percent of hours currently worked across the U.S. could be automated by 2030, as generative AI continues...

The phrase “don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater” is used to signify that we shouldn’t accidentally throw out good things in our efforts to get rid of the bad. As the U.S. Senate again gears up to consider multiple bills intended to protect teens online, they must be aware that substantially increasing the costs of...

Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that he would consider putting Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running for the White House as a Democrat, in charge of one of the major federal health agencies. During an interview with Clay Travis, DeSantis said his views align with Kennedy's on COVID-19 policies...

Sinéad O’Connor, the politically outspoken Irish singer known for hits such as “Nothing Compares 2 U,” has reportedly died at age 56. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad,” a Wednesday statement from O’Connor’s family said, according to the BBC and RTE. “Her family and friends are devastated and have requested...

On June 22, two resolutions were introduced in the House to expunge from the official record the two impeachments of President Donald Trump in the last Congress, “as if the Articles had never passed the full House of Representatives.” While “expunge” sounds like an alien word just airdropped into Congress’s parliamentary lexicon, it is not. The...

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) criticized House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) recent comments on impeaching President Biden, saying the remarks were a political move meant to distract from budget negotiations. “What he’s doing is saying there’s a shiny object over there and we’re going to focus on that, we just need to get all these...

Millions of Americans are expected to add hundreds of dollars to their monthly expenses when student loan repayments resume this fall. While some could use a one-year on-ramp period proposed by the Biden administration to ease into repayment, others could explore how to modify their loans and potentially reduce their debt. Here's a look into...

Former Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), who left his seat to run against now-Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) in 2022, announced on Wednesday that he’s launching a new pro-democracy group aimed at creating a political community for an “exhausted majority” in U.S. politics. “Founded by @TimRyan, We The People is a community for the exhausted majority that...

The White House on Wednesday side-stepped questions about Hunter Biden’s legal dilemma after a plea deal with the Justice Department was scrambled at a Delaware court hearing. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked several times about the case involving the president’s son. In each instance, she avoided weighing in on the substance of the proceedings. “Hunter Biden...

As that president explained, when you already have large economic losses, none of the options are appetizing.

The Justice Department announced an agreement Wednesday among the state of Mississippi, its capital city of Jackson and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on upgrades to the city’s sewage infrastructure eight months after a drinking-water crisis. The proposed agreement would appoint Ted Henifin, who has served as interim third-party manager for Jackson's drinking water system...

A group of seven major automakers are launching a new electric vehicle (EV) charging network across North America, saying it would nearly double the number of fast-charging plugs in the U.S. and Canada, rivaling Tesla’s own network. Global automakers BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis N.V. announced the joint venture Wednesday, saying...

Black math scores for 13-year-olds have now dropped to lows not seen since the mid-1980s, and the Black-White achievement gap has widened to 42 points.

Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) in an op-ed published Tuesday called on President Biden to “order the immediate removal” of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) razor wire and buoy obstructions in the Rio Grande. “It’s time for President Biden to step up,” O’Rourke, a prominent Texan Democrat who lost his bid to unseat Abbot as governor...

{beacon} 12:30 REPORT TALK OF THE MORNING Lawmakers, witnesses accuse Biden admin of covering up UFOs: © Greg Nash A House Oversight panel held a bombshell hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena — commonly known as UFOs — and what the federal government has known and covered up. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle...

Truman's speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1947 laid the groundwork for the historic legislation that was enacted in the 1960s.

Former President Trump said Wednesday on Truth Social that GOP Sens. John Cornyn (Texas) and Mitt Romney (Utah) will not win their next elections. Cornyn and Romney have criticized Trump and his actions on various issues, including his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent debt ceiling negotiations. Romney, one of the seven GOP...

Sometimes the simplest answer is the right one.

Tatyana Bolton’s passion for national security and defending her country drew her into cybersecurity, and she says the U.S. needs more who follow that path: The industry is facing a critical labor shortage. “There’s just not enough folks doing cybersecurity work either in policy or in threat analysis, vulnerability disclosure, critical infrastructure protection, all of...