Новости за 15.09.2023

President Biden leads both former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in hypothetical matchups in the key swing state of Michigan, according to a new poll. A poll from Susquehanna Polling & Research shared first with The Hill found Biden leads Trump by 3 points, 46 percent to 43 percent, and DeSantis by 6...

GOP presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blamed both congressional Democrats and Republicans for the nation's $32 trillion in national debt at a summit on Friday. "I'm not going to let the Congress spend this country into oblivion any longer," DeSantis said at the Concerned Women for America Summit in Washington, D.C. "And let's just...

Ashton Kutcher, co-founder of Thorn – a technology company protecting children from sexual abuse – announced Friday he would resign from the organization’s board amid backlash he received for supporting former co-star and convicted rapist Danny Masterson. “This decision is rooted in the recognition of recent events and ensuring Thorn remains focused on its mission:...

The author of ‘Gender Queer’ responded to Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) viral Senate reading of the memoir this week, which was meant to justify book bans. The author, Maia Kobabe, told the Washington Post in an interview published Thursday that the conservative senator seemed to conflate the illustrated format with a book meant for children....

The NFL and Minnesota Vikings have condemned attacks targeted at running back Alexander Mattison as racist and "hateful behavior," after the player performed poorly in Thursday's game. Mattison, who is Black, ran for 25 yards and then fumbled in a close game against the Philadelphia Eagles. The performance brought him a mass of criticism online....

Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark in new court filings sought to justify becoming involved with Georgia’s 2020 presidential election by arguing former President Trump had an “unqualified and illimitable right” to change his job responsibilities. Clark, who is charged in Georgia alongside Trump and 17 others over their efforts to overturn the 2020 election...

House Republicans who are veterans and focused on military issues in Congress are publicly voicing their frustration with Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) holds on military promotions. Rep. Brandon Williams (R-N.Y.), who was a nuclear submarine officer for the Navy, revealed in a press conference on Friday that he forced a meeting with Tuberville to talk...

China’s defense minister has been placed under investigation by Beijing officials over alleged corrupt procurement of military equipment, according to multiple reports. Defense Minister Li Shangfu, who has not been seen in public for more than two weeks, was taken away for questioning by authorities last week in relation to his role in weapons buying, The Wall...

NASA named its new director of research charged with investigating UFOs — or what the U.S. government calls unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) — on Thursday after refusing to identify him due to potential threats.  Mark McInerney, a previous NASA liaison to the Pentagon, will take on the role, associate administrator Nicky Fox said Thursday hours...

President Biden will meet next week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as world leaders gather in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly, marking their first face-to-face meeting since Netanyahu returned to office last year. National security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Friday that the two leaders will "discuss a range...

For years those born in the decades after WWII were considered a golden generation, possibly the last to experience a job for life and, often, a healthy pension to go with it. Yet today, 20 percent of seniors work past the traditional U.S. retirement age of 65, according to a new study from Smart Assets....

Like millions of doctors, I knew the best care and treatment to prescribe for my patients. As a former ER physician, I built trust with my patients and was there for them when they received bad news. As a patient myself, I remember when my physician told me I had colon cancer, one of the...

The U.S. military has opened a new inquiry into the August 2021 Kabul airport bombing that killed 13 American servicemembers, deciding to conduct more interviews on the deadly attack after concluding a probe into the incident roughly two years ago. Gen. Eric Kurilla, the head of U.S. Central Command, ordered military personnel to interview more...

The Rockefeller Foundation announced Friday that it would invest more than $1 billion over the  next five years in strategies that combat climate change.  “The Foundation has made many big bets in its history, and we believe climate change’s threats and the climate transition’s opportunities—especially for the most vulnerable—justify what will be the biggest and...

Former President Trump went after the United Auto Workers leadership in an interview released Friday, saying workers are being misled by their representation. He refused to take a side on contract negotiations which have devolved into a strike. “I’m on the side of making our country great… The auto workers are being sold down the...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) came out in support of the United Auto Workers’ strike on Friday, using the opportunity to attack President Biden. “Auto workers deserve a raise — and they deserve to have their jobs protected from Joe Biden’s stupid climate mandates that are destroying the US auto industry and making China rich,” Hawley...

First, you smell the smoke, then you see it, then you feel it in your lungs. Tens of millions of us, from Hawaii to California to D.C., felt this terrifying feeling this year. Particles in wildfire smoke are 30 times smaller than the width of a human hair, making it one of the most dangerous...

The Hill hosted more than 200 guests Thursday night for an event honoring 25 staffers who make Capitol Hill run. The project celebrated notable House and Senate staffers who work tirelessly behind the scenes to advance major legislation and make sure the day-to-day operations of Congress run smoothly. The 25 staffers being honored at...

A group of Republican lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee announced Friday that they will launch an investigation into the Biden administration's response to the deadly wildfires in Hawaii. The wildfires killed over a hundred people on the island of Maui early last month and nearly destroyed the town of Lahaina. The fire, which killed...

A North Carolina man with a history of mental illness was sentenced to five years of probation on Friday after pleading guilty to threatening to detonate a bomb near the U.S. Capitol two years ago. “He no longer presents a threat,” U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras said before handing down Floyd Roseberry’s sentence.  In August 2021, Roseberry...

Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis appears to have turned on the former president, saying she can’t back him again for the 2024 election after supporting him in his previous two campaigns. “I know [Trump] well as a friend and a former boss, I have great love and respect for him personally,” Ellis said on her...

The Hill celebrated Capitol Hill staffers honored in the inaugural 'Notable Staffers List 2023' on Thursday in Washington D.C. The evening recognized 25 staffers who have made significant contributions within the past year to policy, democracy, and keeping Capitol Hill running. The Hill's SVP and General Manager Joe Ruffolo, Congressional reporter Mychael Schnell, Rep. Tom...

When reporters are awash in media criticism, it encourages a damaging self-awareness.

Former first lady Melania Trump could pop up on the 2024 campaign trail "pretty soon," according to former President Trump, the current GOP front-runner. "When it's appropriate, but pretty soon," Trump told incoming "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker in an interview set to air this weekend. "Honestly, I like to keep her away from...

No one in this country should have to be the prey again of Wall Street’s greed.