Новости за 18.09.2023

Howard Stern is embracing being called “woke,” saying he wants “to be awake.” “I kind of take that as a compliment, that I'm ‘woke,’” the SiriusXM host told listeners of his eponymous show Monday in response to a YouTube personality applying the term to him. “To me, the opposite of woke is being asleep,” Stern,...

Senate Democrats on Monday moved to suspend the Senate's rules to advance a stalled government funding bill after Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) objected to the legislation last week. “Sen. Murray will move to suspend Rule XVI and file cloture on that motion,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced on the Senate floor. “This...

Former President Trump is questioning why Republicans have not sought to remove President Biden under the 25th Amendment — a move that GOP lawmakers do not have the power to use. “After seeing what has happened to our beautiful USA in such a short period of time, including Afghanistan, Self Imposed Inflation, Energy Independence, the...

The Writers Guild of America and Hollywood studios are heading back to the negotiating table this week, as the workers strike stretches into its fourth month. The WGA negotiating committee posted the update on its website Monday. "You might not hear from us in the coming days while we are negotiating, but know that our...

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), two of Congress’ most vocal proponents for aggressive climate action, on Monday called for President Biden to establish a Civilian Climate Corps. The CCC had been a key element in early versions of the Build Back Better Act, the sweeping environmental and infrastructure bill. It was...

Another model was found dead in her Los Angeles apartment last week.

President Biden on Monday announced the U.S. will provide $11 million to local and international organizations working in Libya as the country recovers from deadly floods that killed thousands. Biden in a statement said the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will coordinate the delivery of aid to the appropriate...

U.S. News & World Report released its 2024 best college rankings list after making changes to how it would evaluate schools following criticism. Changes to the ranking formula included focusing on social mobility and outcomes for graduating students, such as how many students on Pell Grants graduate from a particular school. U.S. News also kept...

Women with prior diagnoses of melanoma, ovarian cancer or uterine cancer had higher levels of “forever chemicals” and other toxic compounds in their blood, scientists determined in a new nationwide analysis. Their study, published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, assessed potential links between hormone-related cancers and three classes of probable endocrine disruptors:...

House GOP leaders are pushing a new proposal that would prevent a government shutdown later this month, but opposition in the Senate and even in the Republican Conference threatens chances of passage.  The plan, unveiled Sunday night, would push the Sept. 30 shutdown deadline by another month, buying time for negotiators in both chambers to...

It's too early to know how the ongoing autoworkers strike will impact the U.S. economy, Treasury Department Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday during an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street." "I think it’s premature to be making forecasts about what it means for the economy," she said. "It would depend very much on how...

Republican lawmakers are mocking the Biden administration after a pilot ejected from an F-35 on Sunday and sent the military scrambling to find the fighter jet in South Carolina. "How on earth did the Biden Administration lose track of an $80 million F-35 jet?" Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter....

President Biden is trailing former President Trump, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) in several hypothetical 2024 match-ups in a new survey from Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll shared with The Hill. The poll found that 44 percent of respondents said they would vote for Trump when asked about a hypothetical match-up between...

The court has a real opportunity to show that antitrust law seeks to enhance consumer welfare, not tech exceptionalism.

Former President Trump says he “saved” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) from being convicted in his Texas impeachment trial through his “intervention” on the social media platform, Truth Social. “Yes, it is true that my intervention through TRUTH SOCIAL saved Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from going down at the hands of Democrats and...

A small town New Jersey mayor with with strong connections to the national GOP and former President Trump announced Monday she is running to unseat Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.). Christine Serrano Glassner, the two-term mayor of Mendham Borough, announced her campaign in a statement ripping the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman over his career of...

United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain said Monday that the White House would not play any role in negotiating a deal to end the union's strike against the Big Three automakers. “Not at all. This is our battle,” Fain said when asked during an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” whether he thinks the White...

Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) called Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) a “weak Speaker” Monday as he faces a divided GOP conference unwilling to fully back a continuing resolution proposal. Spartz, who announced earlier this year that she will not be seeking reelection, took aim at McCarthy and her Republican colleagues in a scathing statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter....

The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission filed a complaint against Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita (R) on Monday, alleging his public statements following news of an OB-GYN providing abortion services to a 10-year-old Ohio girl amounted to misconduct. Indiana doctor Caitlin Bernard made national news last year in sharing her story of providing abortion services...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) sniped at data guru Nate Silver on Monday over his comments on the new Senate dress code. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has eased up the chamber's informal dress code to allow senators to wear whatever they want on the floor. Fetterman, who is 6 feet, 8 inches tall, often sports shorts...

More than 60 Democrats are calling on the Biden administration to move swiftly in its rollout of consumer rebates for energy-efficient home upgrades, warning that the current pace could lead to the “potential loss of two years of rebates.” In a new letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, dozens of Democrats said that they were...

Anyone who is part of the sandwich generation as I am—raising twin boys while also caring for my 88-year-old mother-in-law—understands the challenges that come along with ensuring seniors can age with grace and dignity while still being able to access high-quality health care. For millions of older Americans and patients with disabilities, home health care...

Comedian and political commentator Bill Maher announced Monday that he will not be resuming his show for the time being — a reversal of his decision last week to restart “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO despite the ongoing writers strike. “My decision to return to work was made when it seemed nothing was...

An attorney for former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark attempted Monday to convince a judge to move Clark’s Georgia charges to federal court, arguing that his attempt to help overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results was part of Clark’s job duties. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones held a hearing in Atlanta regarding whether to...

Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R ) presidential bid, rolled out a new ad on Monday touting the governor’s stance on the southern border.  The ad, titled “Warzone,” will start airing in the early contest states of Iowa and New Hampshire this week and is a part of a...