Новости за 23.09.2023

Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn attended a festival in Plains, Ga., a week ahead of his 99th birthday next Saturday. The former president and first lady were seen in a video posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in what appeared to be a Black SUV at the Plains Peanut...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) released a statement Saturday calling on Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign following an indictment. “He’s entitled to the presumption of innocence under our system, but he is not entitled to continue to wield influence over national policy, especially given the serious and specific nature of the allegations,” Fetterman’s statement said. ...

As Tropical Storm Ophelia buffets the mid-Atlantic coast with rain and wind, more than 30,000 people in Virginia and North Carolina are without power, according to PowerOutage.us. The stormmade landfall in North Carolina early Saturday morning and is expected to trek up the coast, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). “A continued northward motion...

While in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson shared details of his next endeavor: combating climate change.  The billionaire British businessman announced Monday that his newest investment would be in his coalition, Planetary Guardians — composed of 14 world leaders who say they are taking a “whole planet”...

Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) announced Saturday that he may primary Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) after the senator was indicted on corruption charges Friday. “After calls to resign, Senator Menendez said ‘I am not going anywhere.’ As a result, I feel compelled to run against him,” Kim said on X, formerly Twitter. “Not something I expected...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) says Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ.) should resign after he was indicted on alleged federal bribery charges. "Yeah, very much so," McCarthy said Saturday at the Capitol. McCarthy joins calls from many Democrats, including Congressional colleagues and state officials, for Menendez to resign. Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) was the first congressional...

The Mississippi River is facing a crisis of saltwater making its way up the waterway from the Gulf of Mexico. Drinking water in some parts of Louisiana is facing a risk from the salt water, resulting in the Bayou State’s Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) saying he is only a number of days away from...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Saturday said Americans should not expect a shutdown, even though House Republicans are no closer to finding a solution to fund the government with just a week until the Sept. 30 deadline. “I mean, listen, that’s on the first. We still have a number of days,” McCarthy said at the...

President Biden received a flu shot and updated COVID vaccine on Friday, and encouraged other Americans to do the same, the White House announced. “As we enter the cold and flu season, the President encourages all Americans to follow his example and to check with their healthcare provider or pharmacist to assure that they are...

Republican senators have returned from their August recess with a familiar goal of tightening border security. This time, however, customary debates over immigration policy have taken an ugly anti-religious turn. Last week, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced a version of the Secure The Border Act passed earlier this year in the House. Along with familiar proposals like border walls and...

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is signaling he could be taking a more aggressive approach toward rivals ahead of the second GOP debate next week as he trails several contenders in 2024 polls. Scott this week took a swipe at former President Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley over the issue...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill late Friday night that would have required judges to consider whether parents have affirmed the gender identity of their children amid custody disputes. Newsom argued that other politicians could use it as a strategy to “diminish civil rights of vulnerable populations.” The bill, introduced by state Assemblywoman Lori...

If a tree stands in the forest, and there’s no economist around to tabulate its benefits to humans, do those benefits still exist?   For government agencies, the answer has long been, “No.”

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on Saturday called President Biden’s upcoming trip to visit striking auto workers in Michigan a “smokescreen to deflect reality.”  "Biden’s trip to 'protest' in Michigan is a smokescreen to deflect reality & the UAW strike is just a symptom of the deeper problem: a trifecta of rising prices + rising...

The woman selected to lead the regulation of cannabis in Minnesota announced Friday that she will step down after allegations arose that she sold illegal products at her cannabis store. The decision comes just one after Gov. Tim Walz (D) appointed Erin DuPree as Minnesota's first director of the Office of Cannabis Management. Reports allege...

As bad as it may be for working-class Americans continually being sold out by the entrenched elite, it is much worse for the millions barely existing within our inner cities who have been totally abandoned by the political class.

The Biden administration is looking to ramp up support among young Black voters as polls show his approval rating with the demographic slipping ahead of 2024. Earlier this month, a poll by The Highland Project found that 69 percent of millennial and Gen Z Black women are dissatisfied with the direction the country is going. Another...

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), a senior leader among House Democrats, criticized Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for acting beholden to the interests of the most conservative wing in his party amid threats of a government shutdown. “I don’t see how we can [take McCarthy at his word] because he just demonstrated that he’s not keeping his...

Texas announced Friday that the state would be busing more migrants from “overwhelmed” border communities to New York City, despite Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) saying the state is at “capacity.” Busses chartered by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Division of Emergency Management left Del Rio and Eagle Pass on Friday, Abbott announced. The...

Earlier this year, the VA said it had no timeline on when access to gender-affirming surgeries would actually begin, despite the fact the policy change was unanimously recommended by the medical board that oversees VA health offerings.

A new ad released by former President Trump's 20204 reelection campaign seems innocent at first — with videos highlighting various times in Trump's political career. Fast forward about 30 seconds and that changes, as cameos of his closest political rival — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — start popping up throughout montage. The video, shared on...

Former President Trump took aim at Biden administration electric vehicle (EV) policy, claiming the president’s “ridiculous all-electric car hoax” is responsible for the United Auto Workers strike against major automakers. “Crooked Joe sold them down the river with his ridiculous all Electric Car Hoax,” Trump said on Truth Social in the early morning Saturday. “Within...

It would appear that the question is not corruption, but when a little corruption is "just right" and when it is simply too much.

A New York man accused of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the Capitol and attacking a police officer was sentenced to two years and nine months of prison on Friday, the Justice Department announced. Jonathan Munafo pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting police in April. He was also given 3 additional...

Russell Brand, who currently faces multiple sexual assault allegations, urged his supporters to follow him on a different social media platform after he was censored by others. “By now, you're probably aware that the British government have asked Big Tech platforms to censor our online content,” Brand said in a YouTube video Friday. “And that...