Новости за 30.09.2023

Former President Jimmy Carter received more than 15,000 messages ahead of his 99th birthday on Sunday. The Carter Center asked the public to help build a digital mosaic by uploading “warm wishes, memories, or birthday greetings" to their website. People have added photos and videos sharing their favorite memories of Carter. The White House is...

The Senate is expected to consider the House-passed bill that would avert a government shutdown and funds the government for 45 days. The measure passed with overwhelming Democratic support; dozens of Republicans voted against it. It now heads to the Senate. The Senate had been set to vote Saturday afternoon on its proposed stopgap, but Senate...

A former journalist was sentenced to six years in prison for “for transportation and possession of child sexual abuse material” Friday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. “According to court documents, while visiting South Carolina in February 2020, James Gordon Meek, 53, used an online messaging platform on his...

A federal court judge lifted some restrictions in North Carolina’s abortion ban Saturday. A District Judge, identified as Catherine Eagles by the ACLU, granted a preliminary injunction to Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, making portions of the abortion ban “requiring determination and documentation of an intrauterine pregnancy” and “requiring surgical abortions to be performed in a...

The potential government shutdown will likely be the focus of this week’s Sunday news shows. A shutdown may be in place by the time the shows air Sunday, as Congress has just hours left to approve government funding measures before a government shutdown begins at midnight Sunday morning. Conflict around government funding has focused on...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is slated to deliver remarks Saturday afternoon after the House passed a Republican stopgap measure that funds the government for 45 days. The measure passed with overwhelming Democratic support; dozens of Republicans voted against it. It now heads to the Senate. The Senate had been set to vote Saturday afternoon...

Marion, Kansas police chief Gideon Cody was suspended this week after he conducted a series of raids including on the office of a local newspaper. According to the Marion County Record, the paper that was raided, Cody was suspended by Mayor David Mayfield, and the suspension took effect on Thursday. The city administrator announced the...

Since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision was announced last year, there has been much discussion about the impact of the decision on the 2024 elections. Some have referred to the decision as a “political earthquake,” or asserted that the “political landscape has been altered significantly, with no reversal in sight.” Indeed, Democrats believe...

Federal regulators confirmed that they are reviewing a semitruck crash that left several people dead and caused a toxic substance spill, prompting residents in the area to evacuate. Firefighters, police and other emergency responders responded to the Teutopolis, Ill. crash on Friday that left an overturned tanker emanating a cloud of anhydrous ammonia, the Associated...

A Texas man pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6 riots on Friday, the Department of Justice announced. Adam Jackson participated in the riots and threw what appeared to be a large cone at law enforcement battling rioters in the tunnels outside the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, prosecutors claim. Prosecutors...

New York City sprung back to life on Saturday morning after public transportation returned to full service following intense flooding that largely brought the city to a halt. The city was pounded by an average of about 6 inches of rain Friday, with many neighborhoods breaking weather records. The weather station at John F. Kennedy...

The number of mass shootings in America surpassed 400, putting 2023 on track to be one of the deadliest years in our nation’s history. The U.S. stands alone as the only major country in the world that wakes up to the news of these shootings nearly every single day. Following these incidents, the national conversation...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis used his platform during the California GOP convention to mock the current GOP presidential frontrunner former President Donald Trump. “I understand that one of my residents was here earlier saying that he turned Florida red,” DeSantis said in his speech on Friday. “I just wish if he was the one that...

As some in the media obsessively focus on the “sportswashing” being conducted by Saudi Arabia, I would submit that they are missing the much larger picture.

In a video shared on his social media site, Truth Social, former President Donald Trump slammed President Joe Biden and asked for more donations ahead of the Oct. 15 Federal Election Commission (FEC) reporting deadline. “He’s the most corrupt president in our history,” Trump said in his Friday night video. “He’s the most incompetent president...

Republican presidential candidates’ efforts to move popularity away from former President Trump during the second GOP debate fell short, according to a new poll. The Messenger/Harris poll found that more than a quarter of respondents said Wednesday night's primary debate make them more likely to vote for Trump, who remains the GOP frontrunner despite mounting...

Since health officials began collecting data in the 1970s, charts tracking cancer in children and young adults are distressingly uniform, with diagonal lines steadily climbing upward.

A Maryland federal judge ruled Friday that the state’s provisions banning firearm possession in certain private and public areas be limited, pending further consideration of its legality. Maryland passed sweeping gun control legislation in May which banned the carrying of guns in many places — including in businesses where alcohol is sold, on private property...

Democratic strategist James Carville demeaned Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as a “bowl of Jell-O” amid a government spending fight which has seen him feud more with his own party than Democrats. “You know, when you elect a bowl of Jell-O, what you get is a bowl of Jell-O,” Carville said in an MSNBC interview Friday....

Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) weighed in on the government shutdown drama between conservatives and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Hours after McCarthy’s bill to avert a government shutdown was voted down by many Republicans, Walsh appeared on CNN. Walsh said he thinks the drama has been fueled by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) hatred for the...

Providing easily available, free vaccines, tests and masks for everyone who wants them are steps toward "smartly" living with COVID-19 today and in the years to come.

Rep Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) took shots at House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Friday, saying he is leading the country toward a looming government shutdown because he refuses to negotiate with Democrats. GOP infighting has dominated spending talks, as a group of hard-line conservatives fight the speaker — demanding deeper budget cuts than those proposed...

A liberal group on Friday filed a lawsuit to keep former President Trump off the 2024 ballot in Michigan, saying he violated the 14th Amendment and should be banned from being able to participate in the election. It is the third challenge to Trump’s ballot eligibility after similar actions were filed in Colorado and Minnesota....

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) blasted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) over chaos in spending negotiations, accusing the Speaker of making too many contradictory promises to fund the government. A government shutdown will start at midnight Sunday, unless a last-minute spending bill passes both the House and Senate, which is unlikely. “It is by design that...

The bungling of Missouri v. Biden pointlessly postpones Supreme Court resolution of the merits of this high-profile First Amendment dispute.