Новости за 11.10.2023

President Biden’s reelection campaign bashed presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) for touting drug prices caps for seniors after voting against the Inflation Reduction Act. In a video first shared with The Hill, the campaign mashed up clips of Scott celebrating capping costs for seniors and saying that the Inflation Reduction Act, which Scott voted...

House Republicans on Wednesday officially nominated Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) to be Speaker. But almost immediately, members started expressing their reluctance to vote for him on the House floor — or simply remaining non-committal. In the House GOP's narrow majority, just a handful of Republican holdouts could set up a floor fight. See who...

College students in the U.S. are facing strong pushback after organizations at multiple schools released statements on the Hamas conflict that appeared to defend the loss of life in Israel. One of the most controversial statements came from Harvard, where a group of more than 30 student-led groups signed a letter saying that Israel was...

Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) is revoking his membership in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) over its promotion of what he said was an antisemitic rally in New York City. “Today, I am officially renouncing my membership in the Democratic Socialists of America. After the brutal terrorist attacks on Israel, which included the indiscriminate murder,...

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel recently unveiled her plan to repeat the mistake of her predecessor, Obama-era FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, by reviving his ill-fated Open Internet Order (OIO). Despite its name, the OIO created an onerous, utility-style regulatory framework that gave the FCC sweeping powers beyond the scope of its purported goal of net neutrality. Instead,...

Fulton County prosecutors and attorneys for two defendants in the sweeping Georgia election interference case involving former President Trump on Wednesday sparred over the validity of a racketeering charge that all 19 alleged co-conspirators face. Defense attorneys for Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell — two Trump-aligned lawyers — argued before a Georgia judge Wednesday that...

Brandon Presley, the Democrat challenging incumbent Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R), has outraised Reeves heading into November's election, according to financial reports filed Tuesday. Presley, a utility regulator, is the cousin of late rock n’ roll megastar Elvis Presley. He would be the Magnolia State’s first Democratic governor in two decades. Presley began this year...

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) on Wednesday urged the Biden administration to freeze $6 billion in Iranian assets that were part of a deal to free American hostages over the country's support for Hamas amid the ongoing attacks against Israel.  Brown, who is among the most vulnerable Senate Democrats up for reelection, called...

The two Jewish GOP House members Reps. Max Miller (R-Ohio) and Rep. David Kustoff (R-Tenn.) are calling on President Biden to take a series of firm actions in opposition to Palestinian militant group Hamas in order to ratchet up the administration's response to its ongoing conflict with Israel. Miller said he is urging Biden to...

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Wednesday unveiled legislation to immediately freeze $6 billion in Iranian funds that have been held in South Korea but are due to flow back to Iran because of a prisoner exchange deal with the United States. The Biden administration last month finalized a...

The White House said Wednesday that details are scant regarding the location and conditions of Americans it believes are being held hostage by Hamas following the terrorist attacks against Israel. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that there are a “very small” number of Americans believed to be held as hostages, but that...

Despite efforts to shift toward low-carbon energy, global emissions from energy use will increase through 2050, according to a new analysis. A new report from the U.S. government found that population and income increases will “offset” the impacts of efficiency and lower carbon intensity. The report, from the independent Energy Information Administration (EIA), said that...

The United States has long been behind other countries on climate change litigation.

Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) raised about $4.7 million during the third quarter of this year, his Senate campaign announced Wednesday. The Dallas Democrat is the leading candidate aiming to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) next November. Allred gathered funds from more than 80,000 individual donors at an average of $29.87 per donation, the campaign said....

The Wall Street Journal is moving a top Washington editor away from his job leading the D.C. bureau to focus on securing the release of detained reporter Evan Gershkovich. Paul Beckett, who has led the Journal's coverage from Washington since the Trump administration, will transition into the new role in the coming weeks, editor Emma...

Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) is in Israel to aid Americans in escaping the country, which has been ravaged by fighting over the last few days. Former Rep. Mayra Flores (R-Texas) posted a photo of the Florida Republican in Israel on social media, saying that he is helping evacuate U.S. citizens in the wake of the...

The Supreme Court will not take up a lawsuit led by the state of Missouri that sought to block the Biden administration’s “social cost of carbon” measure. The court denied a writ of certiorari Tuesday in the case, Missouri v. Biden, without further explanation. In the case, 11 Republican-led states, guided by Missouri Attorney General Andrew...

Students enrolled at our nation’s most revered academic institutions shouldn’t be celebrating the mass murder of innocent civilians.

A winner in this year’s Fat Bear Week has been crowned, and she’s a “gutsy girl.” The bear in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve is described as “thicker than a bowl of oatmeal” in a post on the park's Facebook account. The bear, 128 Grazer, is a mother who has raised two litters of...

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), chairwoman of the Education and the Workforce Committee, is asking the Biden administration for information about workplace safety at the White House after multiple reports of the president’s dog Commander biting staffers or U.S. Secret Service officers.  “The White House has the responsibility to set an example for ensuring workplace safety...

Two national LGBTQ rights groups, a North Carolina doctor and a family with a transgender child are challenging a new North Carolina law preventing transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming health care. The coalition argues in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that the law discriminates on the basis of gender identity and infringes on the right...

The country can take its cue from California, where a public-private partnership among state government, academic institutions and nonprofits pioneered a stakeholder-led process to map lands for large-scale solar development in key regions in the state.

Many protestors concerned about climate change stormed the stage where U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was being interviewed Thursday in Baltimore. Buttigieg was in town at a daylong conference to discuss new transportation updates for the state. The conference, iMPACT MARYLAND, was hosted by The Baltimore Banner and intended to focus on the future of...

Lee Sasi, an American woman from California, was attending the music festival several miles from the Gaza border when the Palestinian militant group Hamas began attacking concertgoers, killing hundreds. In an interview with NewsNation's "Cuomo," Sasi said she hid with her uncle, who died protecting her from a grenade, and a friend, who was shot...

The truth is we need young women to steel themselves and run for office because, without them, we'll see more of the same.