Новости за 05.12.2023

Former first lady Melania Trump will headline a naturalization event at the National Archives this month. The event will mark Bill of Rights Day, with the naturalization of over two dozen people, the Archives said in a press release on Monday, with a ceremony at 10 a.m. Dec. 15. “The ceremony, held in the historic...

FBI Director Christopher Wray at a Tuesday hearing gave an impassioned pitch for Congress to reauthorize warrantless surveillance powers for the intelligence community without the need to secure a court’s blessing to review information on Americans swept up in the process. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire at the...

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Reid Hoffman recently gave a $250,000 donation to a super PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. Dmitri Mehlhorn, a political adviser to Hoffman, confirmed the contribution to SFA Fund Inc. with The Hill. The New York Times first reported the donation. The hefty donation to the GOP White House hopeful is...

Republican lawmakers in Georgia pushed forward Tuesday with a congressional map proposal that keeps a 9-5 Republican majority for House seats, which Democrats claim violates a federal court order. The map, introduced Friday, will split Rep. Lucy McBath’s (D-Ga.) northeast Atlanta district and create a new west Atlanta district to follow a court order after...

Conservative attorney George Conway said Tuesday that people will not criticize former President Trump because they know “he’s a danger.” Conway, a prominent critic of the former president, said on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” that he regretted supporting Trump in 2016, in response to a caller who accused Conway of promoting “left-leaning political lies” and being “fooled by...

Nearly 60 percent of Americans living in the Midwest and surrounding states say they will not get the new COVID-19 vaccine this year, according to a survey from Emerson College Polling. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an updated new COVID-19 booster in September, targeting currently circulating variants of the disease. But more...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said he plans to set aide $1 million from the state’s annual budget to Florida State University (FSU) for potential ligation over its football team's controversial snub from the College Football Playoff. DeSantis, who is currently running for president, made the announcement during a press conference on his budget proposal...

A group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday to allow students to apply for Pell Grants for short-term workforce programs.  “I am proud to join my colleagues in introducing the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act to expand learning opportunities for the development of a skilled workforce. This bill will allow Pell Grants to be used...

The House Education Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday on “Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism” amid a slew of antisemitic incidents at U.S. universities. “Over the past several weeks, we’ve seen countless examples of antisemitic demonstrators on college campuses,” Committee Chair Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said. The leaders of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania...

President Biden on Tuesday called for global condemnation of the use of sexual violence by Hamas against the Israelis, saying the group targeted women and girls. “Ending violence against women and sexual assault has been one of the causes of my life… but the world can’t just look away at what’s going on. It’s on...

Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), the secretary of the GOP conference, moved to force a vote on her resolution censuring Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday, fast-tracking a measure that would rebuke the New York Democrat for falsely pulling a firm alarm in a House office building in September. McClain called her censure measure to the...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog warned on Tuesday of the existential threat the world faces from Iran-backed Jihadist groups as he defended the country’s response to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, a US-designated terrorist organization. “This war is a war that is not only between Israel and Hamas. It’s a war that is intended, really,...

The House approved a resolution on Tuesday condemning the “drastic rise of antisemitism” in the U.S. and around the world following Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel on Oct. 7 — a vote that fractured Democrats and prompted liberal accusations that Republicans were trying to “weaponize Jewish pain.” The chamber voted 311-14-92 on the measure, which reaffirms...

Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) wrote a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) expressing concern about recent incidents of letters laced with fentanyl and other substances sent to elections offices last Friday. “We write to express serious concerns following reports of anonymous letters — some containing fentanyl and other unidentified substances...

The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) on Tuesday identified the eight U.S. airmen who died in the fatal Osprey crash in southwestern Japan last week, as President Biden and other U.S. officials expressed condolences for the loss of the servicemembers. AFSOC said in an email update that the rescue mission has now formally transitioned...

The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will implement visa bans on Israelis viewed as “extremist settlers” in the West Bank. The policy move follows President Biden's warning last month that sanctions could be imposed on individuals the U.S. views as involved in violence against Palestinians, particularly in the larger territory. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller...

The fourth Republican primary debate will take place Wednesday night as the last chance for the GOP candidates to speak to a national audience before the end of the year. The two-hour debate in Tuscaloosa, Ala., will air at 8 p.m. EST on NewsNation, a cable channel owned by Nexstar Media Group, which also owns...

An Alabama man featured on the popular podcast "S-Town" was shot and killed after a standoff with police in Alabama over the weekend, according to local authorities. Joseph Tyler Goodson, 32, of Woodstock, barricaded himself inside of a house early Sunday, prompting a standoff with officers from the Woodstock Police Department, the Alabama Law Enforcement...

The Biden administration pledged $1 billion for a new rail connection between Richmond, Va., and Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, as part of public transit grants from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. “Great news!” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) celebrated in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “This project is a big win for economic development...

CVS Pharmacy is revamping how it prices prescription drugs, doing away with a complex and opaque formula system to a much simpler model that could have major implications for how pharmacies get reimbursed. In an announcement Tuesday, the company said its more than 9,000 pharmacies will be reimbursed by contracted pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and...

FBI Director Christopher Wray warned of an increased threat of terrorism stemming from the Israel-Hamas war, saying at a hearing Tuesday that the FBI was working around the clock to prevent potential attacks inspired by Hamas. “Given the steady drumbeat of calls for attacks by foreign terrorist organizations since Oct. 7, we're working around the clock...

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the Trump base isn’t monolithic, nor is it impenetrable.

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team outlined on Tuesday the evidence it has collected against former President Trump, walking through information they say will showcase his motive and knowledge of a plan to block the transfer of power. The breakdown comes in a request to introduce evidence of events both before and after the conspiracy outlined in the...

Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday failed to appear at a hearing ahead of his defamation trial, resulting in his lawyer receiving a tongue-lashing from the Washington, D.C. federal judge overseeing the case. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell harshly questioned lawyer Joseph Sibley over Giuliani’s unexpected absence and whether they were ready for the trial set for...

The Biden administration announced $3 billion in funding for the Brightline West rail project on Tuesday, covering a quarter of the cost for a high-speed rail line planned to run from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. A bipartisan group of lawmakers from Nevada and California have pushed for the federal grant for months, pitching Brightline...