Новости за 09.12.2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the United States’ decision to veto a proposed United Nations resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing Israel and Hamas war.  In a video statement on Saturday, Netanyahu — speaking in Hebrew — called the U.S.’s stance on the matter “correct,” saying...

The success of COP28 will not only be measured by international agreements and commitments but by the ability of the two primary political parties in the U.S. to collaborate in the face of our shared existential challenge.

Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley argued that only her candidacy for president could remove “chaos” from the country’s leadership in an impassioned argument against former President Trump. “This country is in chaos,” Haley said at an Iowa candidate forum on Saturday. “But what I know is you don't defeat Democrat chaos with Republican chaos. And...

Weather experts are forecasting a movement of heavy rain, wind and snow on the Eastern U.S. this weekend. Areas in New York and Massachusetts are under storm watches, as of Saturday afternoon. The National Weather Service predicted wind could reach up to 40 mph in the Boston and Nantucket regions throughout the weekend into Monday,...

Story at a glance Maeve McDermott, an 18-year-old first-year student at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, was out with two friends when she read an article breaking the news that the college planned to shut its doors in 2024. “We read the article at the same time, and we just looked at each other and literally started crying,”...

Ending Title 42 shows that security isn’t at odds with accepting immigrants.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is representing the National Rifle Association in a free speech case against New York’s Department of Financial Services. “We’re representing the NRA at the Supreme Court in their case against New York’s Department of Financial Services for abusing its regulatory power to violate the NRA’s First Amendment rights,” the...

The White House reiterated President Biden's pledge that he would not pardon his son, Hunter Biden, if he is convicted amid his ongoing legal battles. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president had not changed his mind on the statement in the wake of new tax crime charges brought against the younger Biden...

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is considering reinstating right-wing personality Alex Jones on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “Reinstate Alex Jones on this platform? Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Musk, who owns X, said in a post on the platform Saturday. Musk’s post includes a poll on the question. The entrepreneur’s question and poll...

Voters under the age of 30 in a new Emerson College poll said the economy is the biggest issue the country faces as the 2024 election looms near.  The poll, published Friday, found that 44 percent of respondents under 30 years old or younger said that the economy is the most important issue the country...

Senators are grappling with what the aftershocks of Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) blockade of military promotions will look like — whether it will open the floodgates for members to institute widespread holds or scare them off. Tuberville relented on Tuesday, lifting his hold on hundreds of nominees after 10 months and ending a saga that...

While many on the left may now detest Musk for defending himself and his site, tens of millions are embracing this increasingly defiant Musk.

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) slammed House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) for the investigation into President Biden's family, calling it a “house of cards.”  Goldman also also commented on the new charges brought against Hunter Biden, the president's son, earlier this week. He placed blame on Republicans for "undue and improper interference" in the...

Hunter Biden's attorney decried the new charges against his client Friday, asserting that the president's son was receiving unfair treatment over late taxes. “[W]here's the fairness, justice and decency in this?” Abbe Lowell said in an interview with CNN. “The charges in this new tax indictment talk about a period where Hunter was at the...

It is time we try a more holistic approach to ending homelessness that can address not only housing but also substance abuse and mental illness at the same time.

There is no principled basis to oppose an investigation into these chilling allegations.

Former President Trump weighed in on the recent Republican primary debate, taking shots at his 2024 rivals and declaring entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy the winner. "So many people are asking what I thought of history’s lowest rated 'presidential' debate, & how would I rate the players. It’s so easy to be a critic, but who on...

Former President Trump’s attorney Alina Habba claimed Friday that her client would take the stand on Monday in his civil fraud trial, despite the judge's gag order and discouragement from his legal team. "I will say and I still say that having any client get on a stand with a gag order as limited or large...

Instead of this massive nationalized program, the White House could make four administrative changes that would jump-start private-sector solutions in each state.

President Biden’s approval rating has hit a new low, as he also trials his top Republican challenger, former President Trump, in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup ahead of the 2024 presidential election, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll.  The poll, published Saturday, found 37 percent of respondents approve of the job Biden is doing...

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) sent a letter slamming Ohio State University for its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts Friday. “Today I wrote to the leadership of Ohio State, a university I love, to ask about the troubling rise of racial prejudice on campus,” Vance posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, alongside...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a travel advisory for Mexico Friday, citing “reports” of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. “There have been reports of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in people traveling to the United States from Tecate, in the state of Baja California, Mexico,” the CDC said in its advisory. The CDC said...

The United Nations (U.N.) secretary-general decried the situation in Gaza as a “spiraling humanitarian nightmare” on the same day the U.S. blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. “The people of Gaza are being told to move like human pinballs – ricocheting...

The Texas Supreme Court paused a ruling from a lower court allowing a pregnant woman to have an abortion. On Friday, the court said it was staying a Thursday ruling from a district court that allowed 31-year-old Katie Cox to have an abortion. Cox, who is 20 weeks pregnant, has a fetus that has been...

Washington is failing to compete with China — to push back not only on Beijing’s human rights abuses, military modernization, and coercive industrial policy, but also on the CCP’s canny, manipulative ability to fund those programs with American capital.