Новости за 03.02.2024

Democratic presidential primary candidate Dean Phillips celebrated a Wisconsin Supreme Court order to let him on the Badger State’s Democratic primary ballot Friday. “Thank goodness democracy is being protected by the judiciary, because our political parties are eroding it right in front of our eyes,” Phillips said in a post on X, the platform formerly...

An Iraqi government spokesperson has accused the U.S. of violating international law and lying about the circumstances surrounding its retaliatory strikes over a recent attack in Jordan. The strikes killed 16 people, including civilians, and wounded 25, Bassem Al-Awadi, Iraqi government spokesperson, said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter Saturday....

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has, for the first time ever, given permission to import a number of drug classes from Canada for Florida’s Medicare and other recipients.

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley's presidential campaign took aim at President Biden and former President Trump's ages in a new digital ad rolled out on Saturday. The ad, titled "Grumpy Old Men Say What?" is the first video installment of the campaign's "Grumpy Old Men" series against the two party front-runners. The over two-minute long spot...

Former President Trump’s feud with the head of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union has reached a fever pitch since the union endorsed President Biden last week. The UAW backed Biden’s bid for reelection at the union’s conference in Washington, D.C., last Wednesday, after previously withholding its endorsement over concerns about the administration’s push toward...

South Carolina is officially kicking off the Democrats’ presidential nominating cycle with its primary Saturday, weeks after President Biden won as a write-in candidate in New Hampshire’s unsanctioned contest last month. It’s the first time the Palmetto State will be first in the party’s official lineup, and the state is expected to be a crucial...

South Carolina goes to the polls Saturday, offering the first official primary test for President Biden. The president has invested heavily in the state and comes off a win in New Hampshire’s unsanctioned primary last month as a write-in candidate. Democratic strategists said the attention Biden has given to the state should pay off in...

An unscientific bias against “feral” or “invasive” animals threatens to undercut one of the great stabilizing trends making ecosystems healthier, a new paper argues. Introduced species such as feral pigs, horses, donkeys and camels represent a powerful force of “rewilding” — the reintroduction of wild animals into ecosystems where humans had eradicated them — according to a study...

Former national security adviser John Bolton urged the Biden administration to authorize strikes in Iran directly, so it can “send a message.” In an interview with CBS News’ Catherine Herridge, Bolton said the retaliatory strikes fired by the U.S. military on Friday were the “right thing to do” but also said he doesn’t “think it...

Former President Trump is attempting to capitalize on reports that President Biden called him a "sick f---" behind closed doors. In the fundraising email late Friday, Trump told his supporters that “he doesn’t just think that about me, he thinks that about EVERY SINGLE ONE of my proud supporters.” Biden also allegedly said "what a...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley poked at former President Trump Friday over an apparent mix-up about the Indiana GOP primary ballot deadline. Her quip came after Trump criticized Haley on Truth Social for “still scrambling” to get her name to appear on the Hoosier State ballot. “Nikki Haley still scrambling in Indiana with democrat county...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) criticized the Biden administration for what he called a slow response to the attack on a U.S. base in Jordan that killed three American service members, as Capitol Hill reacted Friday night to the first set of retaliatory U.S. strikes on Iranian-linked militia groups in the Middle East. “The tragic deaths...

When Punxsutawney Phil is not predicting weather outcomes, he can be found in his manmade burrow with his wife, Phyllis, enjoying a good book and reading the daily newspaper, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.

Former President Trump released a new campaign ad Friday, targeting President Biden over his recent comments on the border, as the Senate prepares to unveil a tentative bipartisan deal on border security. The video showed Biden answering a question from a member of the media that asked if there was more he could do to...

Ryan Samsel, one of the individuals who prosecutors accused of playing a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted Friday on multiple felony counts, along with four co-defendants. Samsel was one of the first people to confront the police on Jan. 6 outside the Capitol, with prosecutors saying...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered election officials to include presidential hopeful Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) on the state's Democratic primary ballot Friday. The unanimous ruling claimed Democrats on the bipartisan presidential selection committee should have held a discussion about including Phillips. The court's decision means the long-shot candidate will appear on the April 2 primary...

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Rocky Mountain gray wolves won’t get endangered species protections Gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains will not get protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced Friday. ©...

Michael Steele, the former chair of the Republican National Committee, urged lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to “take the win” in the tentative border deal as negotiations continue and uncertainty remains on whether it will pass. “Take the win. Take the win. This is a moment that, you know, when you stop and...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to designate nine toxic "forever chemicals" as “hazardous constituents” under the nation’s law for cleaning up ongoing pollution, in a move that would enable states to require cleanups if the substances are released. As part of an effort to limit contamination stemming from the class of toxic substances,...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Questions linger over cost of OTC birth control pills Over-the-counter (OTC) birth control pills are on the way, but the potential price for these contraceptives is raising concerns that accessibility may be lost if they aren’t affordable. Perrigo...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear Gov. Tony Evers’s (D) lawsuit against the Republican-controlled state Legislature, which he alleges is obstructing basic government functions. The court’s liberal majority agreed to hear the case. Its three conservative justices dissented. Oral arguments are set for April 17, The Associated Press reported. The court has only...

A defendant in the Georgia election interference case charged alongside former President Trump has doubled down on allegations Fulton County (Ga.) District Attorney Fani Willis (D) and a top prosecutor in the case began a romantic relationship prior to his hiring. Michael Roman, a 2020 Trump campaign operative, in court filings Friday urged the judge to...

A Florida advocacy group is launching an effort to put Medicaid expansion on the ballot in 2026, over the overwhelming opposition of the state’s GOP-majority Legislature. Florida is one of only 10 states that has not expanded Medicaid under ObamaCare, and proponents argue the measure would allow more than 1 million residents to gain coverage....

Florida Democrats are pushing back against a new state policy barring transgender residents from changing the gender on their driver’s licenses, decrying the abrupt change as an attack on that community and calling for the federal government to step in. Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles informed county tax collectors, which issue driver’s licenses...

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Trump warns of AI dangers Former President Trump called artificial intelligence (AI) "maybe the most dangerous thing out there" in a new interview published Friday. © AP Photo/Matt Rourke Trump first expressed concern when asked by Fox Business Network host Maria Bartiromo about...