Новости за 03.04.2024

A New York judge rejected former President Trump’s presidential immunity claims in his hush money case Wednesday, saying Trump waited too long to raise the defense.  Judge Juan Merchan’s ruling removes another pathway for Trump to delay his upcoming hush money trial, which on April 15 is slated to become the first criminal trial of...

The Supreme Court’s approval rating may be on the rise, according to a new poll. The Marquette University Law School poll, released Wednesday, found that 47 percent of Americans said they either “strongly” or “somewhat" approve of “the way the Supreme Court is handling its job” in March, up from 40 percent the previous month. ...

President Biden on Wednesday sat down for an interview with Univision, taking questions from one of the country's largest Spanish-language broadcasters. The interview will air next Tuesday, April 9, the White House said. Vanity Fair first reported that Enrique Acevedo was set to interview Biden at the White House. The outlet also reported Acevedo conducted...

One of the 12 subcommittee chairs on the powerful House Appropriations Committee is calling for the Republican Party to hold off on a speedy election for the panel's next leader. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), chair of the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees funding for departments of Labor and Health and Human Services, urged his colleagues in...

Two brothers pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday for their roles in a $22 million insider-trading scheme connected to the company that took former President Trump’s social media company public. Florida venture capitalist Michael Shvartsman, 53, and his brother, Gerald, 46, each pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud, which carries a maximum...

The White House called out the Republican Study Committee’s (RSC) budget proposal for the cuts it could mean for states to respond to the opioid crisis. In a new fact sheet first obtained by The Hill, the White House breaks down how the RSC plan would cut the nondefense budget by about 30 percent, arguing...

The sister of Ruby Garcia, a woman murdered last month in Michigan, said she was shocked to hear former President Trump claim that he spoke with her family when referencing her sister’s killing in remarks about immigration. “He did not speak with any of us, so it was kind of shocking seeing that he had...

A federal judge admonished a Jan. 6 rioter during his sentencing Wednesday after the man downplayed the severity of the riots and his violent conduct. “This cannot become normal. … We cannot condone the normalization of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot,” Judge Royce Lamberth said during the sentencing of Taylor James Johnatakis, CNN reported....

Israeli opposition leader and wartime Cabinet member Benny Gantz on Wednesday called for new elections this fall as domestic tensions roil Israel amid the war against Palestinian militant group Hamas. In a video address, Gantz said Israel is facing "tremendous challenges" but that it must strive for unity, including with allies in the U.S., while...

The former co-host of “The View,” Meghan McCain ripped the “trash” upcoming musical featuring her late father, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). “This is trash - nothing more than a gross cash grab by mediocre desperate people,” she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, in reaction to Deadline’s Tuesday article stating the musical “Ghost of...

Story at a glance The Villages, Fla. topped a list of cities with the highest ratio of people looking to move into the city to those looking to move out. In a moveBuddha report that gathered data on people’s searches from July 2023 to March 2024 with a “planned move date” at any point in...

The Biden campaign posted its best grassroots fundraising month to date in March, breaking its own record for small-dollar donations for a fifth consecutive month. The campaign exclusively told The Hill that it also saw its active email list double in size from the end of 2023 to the end of March in a sign...

Renowned chef José Andrés, founder of the food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK), called out the Israeli military on Wednesday after seven of his organization’s workers were killed in one of its airstrikes, saying the group was “systematically” targeted “car by car.” A convoy of WCK vehicles was struck multiple times by the Israeli military...

Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio joined former President Trump’s campaign as a senior adviser, Fabrizio confirmed to The Hill.  The move allows the veteran pollster to directly communicate with the Trump campaign since he previously served as a strategist for MAGA Inc., an outside group backing the former president. He was unable to before due to...

Amazon is getting rid of its “Just Walk Out” self-service technology at Amazon Fresh stores in the United States. The company told The Hill on Wednesday it is replacing the technology at stores that lets customers grab items and leave without waiting in a checkout line by tracking what they picked up with sensors and...

There’s one topic members of the media care about more in 2024 than Donald Trump — “democracy.”

Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report   The Big Story What the Florida abortion rulings mean for Biden A pair of rulings from the state Supreme Court simultaneously upheld Florida’s 15-week abortion ban and greenlit a ballot measure to enshrine protections in the state constitution, offering a potential boost to...

Just more than 20 percent of Americans indicated violence may be necessary to secure political objectives in 2024, according to an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll released Wednesday.  Roughly equivalent portions of Democratic and independent respondents said they see violence as an option, with 28 percent of Republicans agreeing violence may be a political strategy. Previous reports,...

Tourism to Yellowstone National Park produces 1.03 megatons — more than 2.3 billion pounds (1.03 billion kilograms) — of carbon dioxide emissions each year, a new study has found. Almost 90 percent of these emissions can be linked to transportation to and from the destination, according to the study, published Wednesday in PLOS Climate. "The tourism...

The Kids Online Safety Act is the only bill that would address the wide range of design-caused harms children experience online.

Following higher than expected inflation and labor market readings in January and February on the tail wind of a booming U.S. economy, Federal Reserve officials are suggesting they may keep interest rates higher for longer. “It is too soon to say whether the recent readings represent more than just a bump,” Fed Chair Jerome Powell...

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) hauled in more than $12 million in the first quarter of fundraising in the Ohio Senate race, his campaign announced Wednesday.   Brown is running against businessman Bernie Moreno (R) in November as he vies for a fourth term in the Senate. “While Sherrod’s opponent makes it clear he’s only...

The Biden administration on Wednesday barred drilling and mining in a Colorado landscape known as the Thompson Divide, an area of mountaintops, foothills and valleys in the center of the state. The administration said it would bar drilling and mining in 221,898 acres of the divide’s lands for 20 years as part of an effort...

President Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined together on Wednesday to highlight the administration's efforts to lower health care costs along with the senator's recent wins in pressuring drug companies to lower the prices of some commonly used inhalers. Gathered at the White House with health care advocates and experts, Sanders lamented that despite...

Welcome to The Hill's Sustainability newsletter {beacon} Sustainability Sustainability   The Big Story Mining for EVs, batteries could wipe out 1/3 of African great apes Mining companies hunting critical minerals could wipe out more than a third of Africa’s remaining great apes, a new study has found. © Associated Press/Schalk van Zuydam And by putting new...