Новости за 10.04.2024

Nicole Shanahan, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate, called Rep. Ro Khanna's (D-Calif.) open letter asking her to step down 'anti-democratic' in a social media post Tuesday. Shanahan, a Silicon Valley attorney, said the California progressive has flipped his stance after initially encouraging her to run in conversations between the two. "In...

Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a host of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men were sentenced to years in prison on state charges on Wednesday.  Former Rankin County deputies Brett McAlpin, Christian Dedmon, Jeffrey Middleton, Hunter Elward and Daniel Opdyke and former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield...

The U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA) has reduced its forecast for U.S. coal exports this month by about a third following the closure of the Port of Baltimore due to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. As a result of the closure, the EIA reduced its forecast for April coal exports by 33...

A conservative group rolled out an ad on Wednesday encouraging other Republicans to look to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on the issue of immigration following Youngkin's decision to veto state legislation that would strengthen a federal program that conservatives say has led to undocumented immigrants receiving subsidized health care.  The 30-second ad, which was  released by the...

Senate Democrats sent a letter to a federal contractor on Wednesday demanding answers about the tumultuous rollout of the new Free Application for the Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter to the CEO of General Dynamics asking about its role in the “bungled...

Hamas has told negotiators that it does not have 40 Israeli hostages that it can release as part of a temporary ceasefire deal with Israel, a source familiar with the talks confirmed to The Hill. The admission raises questions over how many of the remaining hostages kidnapped on Oct. 7 are alive, and who is...

Guests at the state dinner for Japan at the White House will dine on house-cured salmon and pistachio cake with matcha ganache, and are set to get some A-list entertainment with a performance by Paul Simon. The White House released its menu for Wednesday's state dinner, the fifth such black-tie event of the Biden administration, a...

The consensus view on abortion in the U.S. is a preference for a policy that delicately navigates the intricate terrain between protecting individual privacy and upholding the sanctity of life.

The spotlight has shined brightly on student loan servicer Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA) amid fights for student debt relief and complaints about its handling of student loan payments. And on Wednesday, Congress puts the agency in its sights, with a Senate hearing dedicated to the allegations that have clouded MOHELA’s reputation.   Supporters...

More than 200 civil advocacy groups urged leading technology companies to increase efforts to combat misinformation fueled by artificial intelligence (AI) ahead of elections across the globe, in a letter published Tuesday. The groups wrote top executives for popular technology companies including Google, Meta, Reddit, TikTok, YouTube and X, requesting "swift action" to reinforce their...

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China urgently needs to secure Western technology and investment to stabilize its economy.

More than any other issue, it will be abortion that sets fire to the GOP’s 2024 ambitions. Good.

Israel’s foreign minister threatened a strike on Iran if Tehran launched an attack from its territory in response to Israel’s strike in on an Iranian embassy compond Syria last week that killed several generals and officers. “If Iran attacks from its territory, Israel will react and attack in Iran,” Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz, wrote...

Former White House chief of staff Ron Klain on Tuesday reportedly bemoaned that President Biden is spending too much time talking about infrastructure projects like bridges as Americans deal with rising costs. “I think the president is out there too much talking about bridges,” Klain said in comments reported by Politico, which obtained audio of...

The former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization was sentenced to five months in prison Wednesday for perjury stemming from former President Trump’s civil fraud case. Allen Weisselberg, Trump’s longtime financial gatekeeper, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony perjury last month as part of a deal with the Manhattan district attorney’s office. ...

Republicans have elected Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), a prominent negotiator, as the new head of the powerful House Appropriations Committee. The House GOP conference on Wednesday adopted a unanimous recommendation from the Steering Committee backing Cole for the top spot the night before. “It's kind of hard to lose a race when you're the only...

Median rent in the U.S. rose for the third consecutive month in March, up 0.8 percent from a year ago to $1,987, according to a new report from real estate company Redfin. While rents had decreased nationally during the preceding three-month period, rental prices have started to tick up again, as has inflation. Redfin pointed...

Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly predicted former President Trump will be easily convicted in the hush money case he faces in connection with adult film star Stormy Daniels. "Oh, he’s getting convicted. I don’t really think there’s a lot of mystery about that," Kelly said Tuesday during an appearance on NewsNation's "Dan Abrams Live." "He shouldn’t,...

President Biden’s reelection campaign on Wednesday launched Out for Biden-Harris, a new national initiative aimed to mobilize LGBTQ voters. The launch includes a series of virtual organizing and training events focused on reaching new volunteers, especially in battleground states, by engaging surrogates from the community like Virginia state Sen. Danica Roem (D) and former under security of...

The bottom line is that the voters have spoken. And for all the chatter about how no one really wants Trump versus Biden, that is precisely what the American voters said they wanted.

President Biden said Tuesday that the administration is weighing whether he has the sole power to close the southern border with Mexico should the need arise. “We're examining whether or not I have that power,” Biden said in an interview with Univision's Enrique Acevedo, shared Tuesday, referencing a potential need for congressional action. "When the...

Entitled liberal media and party elites have broken into the Kennedy home and are squatting on the Kennedy name, insisting that it belongs to them.

Policymakers are increasingly pointing to an immigration influx and a bolstered U.S. labor force as a main reason the economy did so well in 2023. The U.S. economy defied expectations last year by avoiding a widely predicted recession, with real gross domestic product (GDP) growing by 2.5 percent, unemployment staying below 4 percent, stock markets...

Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and other vulnerable Senate Democrats are facing strong political blowback on a vote that will now happen next week to dismiss impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Republicans have already forced Democrats to take several tough votes on immigration and border security and are hitting them hard with attack...