Новости за 13.04.2024

Democratic voters in Alaska will head to the polls Saturday to cast votes in the state's primary. Biden is the only candidate on the ballot after Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), a primary challenger who was also originally on the ballot, suspended his campaign last month. The Alaska Democratic Party decided as a result to hold...

Iran has launched a significant attack of drone strikes on Israel, the White House and Israeli Defense Forces said Saturday, widening fears of a regional war in the Middle East. IDF spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the "direct attack" from Iran is a "severe and dangerous escalation." "Our defensive and offensive capabilities are at...

Israel will close schools and limit trips country-wide in anticipation of retaliatory strikes from Iran, military officials said Saturday. The temporary closures, announced by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief military spokesperson Daniel Hagari, come as fears ramp up that an attack is imminent after Iran's embassy compound in Damascus, Syria, was hit earlier this month...

Innovators in the U.S. must maintain their intellectual property rights if they are to provide the returns expected by current and future investors.

President Biden is the winner of the Wyoming Democratic presidential caucus, Decision Desk HQ has projected. Biden is already the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party, having mathematically clinched the nomination last month. His win will add at least most of the state’s 13 pledged delegates available for the winner to his total. He faced...

Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) slammed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and former President Trump’s joint press conference, saying it was full of “outright lies.” Clyburn was asked how he feels Friday’s press conference in Palm Beach, Fla., affects the Congressional Democrats’ ability to continue working with Johnson on Capitol Hill. He said the joint showing at...

Tim Murtaugh, the former 2020 Trump campaign communications director, argued that former President Trump’s ongoing legal battles are political “from beginning to end” and likely stem from him running for president again. “Talking about the trial, or jury selection is about to start on Monday, I mean, I think if you take this and then...

Biden’s newest student loan plan is likely to be invalidated by the Supreme Court under the “Major Questions Doctrine” — but he knows that.

A new form of zero-carbon, on-demand energy could help bring stability to the grid with support on both sides of the aisle — if the diverse coalition now backing it can hold together despite clashing over politics and climate action. Geothermal energy, which taps the heat of the Earth for industrial purposes or to generate electricity, represents...

Former Trump White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said the U.S. must “gird for when” his ex-boss loses in November. “I think the country has to gird for when he loses in November -- and he's gonna lose in November,” Scaramucci told anchor Abby Phillip during a “CNN NewsNight” appearance Friday a clip highlighted by...

The Biden administration is calling on Iran to release an Israeli-linked cargo ship and its crew “immediately,” following its seizure in the Strait of Hormuz Saturday. “We strongly condemn the Iranian seizure of the Portuguese flagged, British-owned MSC AIRES in international waters,” Adrienne Watson, spokesperson for the National Security Council, posted on social media platform...

Democratic voters in Wyoming are set to cast their votes in the state's caucuses Saturday. President Biden, who has already won enough delegates to clinch the party's nomination, is looking to add the state's 13 pledged delegates to his total. He is facing nominal opposition in the contest from author Marianne Williamson and entrepreneur Jason...

People cling to simplistic narratives, unable to hold multiple truths — that both innocent Israelis and innocent Palestinians are suffering.

Gov. Wes Moore (D-Md.) announced the launch of a program Friday to help Port of Baltimore businesses who were impacted by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month. "We must do everything in our power to support the 8,000 Port workers whose jobs have been directly affected by the collapse of the...

Former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Catherine Christian said she will be closely monitoring former President Trump's behavior in his first criminal trial, scheduled for Monday. Christian noted that unlike his previous civil trials, Trump will "have to sit there" and hear the things hey may not want to. “I will be watching for Donald Trump’s...

President Biden has narrowed former President Trump's lead in what is likely to be a tight rematch of the 2020 election, according to a new survey. The poll, released Saturday from The New York Times/Siena, found the former president only edged Biden out by 1 point, bringing in 46 percent to the incumbent's 45 percent....

Biden is seen as yesterday’s news to far-left and young liberal voters.

Former President Trump endorsed a challenger to Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) Friday, calling the incumbent House lawmaker a "weak and pathetic RINO" in a social media post. Trump threw his support behind Jerrod Sessler, the U.S. Navy veteran and former NASCAR driver running against Newhouse to represent the 4th Congressional District of Washington. “Jerrod Sessler...

Although we may love sports, American voters have demonstrated that we’re not always willing to give billions of dollars to billionaire team owners so that they can build stadiums where they’ll sell us $9 beers.

Multiple tribal nations in South Dakota have banned Gov. Kristi Noem (R) from their reservation land, citing her immigration, crime and race-related remarks. Relations between the governor and the tribes have been strained since she took office in 2019. But her recent comments have created even more tension, and she is now unable to step...

A voter data expert who was hired by the Trump campaign in 2020 to look for voter fraud criticized claims by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) about election integrity Friday. “Speaker Johnson is an attorney, and he should know better,” Ken Block told CNN anchor Jim Sciutto during a Friday appearance on “Erin Burnett OutFront"....

If NPR is truly only relying on federal funds for only one percent of its budget, why not make a clean break from the public dole?

With the tax filing deadline looming, the IRS is reminding taxpayers to pay close attention to credits that could potentially lower tax bills and boost refunds.

Legislation is needed to build a comprehensive national living organ donor support system consisting of three building blocks.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) called a joint press conference on "election integrity" from former President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) "absurd" Friday, given the indictments Trump faces over 2020 election interference. "I mean, it's too rich that Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are talking to us about election integrity. That's like having to...