Новости за 17.04.2024

The Democratic House trio who became known as the “Three Amigos” for their defiant efforts to protect undocumented immigrants are now urging the Biden administration to use its executive powers to grant legal work permits for that group. Reps. Jesús “Chuy” García (Ill.), Adriano Espaillat (N.Y.) and Lou Correa (Calif.) will deliver a letter Wednesday...

I don’t know Uri Berliner, but I’m pretty sure we have a few things in common.

A majority of Americans say the charges against former President Trump in his New York hush money case are “serious,” according to a new poll. The Yahoo News/YouGov poll found 57 percent of Americans agree that “falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments to a porn star” is a “serious crime,” a record high...

The governors of six Southern states warned workers that joining the United Auto Workers (UAW) union would threaten their job security and the “values we live by.”  The joint statement, signed on by Republican Govs. Bill Lee (Tenn.), Kay Ivey (Ala.), Brian Kemp (Ga.), Tate Reeves (Miss.), Henry McMaster (S.C.), and Greg Abbott (Texas), was...

Artificial intelligence is making ransomware faster and easier to use as the online crime hits record levels, experts said at a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing on Tuesday. “We have tremendous concern about the future of AI and the direction it is allowing criminal actors to take, including more sophisticated deepfakes that ultimately form the...

Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) urged the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday to consider age-verification requirements for social media ahead of the panel’s hearing on data privacy and kids’ online safety legislation. The Democratic lawmaker pointed to his own legislation, the Verifying Kids’ Online Privacy Act, which would require social media to develop methods...

National Guard soldiers are slated to testify Wednesday before the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight about the response to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The hearing comes as the scope of a federal obstruction law used against scores of Jan. 6 rioters — and former President Trump — drew scrutiny from the Supreme Court...

Attorneys for Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) may argue that his wife, Nadine Menendez, withheld information connected to the allegations they face in federal court, according to newly unsealed court documents. The court documents were unsealed to some media outlets after a coalition of news organizations filed a motion asking Judge Sidney H. Stein to do...

His fellow “Oprah Winfrey Show” alum traded medicine for the campaign trail, but "Dr. Phil" McGraw says there's "not a chance" he'll follow Mehmet Oz's path and enter politics. "I don't know enough about it," McGraw said, before conceding, "Some people might consider that a plus." Oz attempted to parlay his broadcast success as TV's...

Ford will issue a recall of an estimated 456,565 vehicles because of a low battery issue that can result is loss of drive power, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The recall applies to certain Ford Bronco Sport SUVs, manufactured between 2021 and 2024, and certain Ford Maverick vehicles, manufactured in 2022...

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) launched a $1 million ad buy on Monday in the state’s Senate race as the Republican vies for a victory in what has largely been a blue state in presidential and Senate races. Hogan, a popular governor, would be the first Republican to serve as a senator from Maryland...

Democratic candidates Peter Herzberg and Mai Xiong are projected to win their special elections in two Michigan state House races, allowing the party to regain full control of the state Legislature, according to Decision Desk HQ. Xiong defeated Republican Ronald Singer in District 13, which includes parts of Detroit, Center Line and Warren in Macomb...

An elections handicapper moved its rating of the Arizona Senate race from “toss-up” to “leans Democratic” in response to a state Supreme Court ruling reinstating a 19th-century abortion ban.  Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics said in a release Wednesday that it moved its rating toward Democrats because of the...

Decisive action is desperately needed to stem this repugnant tide of bigotry.

Columbia University is in the hot seat as House Republicans are ready to question four of its top officials Wednesday in a hearing regarding antisemitism on campus.   Columbia President Nemat Shafik, along with two members of the board of trustees and a professor, will be questioned by the House Education and the Workforce Committee...

U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) director Kiran Ahuja announced she will be leaving her role in the next several weeks. The OPM works as the human resource office for the federal government and recruits and retains more than 2.2 million federal employees. “Serving in the Biden-Harris Administration, and in support of the 2.2 million...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is launching a national awareness campaign aimed at educating the public about the threat of child sex exploitation and preventing crimes from occurring, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. The initiative, called Know2Protect, is what DHS described as a “first-of-its-kind” campaign that brings together public and private sector companies to...

Most student loan borrowers say they have delayed major life events due to their debt, according to a recent study. The Lumina Foundation-Gallup 2024 State of Higher Education study, released Wednesday, found 71 percent of borrowers said they needed to delay at least one major life event because of their student loans. Survey respondents were...

In Florida, Catholic school enrollment is up 9 percent over the last decade. School choice is a big reason why.

Former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori said he is “worried” about the safety of the jurors who will be seated in former President Trump’s hush money trial. Khardori told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that some of the jurors may be concerned about the amount of personal information being made public about them. The first seven jurors were picked...

Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin suggested former President Trump’s remarks after the second day of the hush money trial — centered on the falsification of business records — could possibly hurt him. Toobin implied to CNN’s Anderson Cooper Tuesday night that the comments, which "could be played before the jury," may come back to haunt the...

I honestly don’t know what all the hubbub is about. After all, giving authority over abortion to the states has been Republican orthodoxy for nearly five decades.

It all begins with a few simple words from Biden.

Grumbling in the Senate over how – and when – to reauthorize the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers is renewing questions over whether the foreign spy program may be plunged into a legal gray area. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is set to expire April 19, igniting a rush for those concerned...

Supporters of a bipartisan tax deal that sailed through the House in January are growing impatient as the measure stalls in the Senate amid Republican opposition to the bill’s expansion of a credit for working families. The deal, known as the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, pairs an expansion of the child...