Новости за 23.06.2023

Billy Porter is sharing a message for the LGBTQ community, saying “we gotta keep fighting,” as he helped light the Empire State Building in honor of Pride month. “I want to remind everybody that while we are under attack, the reason is because the change is already happening,” the “Pose” actor said Thursday at the lighting ceremony...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) declared Friday and Saturday to be “Taylor Swift Days” in the state as the singer-songwriter performs in Minneapolis as part of her “Eras Tour.” Walz tweeted an official proclamation on Friday, marking various key moments of Swift’s career in clauses in the document. The proclamation also makes several references to...

An Iowa meteorologist is leaving his job after receiving a death threat over his reporting on climate change. Chris Gloninger, the chief meteorologist at the CBS affiliate KCCI in Des Moines, said in a Twitter post on Wednesday that he is “bidding farewell” to television due to the death threat and its resulting post-traumatic stress...

Special counsel Jack Smith has reached agreements with at least two fake GOP electors to provide them limited immunity in exchange for testifying before a grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, CNN reported Friday.  People familiar with the situation told the outlet that federal prosecutors have been trying to quickly confirm...

Hundreds of sea lions and dolphins washed up dead on the shores of Southern California in recent weeks, and marine life experts are blaming green algae blooms. Last week, the state of California warned against catching and eating shellfish caught off the coast of Santa Barbara due to the toxic algae. Algae poisoning in humans...

For more than 20 years, historians, politicians and advocates have worked to build a museum exploring the African American and African diaspora in Charleston, S.C. On Saturday, the International African American Museum (IAAM) will open its doors, offering museum-goers nine galleries detailing the history, culture and impact of Black Americans. The museum was first pitched...

President Biden will travel to Chicago Wednesday to deliver a speech on the economy, the White House announced Friday. Biden’s “major address” will be on “Bidenomics,” which is the president’s “vision for growing the economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top-down,” according to the White House. Biden faces the uphill battle...

A damaged vehicle lies in a cemetery after heavy rains Sunday in Caraá, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Authorities said at least eight people are dead and 19 are missing after a severe winter storm swept through the region. Associated Press/Wesley Santos

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) will announce his presidential campaign’s border policy next Monday, marking his first major policy platform to be unveiled since he announced his bid for the 2024 Republican nomination. DeSantis will roll out his plan to secure the border at an event in Eagle Pass, Texas, his campaign said. The governor...

The campaign arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus is building a digital translation and messaging platform to help Democrats hone their campaign outreach to Hispanic voters. Bold PAC is releasing the platform periodically, focusing on different topics of interest to Latinos. The platform, Bold Translate, has launched a limited test with messaging about jobs and...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is holding her daily press briefing Friday afternoon. The press briefing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. EDT. Watch the live video above.

Interstate 95 partially reopened Friday in Philadelphia, just 12 days after a portion of the highway collapsed. Crews worked around the clock to rebuild the six-lane portion of the highway that reopened, as seen on a 24/7 livestream of the site. “To the thousands of folks, who turned on the livestream to check in on...

The MAGA Republican Party’s war on abortion has largely overshadowed its attempts to ban our right to contraception and its refusal to preserve this well-established right. Given that 90 percent of Americans support the right to use birth control, this commonsense issue should be noncontroversial.   Despite this, last year, 195 House Republicans voted against the...

Americans seeking to move out on their own outnumbered available housing by almost 2 to 1 in 2021, according to a report.  There were roughly 8 million individuals or families who lived in another person's home in 2021 and just 3.7 million homes for rent or sale, Zillow revealed Friday, leaving a deficit of 4.3...

Investigators into the death of an 8-year-old girl in federal custody at the U.S.-Mexico border reportedly say that border patrol facilities are unsafe and lack the resources necessary to care for migrants. Anadith Reyes Álvarez died after eight days in border patrol custody on May 17 after suffering from an extreme fever and a history...

Not surprisingly, calls to regulate companies that use algorithmic-based pricing are now on the rise.

Members of a House Financial Services subcommittee debated whether to decrease funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Wednesday, following a proposal from another House committee to cut funds by more than 22 billion dollars. The House Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance called HUD Inspector General Rae Oliver Davis to the hearing,...

Legislation banning transgender athletes from competing on school sports teams that aligned with their gender identity is headed to North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's (D) desk after the state House approved the measure Thursday in a 62-43 vote. The legislation was previously approved by the state Senate. While Cooper is expected to veto the measure,...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) was booed on Friday after he criticized former President Donald Trump during a Faith and Freedom Coalition event, saying in response "you can boo all you want." "Why am I running for president of the United States? I'm running because [Trump's] let us down. He has let us...

Former President Obama is defending the integrity of his annual book, music and movie lists, saying he’s “scrupulous” about ensuring he legitimately enjoys his recommendations. “Be honest with me,” comedian Hasan Minhaj said in an interview with Obama released on YouTube earlier this week. ”When you do your end-of-the-year lists, do you really read all those books,...

To view past editions of The Hill's 12:30 Report, click here: https://bit.ly/41ZMHnw To receive The Hill's 12:30 Report in your inbox, please sign up here: https://bit.ly/3qmIoS9 --> A midday take on what's happening in politics and how to have a sense of humor about it.* *Ha. Haha. Hahah. Sniff. Haha. Sniff. Ha--breaks down crying hysterically.  TALK OF THE MORNING Supreme...

A group of civil rights organizations have sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a federal civil rights investigation of the Akron, Ohio, police officers involved in the killing of Jayland Walker. Akron officers shot and killed Walker on June 27, 2022, after an attempted traffic...

A 6-year-old child with a terminal illness who was evacuated from Afghanistan in the midst of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021 died in U.S. custody last week, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The unaccompanied child died on June 13 from “severe encephalopathy,” which is a general term for diseases and...

Democratic Sens. Ed Markey (Mass.) and Gary Peters (Mich.) are requesting that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) review the potential harms of generative artificial intelligence (AI) as lawmakers mull possible regulations for the booming industry. The senators asked the nonpartisan government agency to conduct a “detailed technology assessment” of the risks of generative AI tools...

The Treasury Department announced sanctions Friday against two Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers for their role in global malign influence operations. The two officers, who were recently indicted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the same matter, are accused of influencing local elections in the U.S.  Authorities say the Russian officers recruited six...