Новости за 04.12.2023

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday said President Biden finds the use of rape as a weapon of war "reprehensible," when she was asked about Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s (D-Wash.) recent comments on rapes being committed by Hamas fighters. CNN anchor Dana Bash on Sunday pressed Jayapal on the silence from some fellow progressive leaders on...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is heading to Mexico on Tuesday, with a double duty to strengthen cooperation against drug trafficking and to expand the bilateral trade relationship. Yellen is scheduled to meet with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and her counterpart, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit Rogelio Ramírez de la O, on Thursday, following meetings...

A U.S. official on Monday said that Hamas is likely holding back from releasing further civilian women the group kidnapped from Israel to prevent testimony on sexual violence committed against them. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller made the remarks during a briefing with the press, echoing the administration’s view that Hamas is to blame for...

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have publicly condemned the antisemitic protest that took place outside a restaurant that serves Israeli food in Philadelphia. Demonstrators supporting Palestinians gathered outside of Goldie, which is part of a restaurant group co-owned by Israeli-born Michael Solomonov, calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war Sunday night, according...

One of the three Palestinian American students shot in Burlington, Vermont last week is paralyzed, but is still hoping to start his upcoming college semester "on time," his family announced in a fundraising statement. Hisham Awartani's family said he is paralyzed from the chest down after he and his two friends, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Ali...

If you have an iPhone or other iOS device that doesn't have automatic updates turned on, you should install the latest security fix immediately, Apple says.

The families of shooting victims have filed a lawsuit against Dollar General after a racially motivated attack in Jacksonville, Fla., left three shoppers dead this summer.  Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Michael Haggard filed the lawsuit against the bargain store and the parents of the shooter on behalf of the families of the...

House Republicans ramping up their impeachment inquiry are touting subpoenaed financial records that show President Biden received monthly payments from a business account for his son Hunter Biden in between his time as vice president and president. But Hunter Biden’s attorney is pushing back at the House GOP, saying that the monthly $1,380 transfers account...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called out some delegations at the COP28 climate summit on Sunday for not having enough women. Clinton at an Atlantic Council event spoke about how policymakers could empower women to become involved in climate change discussions. She said that there has been a rollback of women’s rights opportunities in numerous countries,...

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At least nine relatives of a CNN producer were killed in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza, according to the news outlet. CNN reported that Ibrahim Dahman, 36, was informed Sunday at least nine of his relatives who were trapped in northern Gaza were killed when a strike hit his aunt's home in Beit Lahia....

The Supreme Court hung a black drape over the courtroom doors in remembrance of the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who died on Friday at the age of 93. O’Connor, the first woman to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, served for more than 24 years on the bench. She died following complications from dementia....

Former President Trump attacked the Drudge Report in a post on Sunday, suggesting the conservative news aggregator was on the decline because its coverage of Trump had soured.   “Something happened, but when Drudge went anti-Trump, the site fell apart, very much like Ron DeSanctus,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “It happened instantly,...

Florida man versus Florida man in a football showdown? Former President Trump is blaming Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his bitter rival in the battle for the GOP presidential nomination, for the College Football Playoff committee’s decision to exclude Florida State's football team from the playoffs despite its undefeated season. "Florida State was treated very badly...

At this year’s United Nations climate conference (COP28), the summit’s president Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber — who also leads the United Arab Emirates’s national oil company — sparked controversy over the weekend by attacking the science on climate change. “There is no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says that the phase-out of fossil fuel is what’s...

Supreme Court justices appeared divided on Monday over Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy deal, questioning whether it can immunize the Sackler family from civil lawsuits for their role in the opioid crisis. Described by experts as among the most important corporate bankruptcy cases in decades, the dispute will dictate the fate of the years-in-the-making settlement and more...

HBO is set to produce a movie Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who was just expelled from Congress after a damning ethics report. Deadline reported on Monday that the network has optioned the rights to author Mark Chiusano’s new book on the disgraced politician.  Chiusano’s book, "The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American...

Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R) is demanding that members of the College Football Playoff committee turn over text, emails and notes related to its decision to exclude Florida State University’s undefeated football team from the college playoffs. Scott in a letter to Boo Corrigan, the chairman of the selection committee, demanded “total transparency from the...

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) said Monday she was doxxed three times because of her condemnation of Hamas’s use of rape against Israeli women but added she is now even more committed to calling attention to the issue. “The very first week of this attack after Hamas, I condemned the raping of women and said that...

The more politicians lie, the more people come to see it as an inevitable part of political life.

California, along with a group of international partners, announced the official kickoff of a subnational partnership focused on reducing methane, on the sidelines of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai this weekend. The Subnational Methane Action Coalition, unveiled at the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP28) on Sunday, aims to further cooperation among jurisdictions that...

Story at a glance Most U.S. families got wealthier during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Pew Research Center study released Monday.   But wealth gaps existed and persist among different racial and income groups. The study divides U.S. households into four groups, “poorer,” “more solvent,” “wealthier” and “richer,” with each category representing...

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We can’t lose the valuable collection that has helped to keep Americans safe. With new constraints in place, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act needs to be reauthorized before the end of the year.

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) offered a stark warning Monday to those planning to vote for former President Trump, suggesting that it could be the last democratic election in the United States if the former president returns to the White House. "I hope that there are options and alternatives that reflect the important challenges that...