Новости за 02.01.2024

California snowpack levels are lingering at just 25 percent of the to-date seasonal average, state water officials announced Tuesday. “The January snow survey is always our first big reveal of snow conditions for the year,” said Sean de Guzman of the California Department of Water Resources. “On this date last year, our statewide snowpack was...

Did you move across state lines last year? You're not alone.

Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report   The Big Story Primary season: What to watch The 2024 GOP primary kicks off in less than two weeks with the Iowa caucuses. Former President Trump has a commanding lead in polls, while his top rivals are vying to blunt his momentum in...

Two New York men were arrested in December and accused of staging fake armed robberies to make their targets eligible for a special visa for victims of violent crime. The U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts charged the two men, Rambhai Patel, 36, and Balwinder Singh, 39, each with one count of visa fraud for the scheme,...

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) on Tuesday slammed former President Trump and other high-ranking Republicans for not more forcefully condemning the heightened rhetoric of political violence, which she said often leads to actual violence and voter suppression. In an interview with CNN’s John Berman on Tuesday, Griswold reiterated her pledge not to be...

Jury selection begins Tuesday in the trial stemming from New York's lawsuit to remove longtime National Rifle Association (NRA) executive Wayne LaPierre over allegations of tax fraud. The suit threatens to further kneecap the powerful gun-rights organization as it struggles to recover from a 2021 attempted bankruptcy. The trial is set to begin next week....

The Israeli military has slowly but methodically targeted the organized weapons production line Hamas developed as it enjoyed safe haven in the Gaza Strip.

Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) says that CNN anchor Anderson Cooper doing shots on live television during the network's coverage of New Year's Eve celebrations around the world is evidence of decline in America. "Nothing is better under Joe Biden’s America," the Republican lawmaker said during an appearance on the Fox Business Network. "Heck, even Anderson Cooper is...

Dave McCormick, a Republican seeking to challenge Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) in November, met with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Israel on Tuesday. Axios reporter Barak Ravid posted photos of McCormick's trip on X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter. "Today he met w/ IDF officials at Kfar Azza. He will meet military...

Rep. Elise Stefanik, the New York Republican who chairs the House GOP conference and serves as the fourth in line in the majority party's leadership ranks, took a victory lap as Harvard University President Claudine Gay announced her resignation Tuesday. "TWO DOWN," Stefanik posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, following Gay's announcement. "Harvard knows...

Fidelity has marked down the value of its shares in X Holdings Corp., the parent company of the platform formerly known as Twitter, by 71.5 percent since Elon Musk purchased the company in October 2022. The investment firm cut its valuation of X by about 10.7 percent in November alone, from an estimated $6.3 million...

Ken Block, whom the Trump campaign hired in 2020 to find voter fraud in the election, penned an op-ed Tuesday stating unequivocally that the 2020 presidential election was not stolen and that there was no evidence of voter fraud sufficient to change the outcome of the election. “Can a steady diet of lies and innuendo...

In several areas, military-use technology is developing at a breakneck speed and diplomatic efforts to contain the dangers have yet to leave the starting blocks.

Harvard University President Claudine Gay has resigned from her position after multiple controversies clouded her short-lived administration. Gay sent an email to Harvard’s community on Tuesday announcing her resignation, saying that after discussion with the school’s governing board “it has become clear that it is in the best interests of Harvard for me to resign so that...

A super PAC backing former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's bid for the GOP presidential nomination is going after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on the issue of China in the closing days before the Iowa caucuses. The new ad hammers DeSantis for describing China as Florida's most important trading partner and for the expansion of...

A foreign exchange student has been found after being reported missing last week, according to local authorities. The student, Kai Zhuang, had been staying with a host family in Riverdale, Utah, at the time of the incident. Riverdale Police said they received a report of a kidnapping Friday. “Officers were contacted by the high school...

Snoop Dogg’s got his mind on the Olympics and the Olympics on his mind — the rapper is poised to offer his “unique take” with a series of reports for NBC at this summer’s Olympics. The “Gin and Juice” rapper will be “on site in Paris to provide regular reports” at the July Olympic games,...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley called out former President Trump for not participating in debates ahead of the Iowa caucuses, seeking to pressure the GOP front-runner to appear at an event hosted by CNN this month. Haley, the former United Nations ambassador and South Carolina governor, argued in a social media post Tuesday that it...

Former President Trump, in a new interview, signaled he plans to focus at least some of his time and energy in 2024 trying to flip traditional Democratic strongholds such as New York, New Jersey and Minnesota in the general election. “One of the other things I’m going to do — and I may be foolish...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley qualified for CNN’s GOP primary debate in Iowa next week, while former President Trump is set to counterprogram the event with a Fox News-hosted town hall.  The network reported Tuesday that DeSantis, Haley and Trump qualified for CNN’s first GOP debate, which is scheduled for...

Could Clarence Thomas possibly be “the best and most incorruptible Supreme Court justice in U.S. history”?

Supporters of Palestine will hold a "March on Washington for Gaza" next week to draw attention to the crushing human impact of the Israel-Hamas war and call for a cease-fire three months after militants launched a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and other organizers will begin the...

{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Tuesday — Happy New Year ???? Or as X user @christaylor_nyc aptly put it: “Happy Circling Back Day to all who celebrate.” Though I must admit, today still feels like a holiday. President Biden is still in St. Croix, Vice President Harris is in Los Angeles and Congress is still out of town....

A majority of the Massachusetts congressional delegation is pushing President Biden to remove Cuba from a list of governments that sponsor terrorism, a designation issued in the waning days of the Trump administration. In a December letter not previously made public, the members panned Trump's inclusion of Cuba on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list...

Law enforcement officials said Tuesday they have so far found no evidence suggesting any terrorist activity was involved in the planning or executing of the fiery car crash that took place outside the Kodak Center in Rochester, N.Y., shortly after midnight Jan. 1. At a press conference Tuesday, Rochester Police Chief David Smith identified the...