Новости за 05.01.2024

A group of House Democrats joined with activists Friday in front of the Capitol, warning about the future of the country on the day before the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. “The struggle that began on Jan. 6 in this building continues to this day,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said. “Joe Biden...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) believes more police officers were injured in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol than officially reported, a prosecutor said Thursday. U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves for the District of Columbia said the attack was likely “the largest single-day, mass assault of law enforcement officers in our nation’s history.” “One...

Fully undoing the embargo — a key facet of recent congressional appeals to annul the Monroe Doctrine — may take some time. But delisting Cuba from the SSOT is a simple first step.

It's been a year since the classroom shooting in which a 6-year-old shot his teacher, Abby Zwerner, at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hold a virtual summit later this month focused on ways to protect consumers and competition as the artificial intelligence (AI) field evolves, the agency announced Friday. The summit on Jan. 25 will include representatives from academia, industry, civil society organizations and government to discuss the state of AI...

A three-state solution is a better vision than a half-century two-state failure. A new Gaza under the promise of the Abraham Accords heralds a new and peaceful Middle East.

Ahead of the three-year anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, about 1,000 rioters have either pleaded guilty or been convicted of crimes ranging from felonies such as seditious conspiracy and assaulting police officers to misdemeanors such as trespassing.  More than 1,200 individuals have been charged with federal crimes over...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that the U.S. economy is achieving a “soft landing” as inflation continues to ease without showing signs of a significant economic downturn. “What we’re seeing now I think we can describe as a soft landing, and my hope is that it will continue,” Yellen said in an interview on CNN....

The Department of State is offering rewards of up to $10 million for information that will lead to the disruption of the financial network of the terror group Hamas amid its ongoing war with Israel. The department’s Rewards for Justice program is looking for information on five financial facilitators who help manage Hamas’s investment portfolios...

Why pick a time like this, when the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge is finally giving ground, to kick the shins of American consumers who’d like to reduce their carbon footprints willingly?

Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said Friday that the House Republicans’ trip to the border this week left her with growing concerns over whether a partial government shutdown can be avoided later this month. “I know all of you saw the trip to the border ... some of the things...

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) warned of a "real, present, and urgent" threat to America's democracy in an op-ed in The Atlantic on Friday, marking three years since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Pelosi, who was Speaker at the time of the insurrection, detailed her experience attempting to certify President Biden's victory...

A group of voters, including the former mayor of Boston, filed a challenge to former President Trump’s ballot qualifications in Massachusetts on Friday, claiming he should be barred from the ballot due to the 14th Amendment. Free Speech for People, the same organization that pushed for 14th Amendment challenges in Minnesota, Michigan, Oregon, and Illinois,...

House Oversight Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) is slated to hold a news conference Friday regarding the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and threats on democracy. Raskin is expected to be joined by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.). The event is scheduled for 11 a.m. EST. Watch...

A Florida ballot measure aimed at protecting abortion rights in the state has gotten enough signatures to qualify for the 2024 ballot, according to data the Florida Department of Elections published Friday. The measure acquired 910,946 verified signatures, more than the approximately 890,000 needed to qualify. Floridians Protecting Freedom, the group pushing for the ballot...

The House Judiciary Committee will mark up a resolution next week to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress after he defied a subpoena by failing to appear for a deposition. Biden, the president’s son, was due to appear last month before investigators from a trio of committees investigating his business dealings. Instead, he spoke...

The Trump campaign on Friday rolled out a new ad ripping President Biden's economic record as Biden is set to deliver a major address warning former President Trump poses a grave threat to democracy. The ad, titled "History Lesson," cites differences in gas prices, mortgage rates and retirement savings under Trump compared to during Biden's...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved Florida’s plan to import certain prescription drugs directly from Canada, the first time a state has ever been allowed to do so. The approval marks a major shift in U.S. drug policy, and comes despite fierce opposition from the pharmaceutical industry, which is likely to sue. The...

CNN analyst Van Jones called Nikki Haley's attempt this week to explain previous comments she made on the Civil War "painful" to listen to. Asked about her recent failure to cite slavery as a cause of the Civil War, Haley said during a CNN town hall Thursday she "should have said slavery" when asked about...

Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley promoted a prominent conservative military officer in her latest GOP presidential campaign ad targeted at New Hampshire voters, just weeks from the Granite State primary. Gen. Don Bolduc was the GOP nominee for the New Hampshire Senate seat in 2022, but maintains his reputation as a...

No crypto company should be allowed to operate without adequate capital, liquidity, security, governance, and stability standards.

Former President Trump told fellow GOP presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday he should “get on a plane and go back to Florida." Each has planned events this weekend in Iowa to campaign ahead of the Hawkeye State's caucuses. “Ron DeSanctimonious has one minor flaw against the Democrats — He has ZERO...

SpaceX sued the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Thursday, claiming the oversight agency’s structure violates the Constitution. The moves comes after the NLRB filed a complaint against SpaceX on Wednesday, alleging that the company unlawfully fired eight employees who drafted and circulated an open letter detailing workplace concerns. The SpaceX suit describes that complaint...

Some workers will benefit, but many others will see their hours cut and benefits slashed or end up losing their jobs to compensate for the higher costs

A substantial winter storm is set to hit much of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic this weekend, with the worst of the weather expected on Saturday and Sunday. Snow is expected to pile up from western Maryland to southern Maine, with the wide-range Nor'easter also bringing severe ice that could make roads treacherous, the National Weather...