Новости за 18.01.2024

The U.S. military on Thursday conducted its fifth strike on Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, destroying two missile launchers, the Pentagon confirmed. Using Navy F-18 fighter aircraft, “U.S. Central Command forces conducted strikes on two Houthi anti-ship missiles that were aimed into the Southern Red Sea and were prepared to launch,” the command said in a statement....

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and other Senate Republicans have signed on to a brief supporting former President Trump in his Colorado ballot case at the Supreme Court. The brief argues that the decision by the Colorado Supreme Court last month to kick the former president off the ballot under Section 3 of the...

Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story  Haley bets on New Hampshire Nikki Haley faces her strongest shot yet in next week's New Hampshire primary to solidify her status as the top GOP alternative to front-runner former President Trump. © AP Photo/Matt Rourke Pressure is on for Haley...

President Biden on Thursday said that former President Trump doesn’t know what he’s talking about when it comes to the economy, citing his political rival’s comments that he expects the U.S. economy to crash. “Did you hear he wants to see the stock market crash?” Biden said Thursday during remarks in Raleigh, N.C. “We’re doing...

The Senate on Thursday passed a two-step stopgap to keep the government funded into March, as lawmakers try to quickly tie up their funding work ahead of a looming shutdown deadline and forecasts of inclement weather Friday. The Senate voted 77-18 to pass the bill Thursday afternoon, sending the legislation to the House, which is expected to...

At a New Hampshire campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (Minn.) on Thursday, former presidential candidate Andrew Yang claimed that if President Biden becomes the party’s nominee, he will “deliver to us Trump the sequel.” Yang complimented Phillips's efforts to find a younger, new candidate to represent the Democratic Party in 2024,...

If you're sick of winter, there's some good news in the latest seasonal outlook released Thursday by national forecasters – at least for the residents of all but one state.

The U.S. and nations across the world have demonstrated that we can grow healthy and fresh seafood sustainably in our waters. Now is the time to harness the potential to grow a rapidly expanding industry here at home.

President Biden is slated to deliver remarks Thursday afternoon in North Carolina, where he is set to announce $82 million in new investments to connect homes and businesses in the state to high-speed internet. Biden will go to the Raleigh-Durham area in the critical battleground state to make the announcement, alongside Gov. Roy Cooper (D). The funding...

A federal judge will require special counsel Jack Smith to seek permission before making any additional filings in former President Trump’s case for election interference, a small victory for the former president as the court otherwise declined to advance a filing designed to hold prosecutors in contempt. The effort from Trump to censure prosecutors came after...

A new national hotline to prevent potential mass shooters from carrying out acts of violence was launched by a group of Florida advocates Thursday. The new hotline will be monitored 24/7 by staffers who have been trained to talk with potential mass shooters leading up to a planned shooting. Sean Cononie, an advocate who runs...

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) will investigate the environmental impact of idled “zombie” coal mines in response to an October request from several congressional Democrats, a GAO spokesperson confirmed. In October, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and seven House Democrats wrote to the GAO to ask for a probe into such mines, which often qualify as...

Rather than reducing emissions, punishing the clean American oil and gas industry will drive up methane emissions on a global scale.

The Georgia judge overseeing former President Trump’s criminal case scheduled a hearing next month to weigh accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) hired her romantic partner as a top prosecutor on the case. Judge Scott McAfee scheduled the hearing for Feb. 15 and directed Willis to respond to the allegations in writing...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Thursday fended off criticism from New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) after he mocked Paul for his campaign against former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (R) and said “nobody cares” what the Kentucky senator has to say. “Well, 10 million people viewed my opinion online, and that's a few people. The...

The government of Texas and the Biden administration are in a legal standoff over a public park along the U.S.-Mexico border, where Texas National Guard soldiers have blocked access to Border Patrol officials. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday repudiated a demand from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide Border Patrol officials...

Cheryl Hines says it was never her fantasy to be first lady, but she’d welcome it if her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., wins his long-shot White House bid. “If you’re asking me, ‘Has this been my dream, to be first lady?’ I would say, ‘No,’” Hines said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, published Thursday....

President Biden said Thursday that former President Trump’s GOP primary win in Iowa earlier in the week meant nothing. Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, coasted to victory in the Iowa caucuses, with news outlets declaring him the winner just 30 minutes after caucusing began. “I don't think Iowa means anything. The president got...

President Biden on Thursday signaled there likely will be more U.S. strikes against the Houthis, acknowledging the Iranian-backed military group in Yemen has not been deterred by an initial response from the Biden administration and its allies. Biden was asked while departing for North Carolina if strikes against the Houthis were working. “Well, when you...

The White House argued Thursday that the House GOP’s push to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is unconstitutional, urging lawmakers to drop it and work with President Biden on immigration reform. White House oversight spokesperson Ian Sams in a memo with the title “Legal Experts and Constitutional Scholars Agree: Mayorkas Impeachment Stunt is Baseless...

President Biden is heading to North Carolina on Thursday to announce $82 million in new investments to connect homes and businesses in the state to high-speed internet. He will go to the Raleigh-Durham area in the critical battleground state to make the announcement, alongside Gov. Roy Cooper (D). The funding comes from the American Rescue...

Jim Irsay has made few public appearances since mid-December, and even skipped a planned performance of the Jim Irsay Band in Los Angeles.

Jason Kelce became emotional while discussing Monday's game, which has since been rumored to be his last.

Movie star and former Governer of California Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained at Munich Airport for several hours over an unregistered luxury watch, according to the German newspaper BILD.

Dejan Milojević suffered a heart attack while at a private team dinner in Salt Lake City.