Новости за 09.02.2024

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation advanced a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) bill Thursday tackling issues including accessibility and foreign aviation safety measures. "This bipartisan bill delivers improvements to aviation safety and consumer protections that Americans have been demanding,” said Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), chair of the Commerce Committee, in its press release...

The Biden administration announced Thursday it will invest $1.5 billion in transit manufacturing, including zero-emission buses. The White House announced it met with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to discuss building clean transit buses and how the government can manufacture them at the “scale and pace needed to meet market demand and achieve national climate...

Vice President Harris on Friday slammed a special counsel report on President Biden’s handling of classified materials as “politically motivated.” "As a former prosecutor, the comments that were made by that prosecutor: gratuitous, inaccurate, and inappropriate,” Harris told reporters when asked about special counsel Robert Hur’s report, which cleared Biden of wrongdoing but offered an...

Former Attorney General Eric Holder went after a recently released special counsel report on President Biden’s retention of classified documents Friday. “Special Counsel Hur report on Biden classified documents issues contains way too many gratuitous remarks and is flatly inconsistent with longstanding [Department of Justice] traditions,” Holder said Friday in a post on X, the...

Segment recorded earlier White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will give a daily press briefing Friday afternoon that is likely to be dominated by questions about President Biden's age and memory after a special counsel report was released Thursday. The report from special counsel Robert Hur on his findings regarding Biden's alleged mishandling of documents...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said an operator of a 737 Max plane discovered loose bolts in a rudder control system for the plane. The FAA said it received a report about a missing nut, washer and "migrated" bolt in the system from an operator in December of last year. It said Boeing then...

Colin Jost could soon be saying, “Live from Washington, it’s the White House Correspondents' Association dinner!” The “Saturday Night Live” writer and “Weekend Update” co-anchor will serve as the entertainer at the annual journalist, celebrity and lawmaker-filled gala April 27 in Washington, the White House Correspondents' Association announced Friday. “Colin Jost knows how to make...

First lady Jill Biden asked top aides why they didn’t stop President Biden during a press conference that lasted almost two hours in January 2022, according to an upcoming book. “She had watched the news conference, and the look on her face told everyone in the room — from the president on down — that...

Riyadh has no intention of letting Washington take it for granted.

Israel struck the southern Gaza city of Rafah, following a warning from the Biden administration officials and aid agencies to Israel against expanding its ground offensive in the territory there, according to The Associated Press. Airstrikes, occurring overnight and into Friday, struck two residential buildings in the southern city. In central Gaza, two other places...

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley described the special counsel report on President Biden’s handling of classified documents “unbelievably disturbing” in an interview late Thursday. “It is unbelievably disturbing that they are showing that they see Biden to not have a good memory, that they see him as diminished, that they see that it's a problem,...

Assessment of Trump’s eligibility should move beyond the 14th Amendment to recognize the significance of the Constitution’s first reference to disqualification.

The delay of elections places Senegal’s democratic traditions under scrutiny and puts its ruling government on the brink.

Mexico's opposition presidential candidate says U.S. officials are missing the mark on bilateral relations, too focused on migration and fentanyl ahead of the November elections and ignoring the consequences of democratic decline south of the border. Xóchitl Gálvez, who leads a motley opposition coalition ahead of Mexico’s June vote, warned that the Biden administration is...

Not only can Taylor Swift bring fans to stadiums across the world for her sold-out “Eras” tour, she can also get them to head to the ballot box: A new poll finds that 1 in 6 adults said they were “more likely to vote” if Swift or her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis...

Former President Trump is projected to win the Nevada GOP’s caucus, according to Decision Desk HQ, two days after fellow presidential candidate Nikki Haley lost in a primary there that didn't count toward the nomination. The state GOP’s rules barred Haley from being in the caucus due to her participation in the primary, where she suffered...

Students at Stanford University are protesting a new school ban on overnight sit-in camping. Pro-Palestinian students protesting the Israel-Hamas war who have camped outside for 112 days have called for supporters to rally against the ban after it was announced by the university on Thursday night. In a statement Thursday, the university said it would...

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) called on members of the Biden administration to “explore” removing President Biden under the 25th Amendment after a special counsel cleared him of wrongdoing but painted him as an elderly man with a failing memory. In a letter obtained by The Hill, Tenney wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday...

Senior White House officials met with Arab and Muslim American community leaders in Michigan Thursday, amid frustrations in those communities over the president’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. “This meeting was held to ensure that the White House and those with the ability to change the course of the genocide unfolding in Gaza very clearly...

The families of those who died in the Maui fire last year could receive up to $1.5 million in compensation if they choose to not sue state agencies and companies involved. Gov. Josh Green (D) made the announcement at a press conference marking the six-month mark since a wildfire swept the tourist town of Lahaina...

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser signed an executive order Thursday that outlined how she plans to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into local government agencies. “We are going to make sure DC is at the forefront of the work to use AI to deliver city services that are responsive, efficient, and proactive,” Bowser said in a...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Thursday there is no organization that could effectively replace the U.N.'s Palestinian aid agency, known as UNRWA. UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, is under scrutiny after Israel alleged that 12 of its employees were involved in Hamas’s attack on Israel. The U.S.,...

Trader Joe's on Wednesday recalled four items containing cotija cheese over a potential listeria contamination following an announcement by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The grocery store announced that the recalled items are chicken enchiladas verde, cilantro salad dressing, an elote chopped salad kit and the southwest salad. “If you purchased any of these...

LEESBURG, Va. — President Biden called former President Trump and his allies in Congress losers while rallying House Democrats Thursday. Biden projected confidence ahead of 2024, when House Democrats are looking to win back the lower chamber, and noted that 2022 marked a good year for Democrats who experienced better-than-expected midterm results and created razor...

Former President Trump on Thursday deemed it “selective prosecution” after a special counsel report found President Biden “willfully” held onto classified documents but stopped short of any charges. “THIS HAS NOW PROVEN TO BE A TWO-TIERED SYSTEM OF JUSTICE AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL SELECTIVE PROSECUTION!” Trump said in a statement. Special counsel Robert Hur released a 388-page...