Новости за 19.02.2024

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) “dream blunt rotation” consists only of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, according to a recent interview. “Pod Save America” host Jon Favreau asked the Massachusetts Democrat to choose four people out of a list he provided to join her in a “dream blunt rotation," which he defined as “a group of people you'd hypothetically...

It is time to remember past lessons and couple them with 21st century technology to ensure that tomorrow’s air is as safe as our water.

Back-to-back decisions in two civil cases involving former President Trump dealt a staggering blow to the real estate mogul’s fortune. In Trump’s civil fraud case, a New York judge ordered the former president to pay a nearly $355 million penalty, plus interest, after finding he falsely altered his net worth on key financial statements to receive...

So much for backyard BBQs and tailgate parties: Two Colorado students have turned their cornhole skills into college scholarship.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) hit back at former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday after he said she needs help “to straighten out her life” last week, twisting the insult into a fundraising pitch. McCarthy went after Mace on Tuesday in a Capitol Hill visit. The pair have feuded after she was one of eight...

California regulators have released official plans for phasing out fracking in the Golden State — nearly three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) declared his intentions to do so. The proposed regulation would amend the state's Public Resources Code by including a clause "to phase out permits to conduct well stimulation treatments," according to a notice from...

The publisher of The New York Times acknowledged in a recent interview that the White House has been unhappy with how the newspaper has been covering President Biden and concerns about his age. "We are just stating the truth fully and plainly, but we are also doing that in a way that is unemotional. We...

Age is not the most important issue in this election. The candidates' values, motives and deeper mental health matter.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Monday touted his role in driving several high-profile members of Congress from the legislative body, pointing to their departures as evidence of his success. In a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Gaetz said he loves a recent CNN article that reported on the trend of “rising stars”...

The European Commission opened a formal investigation to review whether the social media app TikTok violated new rules in place that aim to protect minors online, it announced Monday.   The investigation will review if TikTok, owned by the Chinese-based parent company ByteDance, breached the Digital Services Act (DSA), the EU’s new online children protection...

Israeli officials appear to have set a deadline to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah — the largest refugee camp in the coastal territory — for the Muslim holy day of Ramadan on March 10. Benny Gantz, a member of the Israeli war Cabinet, delivered an ultimatum at a Sunday event with the Conference...

Instead of trying to be the last analog president, Biden should adopt an entirely different strategy, suited to the modern internet age, in a way that showcases him doing what he does best — being presidential.

An Oregon man who allegedly broke a Speaker of the House sign during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has been arrested, authorities say. David Medina, 34, was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges, the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington announced Friday. He is charged with multiple misdemeanor charges, including destruction of government...

Rep. Mark Takano’s (D-Calif.) grandfather came to America in 1916, at the age of 18, in the hopes of achieving his own American Dream.  Instead, in 1942, he and his wife were incarcerated in a Japanese internment camp. “Here’s my grandfather and my grandmother, who was American born, who were punished for something they never...

It's not often that a minor change in a law's text can save countless lives. But that's why the ORPHAN Cures Act enjoys such broad, bipartisan support.

An aide for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that his body will not be released for two weeks pending further examination. “The investigators told the lawyers and Alexey's mother that they would not give them the body. The body will be under some sort of 'chemical examination' for another 14 days,"...

Election handicapper Nate Silver, the founder of FiveThirtyEight, on Monday called on President Biden to reassure voters he is capable of running a campaign. Otherwise, Silver said, Biden should step aside ahead of the August nominating convention and let the party select a new candidate. “Biden needs to reassure the American public that he's capable...

The first case was reported Thursday and three others were confirmed Saturday.

Santa Barbara County, Calif., has issued evacuation warnings ahead of the latest storm set to slam the state this week. National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters warned of possible flooding, strong winds and potential tornadoes across parts of California. The severe weather could last through Wednesday, with forecasters warning of a moderate risk of excessive rainfall...

Ted Cruz (R-Texas) may be right for the wrong reason, but the airport security screening system can be improved.

Houthi rebels in Yemen on Monday claimed they nearly sunk a British ship in the Gulf of Aden, one day after the U.S. carried out self-defense strikes that took out an underwater drone for the first time. A Houthi statement carried by pro-Iranian media channels said fighters carried out a "special military operation" that struck...

Comedian and "Last Week Tonight" host John Oliver is urging Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign, offering him $1 million per year to do so. Oliver railed against the conservative justice during the 11th season premiere of his weekly show on Sunday, saying Thomas had made the lives of Americans "demonstrably worse," and promising...

Michael Cohen said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is asking his country what it can do to help former President Trump as his legal fines continue to mount. Cohen, who previously served as Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, suggested that Putin may be looking into how he can help Trump after a judge ordered the...

With no management training to assess the performance of remote staff, managers adopted an “out of sight, out of mind” attitude and underestimated their productivity.

President Biden’s reelection campaign hammered former President Trump on Monday for coming in last among presidents in a new survey. Trump, Biden’s likely rival in November, found himself at the very bottom of the list, while Biden was ranked the 14th-best president in the 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey, which was conducted from Nov. 15...