Новости за 28.02.2024

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering taking steps to prevent domestic abusers from using smart car services to track, harass and intimidate their partners. FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel proposed Wednesday that the agency look at using existing law, specifically the Safe Connections Act, to ensure car manufacturers and wireless service providers are protecting domestic...

President Biden said Wednesday that he was sorry to hear Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) is stepping down and praised him for his honesty. "I'm sorry to hear McConnell stepped down. ... I've trusted him, and we have a great relationship. We fight like hell. But he has never, never, never misrepresented anything. I'm...

President Biden on Wednesday welcomed local police chiefs and law enforcement officials to the White House to discuss his administration’s efforts to fight crime, looking to rebut the narrative pushed by former President Trump and other Republicans that violent crime is rampant. "As president, public safety and crime reduction is a top priority for my...

Recorded earlier President Biden is delivering a briefing Wednesday to emphasize the administration’s efforts to combat a reversal of the long-standing decline in serious crimes. The White House is pointing to the resources it has provided to local law enforcement authorities received through the American Rescue Plan as one way it is battling crime. The...

Four eye ointments are being voluntarily recalled after a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection noted a “lack of sterility assurance” at the facility where the products were held. The FDA on Monday published the Brassica Pharma Pvt. Ltd. company announcement from Feb. 12, which warned patients that “there is a potential risk of eye...

President Biden’s reelection campaign acknowledged the contingent of voters who cast a ballot for "uncommitted" during Michigan's primary election Tuesday, which exposed a weakness for Biden in a key state he needs to win in November. The protest campaign, which advocated for Michiganders to vote uncommitted based on their anger over Biden’s handling of Israel's...

For Chris Stirewalt, the launch of a new Sunday morning public affairs show is serious business, saying the time slot “comes with a promise to the audience that you’re going to provide something that is good.” “Not just that it's good content, but that it helps them be better citizens, helps them be better Americans,...

President Biden will get his annual physical done Wednesday, the White House said, as questions about his age and ability to serve a second term hover over his reelection campaign. Biden departed for Walter Reed Medical Center in Maryland on Wednesday morning, and the White House is expected to publicly release a written summary of...

Following the death of 116-year-old Edith “Edie” Ceccarelli in Northern California, a 114-year-old woman in Texas has become the oldest living American.

President Biden will issue an executive order Wednesday preventing large-scale transfers of Americans' personal data to U.S. adversaries including Russia, China and Iran. The executive order directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish protections for genomic data, biometric data, personal health data, geolocation data, financial data and sensitive government-related data. “Our intelligence community has...

President Biden faced his first challenging day in the Democratic primary process on Tuesday as Michigan voters went to the polls. The problem for the president was not the token opposition from Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) but, rather, the push for a protest vote over Biden’s vigorous support for Israel during its assault on Gaza....

Organizers behind the Michigan campaign to vote “uncommitted” to protest against President Biden in the state’s Democratic primary claimed victory on Tuesday even as the incumbent easily won the contest. “Our movement emerged victorious tonight and massively surpassed our expectations. Tens of thousands of Michigan Democrats, many of whom who voted for Biden in 2020,...

An Indiana man has pled guilty to threatening to kill an election worker in Michigan, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday. Andrew Nickels, 37, of Carmel, Ind., called the clerk of a local election office and left a voicemail threatening to kill the official shortly after the 2020 election. According to the information released...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) called on Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley to drop out of the race after she was easily defeated in the Michigan GOP primary Tuesday. Trump is projected to beat Haley in Michigan Tuesday night, just days after winning the primary in South Carolina, Haley’s home state, securing another win...

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) said that the prosecution of former President Trump in his Georgia election interference case, led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D), is looking more political in Tuesday comments. Georgia’s governor said that he has to be “careful” when talking about the topic, but shared that he thinks the...

“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary predicted immigration will be the “number one issue” in the upcoming election for both the Republican and Democratic parties. “Right now, on a bipartisan basis, this is the number one issue,” O’Leary said while appearing on “Jesse Waters Primetime” on Tuesday. O’Leary argued that immigration has changed a bit as...

Actor Hill Harper, who left "The Good Doctor" and launched a Democratic bid for a Michigan Senate seat, argued that more Democratic lawmakers should be calling for a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas. “I’m very proud of being a Democrat, but our party’s gotten off course,” Harper said in an interview with...

Former President Trump easily won Michigan’s GOP primary on Tuesday, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, extending his early-state dominance over rival Nikki Haley. Trump won the Great Lakes State’s presidential preference primary just days after beating Haley in her home state of South Carolina, clearing the last major contest before the dozen-plus primaries...

President Biden was projected to win the Michigan Democratic primary, according to Decision Desk HQ, scoring a critical win in the battleground state. Biden won Michigan back in 2020, but has seen recent pushback from progressives and Arab Americans in the state over his administration’s actions amid the Israel-Hamas war. An option on the ballot for voters to pick “uncommitted" had...

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed Indiana’s ban on care for transgender youth to take effect. The court issued a stay Tuesday, overturning a June decision from a federal judge that blocked the health care ban. The three-judge panel heard oral arguments in the case on Feb. 16 and released its decision Tuesday,...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) said that city lawmakers should modify its sanctuary city law to allow migrants who commit violent crimes to be deported. Adams’s Tuesday comments come as migration into New York City comes under criticism from lawmakers and law enforcement. Adams and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) have long pressured...

A judge on Tuesday affirmed the removal of Kristina Karamo as chair of the Michigan GOP, weighing in on a contentious leadership dispute within the state party. Kent County Circuit Judge J. Joseph Rossi issued a preliminary injunction to bar Karamo from conducting business as the party chair, according to a court document shared by...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday blasted former President Trump's “divisive and repugnant” comments suggesting that his multiple criminal indictments have upped his standing among Black Americans. “Just being very candid here, it's repugnant, and it’s divisive to traffic in racist stereotypes. That's what we have seen. And that affect[s] all Americans, right?...

Story at a glance Almost 70 percent of Americans don’t think that new weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy will have much of an impact on the country’s obesity rate, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. The U.S. obesity rate has climbed over the past 20 years, with about 42 percent...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) fired back at Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) after the senator criticized New York City for its “crime and migrants.” “Hope @JoeBiden enjoyed going out for ice cream in NYC while the rest of the city is afraid of crime and migrants,” Tuberville posted on X, the platform formerly...