Новости за 14.03.2024

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) threatened possible contempt proceedings against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) over a subpoena requesting information about her use of federal funds. Willis’s office has already sent information in response to the February subpoena, but the GOP leader complains she failed to turn over documents related to...

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced Florida will deploy additional law enforcement resources to the southern regions of the state in anticipation of a possible wave of Haitian migrants as the Caribbean country struggles amid street violence and political instability. More than 200 additional state law enforcement officers and about 50 National Guard members will be...

About 8 in 10 current and prospective college students say a school’s firearm policies are at least somewhat important in their decision to enroll or remain enrolled, a new survey conducted by Gallup found. In the wake of several recent acts of gun violence on college campuses in North Carolina, Michigan and other states, Gallup...

The court minority’s particular lament is that, lacking an enforcement law, the judiciary is being shut-out from any action to enforce or remove the presumption of guilt.

The United States unveiled new sanctions Thursday on Israeli individuals and their entities for engaging in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. The State Department said the new sanctions are “to promote accountability for individuals and entities associated with actions that undermine peace, security, and stability in the West Bank” and build on previous...

Online games should be part of the regulatory discussion concerning digital platforms — but they seldom are.

The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday that the lack of Boeing records will complicate the investigation into the midair blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this year. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy sent a letter to Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to update the Senate Committee on...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused Elon Musk on Wednesday of distorting the scope of its investigation into his 2022 purchase of Twitter as the agency attempts to force him to sit for a deposition. “Musk continues to distort the true scope of this investigation — his only hope for establishing that the SEC...

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va.— Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) slammed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) call for new elections in Israel, calling the plea from the New York Democrat “highly inappropriate” and “wrong.” The remarks — made during a last-minute press conference at the House GOP retreat in West Virginia on Thursday — came shortly after Schumer delivered...

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) laid into both President Biden and former President Trump on Thursday, accusing both of not having a real plan to save Social Security. Earlier this week, Trump commented on Social Security and Medicare, saying "there is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements in terms of cutting." The remarks...

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops to make preparations for war during an exercise with his troops this week, making the comments as the U.S. and South Korea are wrapping up large-scale military exercises. Kim oversaw a training session for tanks crews on Thursday in Pyongyang and praised the ability of the...

The number one feeling voters have about the expected rematch this fall in the presidential race between President Biden and former President Trump is “dread,” according to a new survey. The YouGov and Yahoo News poll most voters chose the most negative emotion when they were asked about their feelings for the rematch. Dread topped...

A Democratic lawmaker in South Dakota requested an inquiry into Gov. Kristi Noem (R) on Wednesday after the governor posted a video promoting a Texas cosmetic dentistry firm. State Sen. Reynold Nesiba (D) said the video — which he described as an “infomercial” — “raises a number of questions,” adding to concerns that Noem could...

The bottom line is that we can better address the suffering of poverty, unemployment, and community fragmentation by creating a more humane system that rewards work.

More than half of adults are opposed to college athletes joining unions, a new survey found. Fifty-five percent said they oppose the unionization of college athletes, according to the new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that was conducted last month. Democrats were more likely to say NCAA athletes should be allowed to...

Establishing communities of refuge will help reduce the human suffering and disorder of the current system.

A top labor union announced Wednesday that it will be spending $200 million to help President Biden win reelection. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) announced a “massive drive” to mobilize working class voters of color in battleground states to back pro-labor candidates, including Biden. The SEIU represents about 2 million members across service industries, including...

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) would not commit to holding a vote on articles of impeachment against President Biden when asked about the prospect Wednesday, a posture that comes as Republicans struggle to find a smoking gun in their months-long probe of the president. Asked during the House GOP retreat in West Virginia...

A plan for a transitional Haitian government backed by the U.S. and other regional allies was rejected by Haitian political leaders on Wednesday, calling into question efforts to stabilize the country’s government. Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced he will resign from his post on Tuesday, endorsing a plan for a presidential council that would select...

A class action suit accusing Norfolk Southern of negligence over the train derailment that released toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio last year can go forward, a federal judge determined Wednesday. Judge Benita Yalonda Pearson rejected the railroad’s arguments that claims in the suit were protected by federal law regulating railroads, instead ruling that the...

A recent study indicated that 11 percent of 12th graders have used delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol, or delta-8, the first time teen usage of the drug has been documented nationally. The study, posted in the journal JAMA Tuesday and funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), found that among the high school seniors who reported using delta-8,...

On April 5, the Yale Women’s Center will kick off its annual conference, and this time will feature antisemitic guest speakers. The YWC group is housed and funded by Yale and bears the university name. It purports to represent women on campus, providing menstrual and sexual products in an office staffed by students around the...

More than two-thirds of college students say free speech protections on campuses should extend even to individuals who are inciting violence or threatening others, according to an Axios Vibes survey conducted by The Harris Poll and released Thursday. The poll found 68 percent of students agreed with free speech protection extending to inciting violence. Free...

A majority of Americans disapprove of Vice President Harris’s job performance, putting her at a lower approval rating than President Biden ahead of November’s election. Only 36 percent of registered voters approve of how Harris is handling the role of vice president, according to a USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll released Thursday. That survey found that 52 percent...

China is critical to America and the world economy and security; yet Chinese advances in biotechnology, robotics, artificial intelligence and data are sources of competition with America.