Новости за 20.03.2024

Newsmax host Rob Finnerty pressed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) about the House GOP impeachment probe into President Biden, repeatedly asking him if a vote on impeaching Biden would be put up for a vote on the floor. "So, is this moving? Again, seven and a half months to go until the election ... is impeachment...

We cannot play hero and attempt to “save” Haiti.

Lawyer and investor Nicole Shanahan is among the potential contenders for independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate. Kennedy’s campaign posted online responding to the rumors about who would join him on the ballot as he attempts to take on President Biden and former President Trump. Shanahan was brought into Kennedy’s orbit last month...

More viewers turned to streamers for news, sports and entertainment in February than any month since late last summer, according to a new report. Nielsen's monthly "The Gauge" report found 37 percent of all TV viewership was taken by streaming platforms, compared to 27 percent on cable and 23 percent on broadcast. The 37 percent...

The man who choked a homeless person to death in a New York City subway last year is set to go to trial in October, a New York judge determined Wednesday. Daniel Penny pleaded not guilty to second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the May 1 death of Jordan Neely, who was reportedly struggling...

A Justice Department investigation found that a Maryland college failed to respond properly to allegations of sexual abuse brought against the former swim and diving coach at the school. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that its investigation into the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) found that its failure to address allegations of sex discrimination...

A group of 19 Democratic senators led by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) have sent a letter to President Biden urging his administration to establish a “bold, public framework” for establishing a two-state solution recognizing a “nonmilitarized Palestinian state” after the war in Gaza. The senators argue that Biden needs to “reignite U.S. leadership on a...

The United States has imposed new sanctions against two individuals and two entities connected to a Russian disinformation campaign that included a bevy of fake news websites, the Treasury Department announced Wednesday. Those sanctioned include Moscow-based Social Design Agency (SDA) and its founder Ilya Andreevich Gambashidze, along with Russia-based Company Group Structura LLC and its...

Politicians like Trump have found that the corporate playbook works in the political arena the same way that it does in the business sphere.

{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Wednesday. If you haven’t finalized your March Madness brackets yet, you have until 12:15 p.m. tomorrow! ???? Here’s what’s happening in the world of politics today: House Republicans are holding a hearing on Hunter Biden’s finances. Biden, however, is not there. Former President Trump has five days to pull together his...

President Biden unveiled his predictions for the upcoming NCAA basketball tournaments just days before March Madness tips off. Biden picked the University of Connecticut Huskies to win the tournament again on the men’s side, predicting the No. 1 seed Big East team will be back-to-back champions, securing the program’s sixth national title. He has UConn...

Former President Trump’s campaign blasted a CNN report about increasing concerns over his $454 million bond as “pure bulls---.” CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reported Tuesday night that the former president is in “panic mode” over the high bond amount set for his New York civil fraud case, citing sources familiar with Trump’s thinking. Steven Cheung, the communications director...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he will hold up a $1 trillion “minibus” spending package that needs to pass by the end of the day Friday to avoid triggering a partial government shutdown. “I will hold it up primarily because we’re bankrupt and it’s a terrible idea to keep spending money at this rate,” Paul...

The New York attorney general's office urged a state appeals court to make former President Trump put up a full bond before pausing the multimillion-dollar judgment in his civil fraud case. The state's filing follows claims by Trump's legal team Monday that the former president is unable to secure the full bond due, despite his...

The Biden administration finalized a rule on Wednesday that’s expected to make a significant amount of the new car market electric or hybrid. An administration official told reporters Tuesday that under the new rule, 56 percent of the new vehicles on the market in 2032 could be battery electric, while an additional 13 percent could...

Is there an issue with United, with the airplane manufacturers, or some other factors that caused such events?

Sen. James Lankford (Okla.), the Republican who helped write a compromise border security bill later tanked by former President Trump and other members of his party, on Wednesday announced that he will run for the No. 5 spot in Republican leadership. Lankford, who has served in the upper chamber for nearly a decade, will run...

President Biden’s reelection campaign is enlisting former President Obama and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to help boost his health care record with voters ahead of November.   To mark the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) becoming law, Obama and Pelosi will join Biden during a virtual event on Saturday to mobilize...

Two in three children under the age of six in Chicago are exposed to dangerous levels of lead in drinking water, according to research published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University studied data from over 38,000 voluntary home lead tests in the area over the past eight years. They found contamination in about 75...

United Steelworkers officially endorsed President Biden for the 2024 election, after hinting earlier this week they would be backing him over former President Trump. The 1.2 million-member union, which also backed Biden in 2020 over Trump, represents workers in auto supply, glass, rubber, chemicals, pulp and paper, mining and other industries. Union President David McCall...

A Georgia judge enabled former President Trump to immediately appeal the recent ruling declining to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) over her romantic relationship with a top prosecutor overseeing the election interference case there. In a brief order issued on Wednesday, Judge Scott McAfee granted the certificate of immediate review requested by...

North Korea on Wednesday claimed that its military carried out a successful hypersonic missile test that has boosted plans to fully develop the capability in the future. The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported a successful ground test on Tuesday for a multi-stage solid-fuel engine, a crucial part of an intermediate-range hypersonic missile. The...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said he may send Haitian migrants who land in his state to Martha’s Vineyard. “We do have our transport program also that's going to be operational. So Haitians land in the Florida Keys, their next stop very well may be Martha's Vineyard,” he said in an interview Tuesday with podcast host Dana...

Two juries in Michigan apparently agreed that handguns must be locked away from kids.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) donned a rubber mask of Russian President Vladimir Putin on his way to the House Oversight and Accountability Committee’s hearing investigating Hunter Biden’s business dealings Wednesday, mocking the GOP effort. Moskowitz told media outside the hearing that he was there to thank Chair Jim Comer (R-Ky.) “for taking all of our...