Новости за 29.04.2024

Hamas should accept an “extraordinarily generous” proposal to release Israeli hostages it is holding in the Gaza Strip in exchange for a temporary cease-fire, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.   Hamas is expected to respond to the U.S.-led proposal Monday in discussions with Egyptian...

Former Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) criticized Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for his latest remarks on Israel and the pro-Palestinian protests taking over college campuses. Sanders, the son of Jewish immigrants whose family members died in the Holocaust, told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that Israel is committing "ethnic cleansing" in Gaza by forcing...

Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) says he's bringing Kitara Ravache "out of the closet," offering Cameo videos with his drag queen persona for money.  The New York Republican — who is facing federal indictment on 23 counts of wire fraud, identity theft and other campaign finance charges and was expelled by the House last year — teased...

Jon Stewart is making a return to this year's Democratic and Republican National Conventions, with "The Daily Show" announcing it'll broadcast from both gatherings. The Comedy Central show will provide "on-the-ground coverage" from the conventions this summer, it announced on Monday. Stewart, who returned as the Monday night host of "The Daily Show" in February and led...

We won’t get the legislation needed to secure the border when Biden’s team leads the negotiations. That puts the fox in charge of guarding the hen house.

Federal regulators have opened an investigation into Ford’s partially automated driving system after two fatal crashes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) wrote in recent filings that its Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is looking into collisions involving Ford’s BlueCruise — which Ford describes as its “hands-free highway driving technology.” The feature includes a hands-free...

Millions of health care workers around the globe are calling for world governments to put significant limits on the plastics industry. Representatives of 900 health care civil society groups called for caps on the production of plastics, the restriction of toxic chemicals, and full transparency around what goes into plastics in an open letter Monday....

Hillary Clinton is the latest Democrat to troll South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) after she detailed in a forthcoming book how she shot her dog. “Still true,” Clinton wrote Monday on the social media platform X above a 2021 post that read, “Don't vote for anyone you wouldn't trust with your dog.” Noem, who has...

Nowhere is the distinction between the Old Guard and Zoomers more evident than in the upcoming Democratic primary in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District.

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced Monday that talks with the pro-Palestinian protesters have stalled on the campus, where the national movement for encampments for Gaza began. Additionally, the university has given students camped on campus until 2 p.m. Monday to voluntarily pack up their things. If that is done, and involved students sign a...

Former President Trump took aim at "Saturday Night Live” star Colin Jost for his performance at the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) dinner over the weekend. The former president criticized Jost and President Biden for their speeches at the star-studded WHCA dinner, which drew celebrities, journalists and lawmakers to the Washington Hilton Hotel. “The White...

Federal employees widely suspect that these mandates are politically motivated, aimed at responding to congressional concerns, or intended to revitalize local economies, such as that of Washington, D.C.

It is time to stop borrowing money to fund NPR. We can, and should, cut NPR in the appropriations process either this year—or when we have a president in the White House next year who cares about fighting “fake news.”

Whole generations of people who came of age after Roe are experiencing, or about to experience, a nightmare scenario that hasn’t existed for people of reproductive age for decades.

The Supreme Court on Monday denied a long-shot bid by ex-Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro's to stay out of prison while appealing his conviction for evading a congressional subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee. Navarro, 74, was found guilty last year of two counts of contempt of Congress — one for failing to...

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Elon Musk’s challenge to a 2018 settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that required lawyers to approve some of the billionaire’s public posts about Tesla. The Tesla CEO filed an appeal with the Supreme Court in December, arguing that the agreement is a...

A group of House Democrats is urging Columbia University’s board of trustees to end the ongoing protest encampment on the campus or step down from their positions. Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) led the group of 21 colleagues in sending a letter to the board demanding school officials put an end to...

Journalists should not operate out of fear of angering political parties and government officials.

t's a sad commentary on older Americans, but it now is up to children and young adults to save their future.

If and when the Supreme Court decides the case, it will — as it must — deny Trump’s claim. Thus, the only meaningful result of the court’s methodical foot-dragging is the unavoidable conclusion that it has sought to help Trump avoid trial while he campaigns for the presidency.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization reached between Senate and House negotiators includes the Senate’s language to add five round-trip flights to Ronald Reagan Washington Airport that would be allowed to fly beyond the airport’s 1,250-mile perimeter. The language, negotiated by Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the Commerce...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel needs to do more to increase humanitarian aid to war-torn Gaza as he begins his seventh trip to the region since the onset of the war. Blinken said while speaking to Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers in Riyadh that the best way to address the unfolding...

Thursday was not a good day for American democracy.

Former President Trump maintains a lead over President Biden in a hypothetical matchup, a new survey found. Trump has 49 percent of support among registered voters while Biden has 43 percent, according to the CNN survey, which was conducted by SSRS. These results have remained roughly unchanged from the previous two CNN surveys conducted in...

“If you cannot offer a source a promise of confidentiality as a journalist, your toolbox is empty.”