Новости за 20.10.2023

GOP Speaker nominee Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Friday said he would try again to break the two-week-long Speaker stalemate that has plunged the chamber into chaos. “Our plan this weekend is to get a Speaker elected to the House of Representatives as soon as possible so we can help the American people," Jordan said when...

The level of irrationality combined with obsessive hatred of Jews must lead all of us to recognize that we cannot assume an Iran with a nuclear bomb would not, at a moment, deploy it against the Jewish state

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the Egypt-Gaza border at Rafah early Friday to encourage the transfer of humanitarian aid into the besieged territory amid Israel’s war with Hamas. Guterres said the aid is "the difference between life and death for the people.” Civilians in Gaza have struggled with dwindling medical supplies and fuel reserves...

Israel kept up its bombardment campaign of Gaza overnight Friday as the country prepares an expected ground invasion in its war with Hamas. Strikes continued in the south of Gaza, an area Israel instructed civilians to flee to in order to avoid strikes in the north. The territory’s government reported that regional hospitals are overflowing,...

One of the things I love most about America is its nearly limitless capacity for charity and empathy. Americans are consistently among the world’s most generous donors to those in need or crisis. And particularly now, no one should shy away from sympathy for and support to Gazans. But one should not confuse sympathy for...

Former President Trump leads President Biden in a hypothetical 2024 general election matchup by 2 points and is improving his standing among young voters, according to a new poll. An Emerson College poll released Friday showed Trump ahead with 47 percent to Biden’s 45 percent, with 8 percent undecided. That’s up 2 points for Trump...

Progressive members of Congress are increasing their calls for a cease-fire and upping pressure on President Biden amid the Israel-Hamas war, highlighting differences within the Democratic Party as the president made a wartime trip overseas to show support for Israel. While Republicans struggle to elect a Speaker of the House from their ranks, Democrats' own...

The Biden administration’s decision to lift sanctions on Venezuelan oil is garnering pushback from energy and foreign policy hawks. The administration announced late Wednesday that it would temporarily ease sanctions on oil and gas, as well as gold, in Venezuela after the country recently agreed to election reforms. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government agreed to reforms...

The Arab world is erupting in anger over the war between Hamas and Israel, and President Biden's visit to Tel Aviv this week appears to have only amplified resentment over America’s role in the region. Tensions burst wide open this week after an explosion at a Gaza hospital killed hundreds of people, overshadowing Biden’s trip...

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is holding a press conference Friday morning after two failed attempts to become the new Speaker of the House. “Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) will hold a press conference tomorrow morning, Friday, October 20, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. ET in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol,” a post by House Judiciary...

President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have spoken with the family of a Palestinian-American boy killed in a hate crime outside of Chicago this week, the White House said, amid rising anti-Muslim tensions due to U.S. support for Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Six-year-old Wadea Alfayoumi was stabbed to death Sunday when his...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized former President Trump for being too focused on the past and cast himself as the only GOP presidential candidate with the kind of positive campaign that could defeat President Biden in a general election. “You also need a nominee who can win. And I think the way you win is...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) denounced attacks from fellow presidential candidate Nikki Haley over his and other candidates’ stances on abortion rights, saying Haley is “indulging media narratives.” Haley has repeatedly said that GOP attempts to ban abortion at a federal level are misguided and would not pass Congress, and that the party should instead...

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Thursday said as president he would ask Congress to authorize the use of military force against the Palestinian militant group Hamas. “As President, I would ask Congress to give authorization for military force against Hamas,” Hutchinson, a 2024 GOP presidential primary candidate, said in an interview on NewsNation....

President Biden on Thursday warned Hamas against diverting humanitarian shipments to the Gaza Strip, saying its sustained delivery was dependent on goods reaching Palestinian civilians. “If Hamas does not divert or steal these shipments, we're going to provide an opening for sustained delivery of lifesaving humanitarian assistance for the Palestinians,” the president said in a rare prime-time address. Biden,...

House Republicans and their nominee for Speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), ended a marathon day with no Speaker, no clear path for the Ohio Republican to win the gavel — and even fewer ways out of their conundrum. Jordan spiked plans to hold a third floor vote on his Speakership bid Thursday as more Republicans said...

The mother of Matthew Shepard, who was killed in an anti-gay hate crime 25 years ago, said LGBTQ people are "still being denied basic rights” Thursday. “They’re still being denied basic rights, the community is, and the absolute outward showing of hate again, it’s just infuriating to me,” Judy Shepard, Matthew’s mother, said in an...

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff met Thursday with an American survivor of the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel, a White House official said. Emhoff met with Natalie Sanandaji, who was at a music festival in Israel earlier this month when it was targeted by Hamas, leaving hundreds dead. Sanandaji safely returned to the United States following...

Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) announced on Thursday that she will not run for a full term in the Senate next year after she replaced the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) earlier this month. Butler told The New York Times in an interview that she realized during her initial weeks in the upper chamber that the seat is "not the...

Protesters gathered outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ Los Angeles home Thursday, demanding the U.S. to urge Israel to cease-fire in its war against Hamas. The group IfNotNow, which helped organize a protest at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, posted online that a group of “American Jews” showed up at Harris’ Los Angeles home early Thursday. Protesters...