Новости за 27.02.2024

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) announced on Tuesday that he’s endorsing Republican Kari Lake in the Arizona Senate race. “Kari Lake is a battle tested warrior who will secure the border and advocate for policies that put the American people first,” Vance said in a statement. “Kari is running against a Far-Left Democrat who has been...

Apple filed a lawsuit in Virginia federal court challenging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and its refusal to grant the company trademarks for its augmented reality tools. The company has argued that its augmented reality software development tools “Reality Composer” and “Reality Converter” should be trademarked. The office has said the phrases were...

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) warned Tuesday that her colleague Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-Mich.) anger at President Biden over his administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war could backfire if it helps elect former President Trump, who she said could be far worse for Palestinians. Dingell said it is important to listen to the Muslim and Arab...

The U.S. Army is cutting its force by about 24,000 positions, nearly 5 percent, a restructuring effort it says will help prepare it to fight in future wars as it struggles to recruit soldiers. The cuts will bring the Army from a force structure of roughly 494,000 troops to 470,000 by fiscal year 2029, mainly cutting already-empty roles such as jobs in counter-insurgency. Such positions increased during...

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Whip John Thune (S.D.), the two top-ranking Senate Republican leaders, on Tuesday called for the Senate to conduct a full trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, something that Senate conservatives had demanded. Thune, who is angling to one day succeed McConnell as GOP leader, demanded Tuesday that...

If a snow squall warning pops up on your phone, here is what it means and what you should do.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) on Tuesday announced he's endorsing Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) primary challenger in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District.  Gingrich is backing former South Carolina state agency official Catherine Templeton, who’s running against Mace for the Republican nomination.  "I'm honored to endorse Catherine Templeton for Congress," Gingrich said in a statement...

Democratic strategist James Carville said people who are donating money to the Republican National Committee (RNC) and former President Trump are “begging to be stolen from,” as Trump attempts to make his daughter-in-law the committee’s co-chair. “These people want to be stolen from,” Carville told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki. “The people that give Trump money or...

A trio of House GOP chairs fired off a subpoena to Attorney General Merrick Garland Tuesday requesting documents related to special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents. The subpoena follows a Feb. 12 request from the top Republicans that Garland turn over transcripts and recordings of the interview Biden sat for with...

A pair of Republican lawmakers is pressing the Biden administration for more information on the suspect in connection to the death of a student on the University of Georgia (UGA) campus last week. House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday demanding more information...

Women’s clothing brand Reformation has tapped activist and author Monica Lewinsky to be the face of their latest voting campaign to get shoppers to the ballot boxes this November. Reformation’s “You’ve Got the Power,” workwear campaign was unveiled Monday, in partnership with Vote.org. Lewinsky is featured wearing a variety of workwear outfits, including a red two-piece set, leather trench...

Vice President Harris will travel to Selma, Ala., on Sunday to mark the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and outline the Biden administration's focus on civil rights. Harris, who marked the Bloody Sunday anniversary in Selma in 2022, will return to Alabama as the state makes national headlines for a court ruling that could have...

Fremont, Calif., is the happiest city in the United States, according to a new WalletHub survey. There is no one way to define happiness or what causes it, but WalletHub researchers determined that people in the Bay Area city are content, in part, because of income. According to the survey, about 80 percent of...

Terrence Bradley took the stand Tuesday in the latest hearing on alleged misconduct by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who faces questions about her relationship with a fellow prosecutor.  Defendants in her sweeping election racketeering case, including former President Trump, have accused Willis of misconduct by lying about when her relationship began with fellow...

It’s still than two months away, but the parade of performers who are planning to touch down in Washington for the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner is already starting to take shape. “Ted Lasso’s” Brendan Hunt, “The Breakfast Club” star Molly Ringwald, Susie Essman of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Psych’s” Dulé Hill are among...

Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House voted Monday to approve legislation that would largely prevent pride flags from being displayed in public school classrooms, sending the measure to the state Senate, where it is also expected to pass. The measure, House Bill 1605, would prohibit local education agencies from displaying flags other than the United States flag and the...

Plastics, pesticides and forever chemicals are exposing billions of people around the world to pernicious and dangerous health effects, a new report has found. In the report published Monday, scientists from the Endocrine Society and the International Pollutants Elimination Network criticized the way regulators determine the toxicity level of chemicals — and suggested that for a...

The Biden administration will put $1 billion toward cleaning up 110 contaminated sites, it said Tuesday. The $1 billion represents the final tranche of a total of $3.5 billion the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law put toward cleaning up Superfund sites, or areas that have been contaminated by hazardous waste. It will go toward launching new cleanup...

New research released by Indeed, a popular job posting platform, shows that the number of postings requiring college degrees — or any education requirement at all — is dwindling. Indeed found 52 percent of postings on its site had no formal education requirement as of January 2024, up 4 percent from 2019. The number...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said he is “very optimistic” that Congress will avert a shutdown by Friday’s deadline after meeting with President Biden and top congressional leaders at the White House. “We have been working in good faith around the clock every single day for months and weeks and over the last several...

OpenAI is seeking to have a judge dismiss key elements of a lawsuit brought by The New York Times that aims to bring an to end its practice of using the outlet's stories to train chatbots. As part of its lawsuit filed in December, the Times argued OpenAI poses a threat to the newspaper's bottom...

The former law partner and divorce lawyer of a top prosecutor in former President Trump’s Georgia election interference case is expected to retake the stand Tuesday after a judge determined he must testify in greater detail about Nathan Wade's romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D). Defense attorneys claim Terrence Bradley, Wade's...

Former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Steele offered a stark assessment of the Republican Party on Tuesday, arguing long-term growth for the party is not likely with former President Trump at the helm. MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-host Willie Geist pointed out Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley still garnered about 40 percent of South Carolina’s...

Proceedings that could remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willisthat could remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from her central role in the Georgia election interference case against former President Trump is set to continue Tuesday. At issue is the timing of a romantic relationship between Willis and Nathan Wade, whom she appointed special prosecutor...

Family Dollar Stores LLC pleaded guilty on Monday to holding FDA-regulated products in “insanitary conditions” in a warehouse in Arkansas that was infested with rodents, the Department of Justice announced Monday. Family Dollar, a subsidiary of Dollar Tree Inc., entered into a plea agreement, in which the company agreed to pay a fine and forfeiture...