Новости за 22.05.2024

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday said President Biden is engineering the chaos at the border to funnel more illegal immigrants into the country to vote.

Surging interest in community college vocational programs drove up spring enrollment in higher education for the second straight semester, but a report shows headcount remained short of pre-pandemic numbers.

An evangelical pastor and author says Pope Francis' recent comments that people are "fundamentally good" and that "the heart itself is good" represent an "atheistic, humanistic, non-biblical view" that will lead people astray.

Republicans slammed President Biden's decision to sell off one million barrels of gasoline over the coming weeks from a strategic reserve as a "desperate" attempt to cover for his environmental policies, which they say caused soaring prices at the pump.

Environmental, social and governance concerns used to be all the rage on Wall Street.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set July 4 as the date for a national election that will determine who governs the U.K., choosing a day of good economic news to urge voters to give his governing Conservatives another chance.

House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday about the International Criminal Court's threat to issue "genocide" arrest warrants against him.

Fueled by its sensational rookie class of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Cameron Brink, the WNBA had a huge first week in terms of attendance, ratings and digital media.

Experience suggests that most jobs, whether government or private, that do not require hands-on skills to produce a good or service will be replaced with simple algorithms ("Federal workers rebuff Biden decree; few heed call to return to offices a year after pandemic's end," web, May 12).

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was fined $75,000 by NASCAR on Wednesday for fighting with Kyle Busch after the All-Star race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Stenhouse's father, who joined the fracas, was suspended indefinitely.

Two days after I voted for Larry Hogan in the Maryland Republican primary, he announced that he is 100% pro-abortion ("'Pro-choice' Hogan vows to restore Roe abortion protections in Senate," web, May 16).

Charles Hurt is right on most of the points he makes in "Beating the odds: Mr. Trump always plays to win" (web, May 20), but he misses a crucial one: Donald Trump wins not via tweets, but because he sees a bigger picture and can thus position his game pieces in ways that lead to victory.

A pro-Israel Democrat handily beat the sister of Squad Rep. Pramila Jayapal in an Oregon House primary Tuesday, an indication that the party's far-left wing may be alienating voters over its support for Gaza.

Barbie dolls will honor tennis champion Venus Williams and eight other athletes as part of a project announced by Mattel on Wednesday.

A former employee armed with a handgun opened fire early Wednesday at a linen company in a Philadelphia suburb, killing two people and wounding three others, police said.

AT&T customers suffered service outages Wednesday morning in Maryland, Virginia, Texas, the Carolinas, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Georgia, New York, Massachusetts, California and Florida.

Elon Musk's X announced a partnership with the PGA Tour Wednesday as the site swells its content options.

Fresh research reveals that ocean water is reaching far beneath Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, making it more prone to melting than previous estimates suggested.

A Tennessee judge on Wednesday blocked the auction of Graceland, the former home of Elvis Presley, by a company that claimed his estate failed to repay a loan that used the property as collateral.

Baptize California is reported to be the nation's largest-ever baptism, with more than 12,000 people baptized in events across the state.

Authorities gave the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington an "all clear" to reopen Wednesday shortly after vials of blood were sent to the GOP offices.

Social media powerhouse TikTok announced Tuesday that it would start cutting global operations and marketing employees Wednesday.

Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of drinking in the U.S., according to an analysis of national survey data over four decades.

The Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington was put on lockdown Wednesday morning to investigate a suspicious substance, according to Capitol Police.

California Assemblyman Vince Fong won Tuesday's special election to complete the remainder of former Rep. Kevin McCarthy's term in Congress.