Новости за 03.04.2024

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on restoring net neutrality rules that were rescinded under former President Trump later this month, the agency’s chair said Wednesday. If approved, the proposal would restore the Obama-era rules that barred broadband providers from blocking or throttling internet traffic to some websites and speeding up access to others...

A ballot measure in Wisconsin that bars the use of private funds in administering elections was projected to pass on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ. The ballot measure received 54 percent support, according to DDHQ, with 98 percent of the vote reported as of Wednesday morning. The measure asked Wisconsinites if the state...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his delegation were forced to drive from Paris to Brussels for a NATO meeting after their aircraft experienced a mechanical issue Wednesday. "Due to a mechanical issue with the aircraft, Secretary Blinken and the American delegation drove from Paris to Brussels to attend the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting," a...

A majority of Americans describe President as “likeable” and former President Trump as a “strong and decisive leader,” according to new data from a Gallup survey. The Gallup survey found that 57 percent of Americans think that the current president is “likeable,” down nine percent from 2020, when 66 percent of Americans said he was...

Nearly 50,000 Democratic primary voters in Wisconsin voted for an “uninstructed” delegation Tuesday, the latest progressive-led protest vote over President Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. The “uninstructed” contingent — 48,000 votes, or about 8 percent — was more than 10 times larger than it was in 2020 and surpassed the general election margin between...

President Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will speak with reporters Wednesday at the White House to highlight the capping of costs for inhalers by several pharmaceutical makers. Sanders joined other Democrats in the Senate in a letter to drug manufacturers calling for a review of prices for the breathing treatment devices. In one case,...

The scope of First Amendment protections are widely misunderstood in America.

Over half of Americans believe former President Trump should not be immune from prosecution for alleged crimes committed while he was in office, according to a new poll. In the survey, published Wednesday by Marquette Law School, 56 percent of participants said they believe Trump should not have immunity from criminal prosecution for his official...

Special counsel Jack Smith aired frustration at U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, arguing that giving credence to a legal theory from former President Trump that the classified documents recovered from his Florida home were his personal property rest on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.” The filing Tuesday night comes as Cannon has asked both...

The World Central Kitchen debacle should give the State Department pause to ask whether continued support for Israel’s war advances American interests in the region.

Michelle Obama issued high praise to Beyoncé for the Grammy-award winning artist's latest album "COWBOY CARTER."  In a post on Instagram, the former first lady said she is “so proud” of Beyoncé for reminding listeners of their power — especially when it comes to voting.  “Cowboy Carter is a reminder that despite everything we've been...

Former President Trump's campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) raised $65.6 million in March, leaders for the two operations announced Wednesday, a sizable haul after fundraising lagged in the first two months of the year. The two organizations, which merged last month after Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee, ended March with $93.1 million...

Celebrity chef and humanitarian José Andrés, in an early morning op-ed, argued Israel is “better” than the actions it has taken amid its ongoing war in Gaza against militant group Hamas. “Israel is better than the way this war is being waged,” Andrés said in the piece, published early Wednesday by The New York Times....

Former President Trump lauded Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) for endorsing a “winner-take-all” system for the state’s Electoral College votes on Tuesday. Switching Nebraska’s vote count would bring it in line with much of the rest of the country and could help Trump gain an extra electoral college vote this November. “Governor Jim Pillen of...

Rather than try to stay ahead of their students in a sort of technological arms race, I believe educators should redefine cheating, just as they did when students started using calculators or smartphones.

Thaer Ahmad, a Palestinian American doctor, said he walked out of a meeting at the White House Tuesday evening over President Biden’s handling of war in Gaza. Ahmad, an emergency medicine physician who worked in Gaza in January, said he showed up to a stakeholder meeting at the White House, which was set up in...

Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissman said Tuesday that former President Trump could face a jail sentence if he is convicted of falsifying business records in his New York hush money trial, which starts later this month. Trump is facing 34 felony counts over claims that he falsified business records in attempts to cover up hush...

Nearly 30 percent of Americans say they don't believe President Biden or former President Trump would be good in the White House if elected in November, according to a new Gallup poll published Wednesday. Slightly more respondents said they believe Trump would be effective than Biden — 35 percent to 30 percent. That’s a change...

We are prodded by our education system into a corrupted view of history in which only our own sins count.

Former President Trump leads President Biden in six of seven of the closest swing states, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll, published Wednesday. Leaning on dissatisfaction with the economy and swirling questions over Biden’s age, Trump has a multipoint lead in each battleground except for Wisconsin, where Biden leads by three in a...

Donald Trump, hardly known as a scholar of Christian scripture, is now hawking Bibles. It is a strange story that sums up an important reality in America today. Traditional religious practice is losing its grip on Americans overall. It apparently never had much of a grip on the former president, even if its influence has contributed mightily to the modern Republican Party. For decades, the U.S. was an outlier. Americans were more...

Every time Biden's administration adds another regulation making it harder or more expensive, to bring those goods and services to market, the more prices rise.

President Biden on Wednesday will tout Democrats' efforts to lower the cost of inhalers after drugmakers announced plans to cap prices. The president, alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), will give remarks at the White House to highlight the crackdown on the cost of inhalers. They will also be joined by health care advocates and experts,...

A majority of Jewish parents of college applicants this year say their child has cut at least one school from their list due to rising antisemitism after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, according to a new poll from Hillel International. Sixty-four percent of Jewish parents say their student has eliminated at least...

Chipotle tapped Matt Foley as head of government relations. He was most recently director of government affairs at Niagara Bottling, and his resume includes stints spearheading government relations for the American Frozen Food Institute, the National Grocers Association and the Grocery Manufacturers Association. The American Bankers Association named Thomas Rosenkoetter as senior vice president and...