Новости за 16.04.2024

A juror who was dismissed from the New York hush money trial said seeing former President Trump in person on Tuesday was a “jarring” experience. A juror, identified as Kara McGee, spoke to MSNBC on Tuesday after she was dismissed from the former president’s hush money trial, which kicked off Monday. McGee, who was released...

The scope of a federal obstruction law used against scores of Jan. 6 rioters – and former President Trump – drew scrutiny from the Supreme Court on Tuesday, a signal that the justices may be wary of the Justice Department’s far-reaching prosecution of the Capitol attack. Joseph Fischer, a former police officer accused of storming...

Allies of former President Trump have seized on the judge overseeing the New York hush money case delaying a decision on letting the former president go to his son Barron’s high school graduation in May. “Judge Merchan is truly heartless in not letting a father attend his son’s graduation,” another of Trump’s sons, Eric, said...

A flood of online misinformation is generating sudden and unprecedented shifts in migration patterns.

A federal appeals court blocked a West Virginia law Tuesday banning transgender students from sports teams consistent with their gender identity, finding that the measure violates their constitutional rights. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenged the measure in 2021 shortly after it was signed into law, claiming that it discriminated against transgender students. The...

A judge has granted Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s request to dismiss lawsuits that allege he was personally responsible for his platforms fueling social media addiction. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled Monday, excusing Zuckerberg from being held liable, but said the case against Meta, the parent company to Facebook and Instagram, still stands. Lawsuits...

Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) leads Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks by double digits in the Democratic primary for the Maryland Senate race, according to a new poll. The survey, released by FOX45 News, the Baltimore Sun and the University of Baltimore and conducted by OpinionWorks, found Trone leading Alsobrooks, 48 to 29 percent,...

Trump proposed roughly $600 billion in cuts to health. Under Biden, federal spending on health programs would rise by $600 over the decade. Biden’s budget would pay for this extra spending by raising tax rates on corporations and wealthy households.

Senate Democrats have unveiled a $79 million advertising plan to boost their chances of keeping the majority in the upper chamber after November. Democrats are headed toward Election Day with a narrow 51-49 majority in the Senate as hopeful Republicans look to retake it. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) plans to spend more than...

Last year saw record wind power installations worldwide, with a total of 117 gigawatts in new capacity, according to a report published Tuesday by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). The figure represents a 50 percent increase from 2022, according to the report. Specifically, onshore capacity also saw a record high in 2023, reaching 106...

Melatonin makers are being asked to act following a rise in accidental ingestion of by children. The Council on Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a trade association for dietary supplement and functional food manufacturers and ingredient suppliers, announced in a press release Monday “the adoption of two sets of new voluntary guidelines,” with one of them targeting...

Every administration, Democratic and Republican, including the Biden administration, has rejected attempts to misuse the Bayh-Dole Act so that copiers could use it to harass innovators, until now.

After already soaring to record peaks, book bans in U.S. schools have hit a new high, according to free speech advocacy group PEN America. In the first half of the current school year, the group found more than 4,000 instances of book bans, beating the number found in the entire 2022-2023 academic year. The...

A union representing pilots for American Airlines warned over the weekend that there has been a “significant spike” in safety problems at the airline. “APA has been tracking a significant spike in safety- and maintenance-related problems in our operation," the safety committee of the Allied Pilots Association (APA) wrote in a memo dated April 13....

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pushed back on the growing ouster effort against him Tuesday, calling it “absurd” and “not helpful.” The comment came shortly after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced he would co-sponsor Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) motion to vacate resolution, becoming the first lawmaker to publicly back the Georgia Republican’s measure. “It is,...

Congress can stop the federal student aid program from pushing families into poverty by banning earned income tax credit, child tax credit and Social Security seizures as a method of collecting debt.

Comedian Rob Schneider said he is tired of “woke bulls‑‑‑” following a report stating he had to cut a comedy set short due to inappropriate jokes and after one Republican lawmaker walked out of the appearance. “I’m not changing my material or apologizing for my jokes to anybody. Enough with this woke bulls‑‑‑. America’s sick...

Murders are down about 20 percent in more than 200 cities across the country, according to a recent analysis from criminal justice consulting firm AH Analytics. The analysis of 208 cities found that murders are down 20.4 percent in 2024 when compared to last year, as of Tuesday. This comes after President Biden touted falling...

The NAACP has joined the Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights in filing a complaint against the state of Arkansas for underfunding an advanced placement African American studies high school course.  The complaint alleges that under the state’s Literacy, Empowerment, Accountability, Readiness, Networking and School Safety Act — or LEARNS Act — the course has received inequitable treatment...

The University of Southern California (USC) says its valedictorian won’t deliver a speech due to “substantial” security risks after she had links to pro-Palestinian sites on her social media. Provost Andrew Guzman released a statement Monday revoking Asna Tabassum's ability to speak as valedictorian at her graduation ceremony. “The intensity of feelings, fueled by both...

Members of the House Appropriations Committee will hear from Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday. Funds for federal law enforcement are an important part of overall budgeting considerations. Republicans in the House have expressed reluctance to fund the FBI and other agencies with policing authority, which they accuse of following a political agenda beyond their...

A former Marine who firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in Orange County, Calif., in 2022 was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison. Chance Brannon, whom prosecutors described as a neo-Nazi, was serving as an active duty Marine when he lobbed a Molotov cocktail at the Costa Mesa clinic in March 2022, damaging the building....

More Black Americans are concerned about their local exposure to air pollution than other racial or ethnic groups, a new survey found. Gallup's survey found 53 percent of Black adults are “very” or “fairly” concerned about exposure to four types of environmental pollution or contamination in their communities. Forty-six percent of Hispanic adults and 35...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will appear before the House Homeland Security committee Tuesday morning, as House GOP members prepare to deliver articles of impeachment against him to the Senate. The presentation of articles had been delayed, with some Republican senators arguing that they needed more time to prepare for a trial. Senate Majority Leader...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Tuesday announced he will co-sponsor a resolution to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from the top job. Massie told his colleagues during a closed-door conference meeting that he will co-sponsor the motion to vacate resolution filed by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) late last month, according to three GOP lawmakers...