Новости за 14.11.2021

By Mike Glenn

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Pentagon is reviewing a request from Oklahoma's governor for an exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for National Guard troops.

For now, Gov. Kevin Stitt says the troops in his state won't be forced to get the shot, citing his authority over them ...

MARATHON, Fla. — A California man died after diving off a boat to catch a football and landing in shallow water in the Florida Keys on Saturday, authorities said.

ALBANY, N.Y. — A program to help people obtain driver's permits during the COVID-19 pandemic by taking tests online may be rife with cheating, according to a published report.

The Biden administration on Sunday defended its now-stalled rule requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for employees at businesses with 100 or more workers, effective Jan. 4.

LANDOVER — Washington defensive end Chase Young went down in the second quarter of Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and was ruled out with a knee injury. 

Kudos to the Washington Times for writing and presenting a thoughtful and reasoned editorial ("Taiwan's fair-weather friend," Web, Nov. 9).

Not one of the projects supposedly slated for completion in Biden's infrastructure package will happen for 8 to 10 years, at best. The average highway or bridge project takes 12 years to get through the approval system and most of the delay is due to activists taking every project to ...

If the current spending bill goes through and the Democrats succeed in dumping more than $2 trillion into the U.S. system (literally printed in cash from America's printing presses), the reduction in the value of every other dollar already out there will be exponentially reduced, causing further inflation.

WICHITA, Kan. — The mayor of a Wichita suburb was arrested Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff argued on Sunday that the indictment of former Trump White House adviser Steven K. Bannon will force others to cooperate with Congress’s probe into the Jan. 6 riot.

House Republicans are demanding that top officials with the National School Boards Association appear before Congress to discuss evidence the organization colluded with the Biden White House to label parents as “domestic terrorists.” 

Rep. Karen Bass, California Democrat, on Sunday compared the men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse to activists who were murdered during the Civil Rights Movement.

A "Never Trump" Republican lawmaker said Sunday the former president would try to “steal” the 2024 election if he opts to make a run and loses.

The Biden administration has rejected as unserious appeals two lists of demands made by the Chinese government as preconditions for resetting ties, The Washington Times has learned.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warned Sunday that parts of the country with colder temperatures could see a resurgence in the coronavirus this year if vaccinations do not increase.

President Biden’s economic team argued Sunday that the best remedy for inflation is to pass the administration’s multi-trillion-dollar social welfare and climate change bill. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary who holds the purse strings to much of President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure package, was holding forth with reporters on its impact - the promise of more electric cars, intercity train routes, bigger airports - when a pointed question came.

A steel manufacturing company has been ordered to forfeit $6 million — a near-financial death sentence — after admitting it had run a pipeline for “dozens” illegal immigrants from Mexico to come and work for it, undercutting competitors.

CAIRO (AP) - The son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi announced Sunday his candidacy for the country's presidential election next month, Libya's election agency said.

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II missed out on the Remembrance Sunday service in London to pay tribute to Britain's war dead because she sprained her back, Buckingham Palace said Sunday.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Spencer Dinwiddie scored 23 points, Montrezl Harrell added 20 and the Washington Wizards used a 20-0 first-half run to beat the Orlando Magic 104-92 on Saturday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

A new report from the Tax Policy Center said President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” social spending agenda would hike taxes on almost a third of America’s middle-class — specifically, on 30 percent of those very same families who are already, currently, presently struggling under this administration’s rising inflation and ...

Two anti-Trump Republicans signaled they may back a censure of their GOP colleague Rep. Paul Gosar, after he posted an anime video of him attempting to kill a Democratic lawmaker.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson backed former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders to replace him in next year’s gubernatorial race.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota hospitals are scrambling to make room for patients as patients needing medical care for COVID-19 have hit a high for the year.