Новости за 14.02.2022

Democratic lawmakers are renewing their calls for taxing corporate profits after revelations that Tesla will pay nothing in taxes to the federal government, despite making nearly $6 billion in profits last year.

The donations cited in "MacKenzie Scott believes schools should raise your kids" (Web, Feb. 9) are to a 501(c)3 organization, exempt from federal income tax. As such, taxes that would have helped pay principal and interest on America's $30 trillion debt are diverted to a special interest -- an interest ...

Having 40 satellites plummet toward Earth -- in a single day or over the course of 20 years — should be an event absolutely unacceptable to Earthlings everywhere ("SpaceX satellites falling out of orbit after solar storm," Web, Feb. 9). This ought to be true whether the reckless party is ...

In "Virginia legislation could release hundreds of murderers" (Web, Feb. 9) Hans Bader writes that Virginia's proposed "second-look" "law allows judges to cut sentences for criminals or release them after they have served 10 or 15 years — no matter how awful the crime they committed." In practice, this law ...

The biggest story of the 2022 Winter Olympics is about doping.

On Monday, Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was cleared to continue competing in the Beijing Olympics after the 15-year-old had tested positive for a banned substance before the Games began.

After the decision was made by the Court of ...

A "sharp increase" in the persecution of Christians across eight states in India suggests the South Asian nation is on track for a second record year of such attacks, a religious liberty group said Monday.

Over the past six months, in person, on the radio and on television I have heard numerous people say, "I can't believe this is happening in America." People are in a state of shock. This should be a warning sign to all Americans.

The radical political left is intent on the destruction not only of our values, heritage and identity as a nation, but on the destruction of the wellspring of our Judeo-Christion heritage: our ally Israel.

Rep. Liz Cheney has been censured by the Wyoming Republican Party and the Republican National Committee for her conduct in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. That conduct has drawn a boatload of Democratic dollars and a lot of mainstream Republican support. Small wonder, but they're giving ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The Virginia House of Delegates banned school mask mandates Monday, handing a victory to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin after his effort to impose the ban by executive order stalled in court.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is reporting that abortions declined by nearly 60% during the first month of the state's ban of the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy, but reproductive health experts say it's impossible to tell yet how many women got them through other means.

Rosario Dawson and Sen. Cory Booker, New Jersey Democrat, have reportedly called it quits after nearly three years together.

A U.S. Navy nuclear engineer from Annapolis on Monday pleaded guilty in federal court to charges that he attempted to sell information about nuclear-powered submarines to a foreign country.

The Virginia election of Republican Glenn Youngkin and Winsome Sears as governor and lieutenant governor, respectively, provides a great opportunity for the Republican Party if it will seize the moment and expand on it.

Justices on the Supreme Court have been more vocal in recent years than they have in prior decades, speaking out about the court amid rising partisan discord. But court watchers are split on whether the justices should continue to bow to pressure and weigh in on the political quarrels sparked ...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday she will no longer require businesses to check patrons' vaccination status at the door, effective Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko are set to meet in person this weekend, at a time when a major joint military drill they are conducting near Belarus’ border with Ukraine has sent tensions soaring that conflict may be imminent.

Cyberattackers are bombarding the crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo and threatening to expose the identities of donors to the trucker protesters in Canada, spreading fear of reprisals against donors and intimidating others from contributing to the anti-mandate cause. 

An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., was forced to make an emergency landing Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri, after a passenger tried to break into the cockpit.

It is too late to prevent a sudden or gradual collapse in the dollar’s value. The U.S. Federal debt of $30 trillion is now more than 130% of GDP — and that is just the “on the book” amount and not the unfunded liabilities. The debt-to-GDP ratio is twice what ...

The deadline for nominations for this year’s John F. Kennedy Library Foundation’s annual Profile in Courage Award is Feb. 15, and there are two nominees who, by any objective measure, should be the hands-down winners of the 2022 honors.

As we end National Marriage Week (Feb. 7-14), is it unreasonable to ask if we’ll be celebrating it in five years — or in 10?

Athletes at the Beijing Winter Olympics are competing in a new sport: how to avoid being spied on. Like it or not, it’s a game all Americans are already playing with China — and unfortunately losing.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin released a public service announcement Monday urging state residents to get vaccinated for COVID-19, part of a strategy that relies on upbeat messaging about the future instead of arm-twisting through mandates.

Looking toward a new year, our challenges are many. Homicide and crime, especially in our urban centers, remain too high. Another COVID-19 variant is raging, putting massive stress on our health care system. Youth depression and suicide continue to soar, afflicting the wealthy even more than the poor. Financial poverty ...