Новости за 28.04.2022

There's apparently no political courage worthy of commendation ever exhibited by maverick Democrats -- at least not if the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation's annual Profiles in Courage Awards are the arbiters thereof.

The Republican State Leadership Committee is offering donors a unique piece of political merchandise: a Joe Biden gas can.

China carried out offensive biological weapons work until 1987 and failed to disclose the full extent of the activities for years as required under an international agreement, according to the State Department's annual report on arm treaty compliance.

Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday blasted Attorney General Merrick Garland over the nation's rising crime rate, telling him that he shouldn't be pleased with how the Justice Department has addressed the threat.

Nationals lefty Patrick Corbin tossed his best start of the season against the Marlins, striking out eight and allowing four hits and two earned runs in six innings. But it still wasn't enough. Washington's bats remained ice-cold as the team dropped its eighth-straight game with a 3-2 loss to the Miami Marlins.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday that Black Lives Matter is not a domestic terrorist threat, distinguishing the group from right-wing extremists whom he has cast as the most significant terrorism-related danger to the U.S.

The White House expressed support Thursday for a new Homeland Security board to address "misinformation" online, although press secretary Jen Psaki said she isn't familiar with the woman chosen to lead the effort.

The Biden administration on Thursday defended its cyber security agency's big budget request -- a roughly $300 million or 13% increase from last year -- by saying the extra money was for people, processes and partnerships.

Sen. Joe Manchin III said Thursday he never seriously contemplated switching parties to become a Republican.

President Biden met with small business owners Thursday to highlight the record growth of mom-and-pop establishments last year, but he avoided discussion in front of TV cameras of the high inflation that is hampering businesses small and big nationwide.

Tiger Woods flew to Oklahoma on Thursday for a practice round at Southern Hills, the first step in deciding whether he can play in the PGA Championship.

Former Homeland Security leaders warned that the Biden administration had unleashed Orwellian thought police on Americans after DHS revealed its new "disinformation" board to stop online misinformation is run by a woman who herself spread disinformation and questioned First Amendment rights.

Drunkenness could explain why the Democratic Party continues to offer such extreme social policies. After all, being drunk makes a person vulnerable, often self-destructive and prone to making bad choices. But how did the party that once purported to expand opportunity to all get diverted into social trends? What happened to its intellectual approach, making decisions based on facts and science?

In the 1984 movie "Red Dawn," America is infiltrated by the Russians and Cubans, dividing the country in half. Part of the enemy forces strike in the Northwest, where high school kids take them on. It was a fictitious scenario, but one that could very easily now happen here under the incompetent Biden administration.

A.G. Sulzberger says The New York Times still values "diversity of opinion" despite conservative claims of left-wing bias.

We must all admit that our president is in the early stages of dementia. His wife tells him not to stray and where to stand; he exits the Rose Garden in the wrong direction; his handlers tell him to not take questions or go off-script. The Easter Bunny herds him away from onlookers and conversation at the annual Easter Egg Roll.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday invited tech tycoon Elon Musk to Capitol Hill for a roundtable discussion on free speech and to meet prominent people who have been "unjustly banned" from Twitter.

The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously rejected an effort to recall Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Florida has recently banned sex education before fourth grade, but Maryland is a different world: For years, the state school system has directed teachers not to inform parents about gender-transitioning students.

The Republican lawmaker who sponsored legislation to end the Walt Disney Co.'s self-governing tax district in Central Florida calls the entertainment giant's claim that the change is illegal "patently ridiculous."

President Biden, who was wrong last summer when he predicted high inflation would be "temporary," said Thursday he doesn't foresee a recession despite the news that the U.S. economy registered negative growth in the first quarter of 2022.

President Biden on Thursday said the U.S. would "accommodate" Russian oligarchs, the latest gaffe or confused utterance from the president and one that quickly provoked criticism and concern across social media.

Olivia Wilde was surprised when she was served legal papers while on stage at CinemaCon in Las Vegas Tuesday night, according to the New York Post.

A Republican congressman said Thursday his constituents want Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas impeached for "treason," and wondered if future parents with the last name of Mayorkas will hesitate to name their children Alejandro.

The debate over allowing male-born athletes in female sports based on gender identity has played out for years in state legislatures, but House Republicans want to take on the issue in Washington.