Новости за 11.05.2022

Senate Democrats came up short Wednesday in their bid to pass legislation erasing abortion limits as Republicans stood firm in a display of political theater triggered by last week's leaked Supreme Court draft showing that Roe v. Wade is living on borrowed time.

Last week, when the pilfered draft of a Supreme Court opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito was leaked to the media, it saddened me deeply.

Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo pushed back Wednesday against bipartisan criticism that the agency has cast a shadow over the solar industry.

Cardinal Joseph Zen, a 90-year-old retired Roman Catholic bishop and critic of China's communist regime, was among several pro-democracy advocates arrested by Hong Kong police Wednesday and released on bail late at night.

What if I told you D.C. leaders were shutting their constituents out of the legislative process to appease special-interest groups and enact policies consumers don't want?

Former President Donald Trump remains one of the most powerful factors in this year's slate of Republican primaries, but the latest elections showed the limits of his influence headed into key contests in Georgia and Pennsylvania.

Switching to the Republican Party turned out to be a good move for some former Democrats in primary races for the West Virginia Senate.

A couple of weeks ago, Google came out with a manifesto on electricity and all the changes they plan to advocate for in the electricity industry. Some of them are not good.

Consumer prices rose 8.6% last year, the highest inflation since 1981. What can Congress do?

President Biden's White House summit with Southeast Asian leaders begins Thursday, but the gathering has already sparked an aggressive reaction from China, which is warning nations participating in the summit to reject American attempts to exert influence over the region that Chinese leaders say could stoke confrontation with Beijing.

With new transfer rules and the allowance of name, image and likeness deals, college athletes, especially basketball players, are hopping from program to program at record rates, and it's impossible to keep track of it all.

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise is not mincing words when it comes to the perils of the porous U.S. border with Mexico. The White House has essentially opened that border, he says.

Homeland Security unveiled a new Spanish-language ad campaign Wednesday aimed at would-be migrants, urging them not to put their lives into the hands of smugglers who are convincing them to make the journey.

Army Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, revealed in prepared Senate testimony this week that some U.S. intelligence agencies -- not identified by name -- believe the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic may have been genetically modified in a laboratory and not transmitted naturally from an animal host in China, where it was first identified.

Teachers' unions are under scrutiny in the wake of a Harvard study that shows racial and economic achievement gaps widened during the COVID-19 virtual-learning lockdowns supported by the labor groups.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin requested an expanded security perimeter around the Fairfax County residences of three Supreme Court justices amid concern over pro-choice protests outside the homes.

The Congressional probe of the NFL's Washington Commanders is awash in accusations of political bias after lobbyists, who are linked to a campaign to oust team owner Dan Snyder, solicited money for the Democrat lawmaker spearheading the investigation.

"Those benefitting from conflict see little value in reconciliation."

Robot dogs are finding new homes in Washington's security establishment, as a Philadelphia-based firm is building new military companions with the goal of keeping service members and other personnel away from danger.

Pro-choice activists call abortion a fundamental right. I disagree. When it comes to fundamental rights, none can surpass the right to live.

I just read that Oregon has passed the "Menstrual Dignity Act" requiring menstrual products to be placed in boys' school bathrooms ("Portland schools offer free feminine-hygiene products in boys' bathrooms for 'menstruating students,'" Web, May 2).

In his 1961 inauguration address, President John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country." In 2022 it is "Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what the Democrats can do to secure power."

When Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sat before a select Senate committee charged with determining whether her nomination to the Supreme Court would move forward, Sen. Marsha Blackburn asked her this simple question: "Can you provide a definition for the word 'woman'?"

The dissolution of the U.S. border engineered by the Biden administration and its congressional allies is both unprecedented and undeniable.

Pro-life Americans are excited the Supreme Court may be on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade, and justifiably so.