Новости за 17.05.2022

China's ruling Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army are subverting the rules-based international order and increasing global efforts to expand power, the U.S. admiral in charge of Pacific forces told a House hearing Tuesday.

Romance scams ranging from fake online dating profiles to would-be "sugar mommas" are ticking upward as summer approaches, according to U.S. officials who have struggled to stop them.

The voting public might want to buckle up. Here's a few words from MoveOn, the progressive and aggressive activist group that is gearing up for the midterm elections, armed with an unprecedented boost of $30 million in its campaign war-chest.

Joy Behar called Tucker Carlson "almost irrelevant" because he only has -- a bigger audience than she does.

No team has committed more errors this spring than the Nationals, who entered Tuesday's contest against the Marlins with a 12-25 record -- only two games ahead of the historically bad Cincinnati Reds.

Tiger Woods is all about majors and legacy, a point he drove home Tuesday in a sharp rebuke of Phil Mickelson and his support of a Saudi-funded golf venture that led to Lefty not defending his title at the PGA Championship.

An FBI cyber expert testified Tuesday that the bureau's counterintelligence unit opened an investigation into former President Trump's alleged ties to a Russian bank in September 2016, even though his team had raised questions about the evidence provided by a Clinton campaign attorney.

By and large, American news reporting about the intention of Sweden and Finland to join NATO lacks historical perspective. Without such perspective, one naturally thinks it makes sense for these nations to extend their defensive capabilities by obtaining the assistance of other nations.

In 1957, when rabid mobs sought to prevent the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, pursuant to the Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, then-President Dwight Eisenhower ordered federal troops to Little Rock to escort the Black students to the entrance of the school. He also went on TV to speak to the nation regarding his action.

My introduction to The Washington Times began on May 17, 1982, during its Corcoran Gallery birthday reception, and since then I have had the privilege and honor to express my opinions on its pages.

A judge on Tuesday suspended Michigan's dormant, decades-old ban on abortion, which means the procedure would not be illegal in the state even if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns its historic Roe v. Wade decision.

The IRS has dramatically cut back on audits of the wealthiest Americans over the last decade and the poorest taxpayers are now audited at a higher rate than the middle class, Congress's chief watchdog reported Tuesday.

President Biden on Tuesday railed against media figures and politicians whom he said spread white supremacist ideology for "power and profit."

Republican candidates expect biased press coverage of their presidential campaigns. But GOP candidates now must also overcome a growing trend of U.S. intelligence officers abusing their professions to sway presidential elections.

An FBI agent told jurors Monday that Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann's purported evidence tying former President Trump to Russia's Alfa Bank strained credibility because there was no effort to hide what Mr. Sussmann claimed was secret back-channel communications.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed legislation barring male-born athletes from girls' and women's scholastic sports, drawing kudos from advocates for fairness in female athletics and criticism from the gender-identity movement.

Two fired Alaska Airlines flight attendants sued the carrier -- and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA union -- Tuesday, claiming they were discriminated against for posting "biblically based" comments to a company message board.

Prince Charles and Camilla, the duchess of Cornwall, arrived in St. John's, Newfoundland on Friday, to begin a three-day Canadian tour to mark the 70th anniversary of his mother's ascent to the throne.

Most American voters oppose transgender surgeries and lessons for children, but more than a third fear speaking up about the issue, according to a poll released Tuesday.

Federal safety regulators have approved a path for United Airlines to resume using dozens of Boeing 777 jets that have been grounded since the engine on one plane blew apart over Denver last year.

U.S. intelligence officials told members of Congress on Tuesday that sightings of unidentified flying objects continue to be "frequent" and that roughly 400 detections have been reported by service members -- a nearly threefold increase since last year.

Festering discontent with President Biden among America's business titans has burst into the open, with CEOs ridiculing the White House for turning them into boogeymen instead of accepting responsibility for inflation and an economy that might be headed for recession.

The United States government is moving to ease a few economic sanctions on Venezuela in a gesture meant to encourage resumed negotiations between the U.S.-backed opposition and the government of President Nicolas Maduro.

"'Shut up,' he explained." Novelist Ring Lardner's famed, unanswerable riposte has its analog in chess. Many amateurs can't fathom why a grandmaster would resign a game when he's down only a pawn with rooks, bishops and queens still on the board, even when a more experienced player can quickly see the hopelessness of the situation.

The LIV Golf Invitational Series reportedly wanted Jack Nicklaus to be the face of the new tour, and it was willing to pay a pretty penny to get it done.