Новости за 21.06.2022

The groundbreaking Voyager space probes are entering the final leg of their journey as NASA begins shutting down key systems this year, according to Scientific American.

Left-leaning think tank Third Way is kickstarting a new initiative to counter China online, emphasizing the need for "digital democracy" to triumph over "digital autocracy."

Energy giant Chevron told President Biden Tuesday his administration should offer "clarity and consistency" on energy policies and record gas-pump prices, and engage in "honest dialogue" about the importance of domestic oil production instead of trying to "vilify" the companies who produce it.

The Republican National Committee helped former President Donald Trump assemble alternative electors to contest the certification of the 2020 election, the House Jan. 6 committee revealed on Tuesday.

Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers testified Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs had pressured him to decertify the state's Electoral College slate, which was chosen to back Democrat Joe Biden.

I do not like $5-per-gallon gasoline any more than any other beleaguered American motorist, but I am disappointed to learn that the president is planning to address the situation by suspending the federal gasoline tax of 18.4 cents per gallon ("Biden weighing federal gas tax holiday, sending out gas rebate cards," Web, June 20). This action is gimmickry, pure and simple -- as was the decision to release gasoline from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which was ineffective.

President Biden is a gutless, empty suit and traitor to our country. He is guilty of making deals behind closed doors with sworn enemies such as Iran, committing treason. He shows a yellow streak a mile wide as he lets Russian President Putin dictate to the world his contempt for the human race.

Shame on Sen. Mark Warner, Virginia Democrat, for signing a letter with over 20 other congressional Democrats urging Google to "restrict search results showing pro-life pregnancy centers" and calling such facilities "fake clinics" because they don't kill preborn babies ("Democrats ask Google to rig searches," Inside Politics, June 20).

Rob Gronkowski is hanging 'em up -- again.

Saying its members are sick of being labeled "Nazis" and racists by fellow unionists, the National ICE Council is filing charges with the Labor Department seeking financial autonomy from its parent unions, the AFL-CIO and the American Federation of Government Employees.

The White House on Tuesday declined to confirm reports it will force cigarette companies to slash nicotine levels to minimally addictive or non-addictive levels, an ambitious effort that would likely cut cancer rates but spark a backlash from the tobacco industry.

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson settled 20 of the 24 civil lawsuits filed against him, according to attorney Tony Buzbee.

American businesses are ordering, cajoling and even bribing workers to return to their offices, but fear, pleading and free food don't stack up against some cold realities.

At some point President Biden's delay in building any significant new sections of border wall will cross the line into being an illegal obstruction, congressional Republicans warned in a letter Tuesday to the White House demanding answers about the stall.

Some years ago as the pandemic was making its first stirrings, I heard from assorted pundits across the fruited plain that America was going to be changed forever.

I enthusiastically endorse Mr. Pence as the Republican Party's presidential candidate in 2024.

A guidebook by a parental rights group is stressing that parents have a legal right to know what pronouns their children use for themselves in classrooms, challenging some schools' gender-inclusion policies and calling for transparency in lessons about gender and race.

"All executive power shall be vested in the President of the United States of America."

The House Jan. 6 committee has subpoenaed a British documentary filmmaker who had access to President Trump's inner circle in the weeks leading up to the 2021 attack on the Capitol.

Caleb Swanigan, a former NBA player and star at Purdue, died Monday night. He was 25.

Late-night TV host Stephen Colbert sought Monday to lower the temperature on the arrests of his staffers at a House office building, calling it a case of "first-degree puppetry" and accusing critics of blowing the story out of proportion.

Elon Musk grew closer to completing his takeover of Twitter on Tuesday when the company's board unanimously recommended that shareholders approve the social platform's sale to the billionaire.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is running far ahead in the polls in his bid for a second term, is attracting major donors who previously funded the campaigns of former President Donald Trump.

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Maine's tuition program allowing state funds to go only to nonreligious schools runs afoul of the First Amendment.

Elon Musk's praise of Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to have improved the Florida governor's odds of becoming the nation's next president.