Новости за 13.07.2022

A Seattle man could be slapped with hate crime charges Wednesday after he was arrested over the weekend for allegedly standing outside Rep. Pramila Jayapal's house and issuing threats while armed with a handgun.

President Biden lauded the "bone-deep" U.S.-Israeli relationship and pledged to deepen ties between the two countries as he landed Wednesday in Tel Aviv on the first Mideast trip of his presidency.

A Navy officer must serve a three-year prison sentence after a Japanese court convicted him of negligent driving that led to the death of two people.

Consumer prices soared in June at an annual rate of 9.1%, a new 40-year high driven by increases in the cost of gas, food and rent, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.

The Navy is dismissing Chinese claims that it had "driven away" a U.S. warship operating near a set of disputed islands in the South China Sea, the latest development in a tense region where such international standoffs are becoming increasingly frequent.

The White House said President Biden will meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other Saudi leaders on Friday evening.

Sri Lanka's president, who had announced he would resign Wednesday, has fled the country after months of turmoil culminated in protesters converging on the presidential palace. Here's what's happening in Sri Lanka:

Wall Street pointed toward small gains ahead of the opening bell and the Wednesday release of U.S. inflation data that could bring with it additional. aggressive interest rate hikes from a Federal Reserve that is under pressure to tame sharply rising prices.

U.S. inflation likely reached a new 40-year high in June, driven up by a spike in gas costs, more expensive food and rent, and pricier cars and hotel rooms.

The Reproductive Rights Task Force was formed in response to the Supreme Court's decision overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

Tuesday's game between the Seattle Mariners and Washington Nationals was postponed because of thunderstorms. MLB approved the postponement after a 1-hour, 4-minute delay from the scheduled 7:05 p.m. first pitch.

Magnus Cort Nielsen won a two-man sprint in a photo-finish to claim the 10th stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday at the end of a hilly trek in the Alps that was interrupted by protestors.

The hard left has gone hysterical about recent Supreme Court rulings. Like former President Donald Trump and Stacey Abrams, it can't bear losing.

Democratic candidates are not only defending abortion but embracing the once-taboo procedure in a most public way by showcasing first-person testimony of women who have terminated a pregnancy.

Small businesses drive the U.S. economy and hold the key to its recovery and competitiveness.

Bipartisanship is rare in Washington these days. Christopher Wray is an exception -- sort of.

Democratic lawmakers making a last-ditch attempt to pass a tax and spending bill are now weighing whether to extend COVID-era Obamacare subsidies to avoid skyrocketing premiums that will hit just as voters head to the polls in November.

Former Vice President Mike Pence is expected to spotlight China's "adversarial intentions" toward the U.S. and its allies in a keynote address Wednesday at a key international summit.

Twitter sued Elon Musk on Tuesday over his effort to drop his planned acquisition of the platform, teeing up a major legal battle between the Tesla and SpaceX founder and the social-media company that wants him to follow through on the deal.

The Jan. 6 committee has notified the Justice Department that former President Donald Trump tried to call an unidentified witness in recent days, committee vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney said Tuesday as she issued a warning about possible witness tampering.

A scandal engulfing Vietnam's foreign ministry and a number of other public and private bodies are testing Hanoi's reliability as a linchpin of a hoped-for U.S.-led Asian economic framework and as a bulwark in the international fight to tame the COVID-19 pandemic.

Democrats are supremely unhappy with the U.S. Supreme Court at the moment. "In the immediate wake of several important U.S. Supreme Court decisions strengthening the Second Amendment, reining in the power of the Environmental Protection Agency, and ending the constitutional right to an abortion, a majority of Democrats say they want to abolish the Court," reports the Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank based in Illinois.