Новости за 06.01.2023

After a pause in activity that began in early December, the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's big island began erupting once again on Thursday, sending forth bursts of lava and volcanic smog.

The House voted to adjourn until 10 p.m. Friday as Republicans scrambled for the last votes that will finally get GOP leader Kevin McCarthy to the 218 he needs to become speaker.

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn had his Twitter account reinstated on Friday as the United States marked the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Border Patrol agents caught 12 illegal immigrants in November whose names popped on the terrorism watchlist, according to new data revealed this week by the Department of Homeland Security.

The IRS said Friday that it has finished repaying nearly 12 million taxpayers who overpaid on their 2020 returns after getting unemployment benefits during the pandemic.

Last week, former President Donald Trump made it clear -- intentionally or otherwise -- that he has no actual intention of running for president again in 2024.

Rep.-elect George Santos hasn't been sworn in yet as a freshman congressman, but prominent GOP leaders in New York are already mulling potential replacements in hopes he can be forced to resign.

A conservative group hit back Friday after Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel accused the group of releasing a "junk poll" that showed only a sliver of GOP voters want to see her reelected.

Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX is seeking to terminate its $135 million, 19-year deal for the naming rights to the arena of the NBA's Miami Heat. The facility is owned by Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Republican infighting that has frozen the House of Representatives in a state of limbo all week eased significantly Friday when Republican leader Kevin McCarthy picked up new support from key conservative holdouts in his bid for House speaker.

Doctors switching from in-person mental health care to telehealth during early pandemic lockdowns facilitated a rise in the number of Americans seeking treatment for emotional disturbances, a recent study found.

Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz nominated fellow House Republican Jim Jordan again for speaker on the 12th ballot Friday.

Meta has softened its plan to demote content about politics and social issues on Facebook after reportedly finding its suppression techniques created problems.

Shortly before being appointed as a rural Nevada judge last month over a deep pool of applicants, then-Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore insisted to county officials that she was eligible for the judgeship because she had met the qualifications to be considered a local resident.

In a book full of startling revelations, Prince Harry's assertion that he killed 25 people in Afghanistan is one of the most striking - and has drawn criticism from both enemies and allies.

House Democrats are tying the GOP dysfunction over selecting a speaker to the 2021 Capitol protest on its second anniversary Friday.

The New York State Office of Unclaimed Funds took in a record $48 million from unused gift card balances in 2022. A settlement with Apple netted authorities almost $3 million, while another with H&M brought in around $18 million.

A journalists' union in South Sudan asserted Friday that six staffers with the national broadcaster are detained in connection with footage apparently showing the country's president urinating on himself during an event.

The COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a decline in attendance at religious services, particularly among those with a "weak" commitment to regular worship attendance, a unit of the American Enterprise Institute reported Thursday.

Prince Harry says his brother William physically attacked him during a ferocious argument -- one of many startling allegations in a new memoir that includes revelations about the estranged royal's drug-taking, first sexual encounter and role in killing people during his military service in Afghanistan.

President Biden lauded the Labor Department's December jobs report as proof his economic blueprint has put the country on the right track.

Those who believe the mainstream media's claims that Donald Trump paid no taxes for years may want to turn off CNN and get out of the basement ("Rep. Kevin Brady sounds off on release of Trump taxes: 'Every American ought to be frightened,'" Web, Jan. 1).

The fight over House speaker has nothing to do with democracy.

President Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline that would have carried 800,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada to the Gulf Coast likely cost thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity, according to a new report from the Department of Energy.

A new coronavirus variant, considered the most transmissible to date, is ripping through the Northeast and could become dominant in the U.S. within days.