Новости за 13.01.2023

In the new GOP-run Congress, "the Squad's" ability to put themselves at the center of attention could be diminished. It's also their first time in the minority.

A clouded leopard identified as Nova escaped from the Dallas Zoo on Friday, prompting the facility to close for the day. Police are assisting zoo staff in locating the wild cat.

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday authorized including former president Jair Bolsonaro in its investigation of who incited the Jan. 8 riot in the nation's capital, as part of a broader crackdown to hold responsible parties to account.

The Department of Justice has announced new regulations, including higher taxes and longer waiting periods, on braces that transform a pistol into a short-barreled rifle so it can fire faster.

The federal government will bump up against its borrowing limit next week, the Treasury Department said, putting Congress on notice that it must approve an increase or risk Uncle Sam not being able to cover the bills.

Tyler Adams was voted the U.S. Soccer Federation's Male Player of the Year for the first time on Friday after becoming the youngest captain at last year's World Cup.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has launched an investigation into President Biden's mishandling of classified documents, notifying Attorney General Merrick Garland in a letter.

Outfielder Juan Soto agreed to a $23 million, one-year contract with the San Diego Padres on Friday, a raise from his $17.1 million salary last season.

A columnist can proceed with lawsuits alleging she was raped by former President Donald Trump in a department store a quarter century ago, a federal judge ruled Friday, upholding a temporary New York state law letting adult victims of sexual abuse sue their abusers.

President Biden will deliver his State of the Union address next month, the White House has confirmed.

Meta is suing the tech company Voyager Labs in federal court over allegations it impermissibly scraped data from Facebook and Instagram using a complex campaign of fake accounts, software and a global computer system in violation of Meta's rules.

President Biden's troubles with mishandling government secrets seeped into his foreign diplomacy when he was peppered with questions from reporters during a meeting with Japan's prime minister.

British author, historian and journalist Paul Johnson, who shifted his allegiances from the left to support Margaret Thatcher and Conservative causes, died Thursday after a long illness, his son announced on social media. He was 94.

Elizabeth Uihlein, a mega GOP donor, is backing Ronna McDaniel's quest for a fourth term as chairwoman of the Republican National Committee.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Friday that the U.S. is projected to reach its debt limit on Thursday and will then resort to "extraordinary measures" to avoid default.

Among the notable notables reportedly set to attend the upcoming World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos is Christopher Wray. Why is the head of America's FBI attending an organizational meeting that is aimed at advancing the anti-American Great Reset agenda?

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee on Friday demanded answers about whether President Biden's son Hunter was living at and conducting business deals at his dad's Wilmington, Delaware, home while classified files were there.

Baseball's experiment with robot umpires is taking another step forward, with the electronic strike zone plugging in at all 30 Class AAA Minor League Baseball parks in 2023.

Belarusian investigators are using a photo of an opposition politician shaking hands with former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as evidence in a criminal case tied to the mass protests after Belarus' disputed 2020 presidential election.

The American people can rest easy now that President Biden has assured us the classified documents found in his garage were actually safe because that's where he keeps his Corvette ("Biden's Delaware home is now a player in document drama," Web, Jan. 13).

The Internal Revenue Service has set the beginning of the 2023 tax filing season as Jan. 23. From that date until April 18, the IRS will accept and process 2022 tax returns, the agency announced Thursday.

A city in Washington's Maryland suburbs is debating whether to lower the voting age for municipal elections to 16, following the lead of several towns in the Beltway region and providing another test case for an idea that's sparked interest from coast to coast and in Congress.

Anyone who watched TV coverage of mid-20th-century Alabama would be pleasantly surprised at the political changes that have occurred there in the 60 years since George Wallace brazenly declared "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" at his Jan. 14, 1963, inauguration.

Actor Mark Ruffalo, who seems to believe that he is a world-renowned scientist and engineer, has now decreed from his kitchen that all of you waitresses, bus drivers and cashiers using natural-gas stove should dip into one of your several off-shore bank accounts and get an electric induction stove at a cost of around $3,000.

The propaganda video shows Chinese bombers flying and an aircraft carrier launching warplanes along with guided-missile destroyers. The footage is interspersed with photos of Taiwan and images from Taiwanese cities.