Новости за 04.03.2024

In the days before President Biden gives the final State of the Union address of his first term, a new interview has Biden—whose main campaign pitch is that he'd save abortion rights from a second Trump term—taking yet another needless swipe at the issue. Speaking to the New Yorker for a rare print interview published Monday, the president said his plan to protect abortion access is to "pass Roe v. Wade as the law of the land." Not a great start, seeing as this is wildly unspecific and the Supreme... Читать дальше...

On Thursday, nearly 150 members of Congress asked the Supreme Court to revive a 19th-century zombie law to ban sending the abortion drug mifepristone through the mail—even in states where abortion is legal. Enforcing the law, the Comstock Act of 1873, is part of a playbook conservative groups are preparing for Donald Trump should he win in November. The groups, which are part of a coalition known as Project 2025, want the next Republican president to use Comstock to ban not just medication abortion, but all abortion procedures nationwide. Читать дальше...

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump will—once again—be on the ballot in Colorado. It was a decision that—had it gone the other way—could've challenged his eligibility for another term. In the midst of this, Trump is continuing to use Sinead O'Connor's music during his campaign events despite her estate's denunciations. And now, an investigation has revealed a new and profoundly unsettling way his supporters are trying to drum up more votes. Over the weekend, BBC... Читать дальше...

Unbelievably enough, Iowa State’s Caitlin Clark still isn’t done making history and shattering pretty much every record you could name. On Sunday night, in front of four-time WNBA champion Maya Moore, Travis Scott, and Jake from State Farm, Clark broke the NCAA's all-time scoring record for men's and women’s basketball, passing Pete “Pistol Pete” Maravich's career record of 3,667 points that’s stood since 1970. Clark passed the record by one point with a free-throw, and has since told reporters that... Читать дальше...

It's been eight years since Rihanna ended her Anti World Tour in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on November 27, 2016. But she finally came out of her semi-retirement, performance sabbatical, full Fenty pivot, whatever you wanna call it, to give her very first full-length concert in nearly a decade. If you're mad that you didn't see tickets go on sale it's because there were none. To get into this concert, you needed to either be a billionaire or be friends with the billionaire groom or multi-millionaire bride. Читать дальше...