Новости за 08.07.2024

Republicans excelled at the long game, finally succeeding in a decades-long campaign to take full control of the Supreme Court.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D), who represents the key swing state of Nevada, on Monday urged her colleagues and fellow Democrats to rally behind President Biden despite growing calls within the party for him to abandon his reelection bid. “Joe Biden won the Democratic nomination in a landslide because he fights for working people in...

Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) defended his call for President Biden to drop out of the 2024 race, arguing Monday it is not about loyalty but rather being "pragmatic" to ensure there is a "very strong" candidate at the top of the Democratic ticket. Quigley, who publicly urged Biden to exit the race Friday, told CNN...

Multiple deans at Columbia University have been removed from their positions after texts were revealed that were antisemitic in nature, according to a message from the school’s president Monday. President Minouche Shafik wrote in a letter to the community the messages “revealed behavior and sentiments that were not only unprofessional, but also, disturbingly touched on...

Presented by GE Aerospace — ???? Plus: Michael Bloomberg's med school donation {beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Monday. What’d I miss last week? ???? Here's what's happening today: President Biden called into MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and sent a letter to congressional Democrats, bluntly rejecting the calls for him to drop out. Centrist Democratic Sen. Mark Warner...

Supreme Court overrules 'Chevron deference,' challenging Biden's regulatory agenda. This development calls into question the current administration's policy-driven regulations.

More than 3 million travelers were screened at airports across the country Sunday, marking the highest number ever for one day, the Transportation Security Authority (TSA) announced. TSA agents screened 3,013,413 people Sunday in a post-Fourth of July travel blitz, surpassing the all-time high on June 23, when about 2.99 million people were screened, the...

Story at a glance (KTLA) -- A Midwestern city, affectionately known as "the land of splendor," has been named the most educated in America, according to a recent WalletHub study. The financial services company compared the 150 most populated metropolitan areas in the U.S., grading them based on a formula that included the share of...

An ex-national security adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that former President Trump’s attempts to distance himself from Project 2025 are “ludicrous,” citing its deep ties to his administration. “This is preposterous,” Olivia Troye said in a CNN interview. “If you look at the collaborators and the authors of this plan, a...

Joe Biden’s self-inflicted electoral crisis is a classic case study of political “sunk cost fallacy.”

The advocacy and lobbying group that serves as a policy clearinghouse to tout the Biden administration’s accomplishments is expanding its leadership team as the president tries to fend off growing calls for him to drop out of the 2024 race. Building Back Together (BBT) announced five new hires Monday, including former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee...

A Philadelphia radio host who got a rare opportunity to exclusively interview President Biden last week is no longer with the Black-owned station after she admitted she used questions that the Biden campaign provided in advance. Host Andrea Lawful-Sanders and the station "mutually agreed to part ways, effective immediately," WURD Radio CEO Sara M. Lomax...

CNN political commentator Van Jones on Sunday suggested Democrats are preparing to run Vice President Harris for president, regardless of President Biden's official standing in the race. Jones, speaking on CNN's "State of The Union," emphasized the significance of the divide within the Democratic Party following Biden's lackluster debate performance against former President Trump last...

Michael Moore is blasting President Biden's allies, accusing them of "elder abuse" for "pushing" the commander in chief to stay in the race against former President Trump. "The problem here is that I think there's a form of elder abuse going on here, where the Democratic Party and the people that are part of the apparatus...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is scheduled to deliver a press briefing on Monday afternoon. Earlier Monday, President Biden addressed congressional Democrats who have called on him to step aside as the candidate at the top of the party's ticket this year following his performance during a debate with former President Trump last month....

CHICAGO — Nearly 100 people were shot, 19 fatally, across Chicago between midnight on July 4 and midnight Monday. Chicago police Supt. Larry Snelling and Mayor Brandon Johnson will address the holiday weekend violence at 9 a.m. Monday, which has surpassed last year's numbers. The most recent shooting incident was a homicide around 11:30 p.m. Sunday...

Senior Democratic strategist David Axelrod raised questions Monday about former President Trump’s current strategy of keeping quiet amid rising concerns over President Biden’s health and candidacy. “Trump's not talking much about Biden's bad debate. Trump's campaign is not blitzing ads about it. And Lara Trump said last week it would be an affront to democracy...

Properly applying sunscreen is more than just spraying a quick layer on the arms or rubbing some lotion on your skin.

Climate policies are absent from campaigns in the US and Europe, despite voters ranking the climate crisis as a top concern, and politicians are failing to effectively communicate the interconnectedness of the climate crisis with other immediate concerns.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) downplayed concerns over former President Trump getting revenge on his political opponents if he is reelected, despite Trump’s repeated promises to go after President Biden and others. “Donald Trump has been the one that’s been very clear: that his vengeance is going to be by winning and making America great again....

President Biden called into “Morning Joe” on Monday for a defiant interview in which he dismissed what he called “big names” and “elites” in the Democratic Party who have called for him to step aside as the nominee. "I'm getting frustrated by the elites in the party, 'Oh, they know so much more,’” Biden said...

Republicans introduced a bill on Monday to require this year's forms Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) be released in October after the revamped applications' botched rollout last academic year. While the forms typically go out on Oct. 1, Democratic and Republican lawmakers have raised concerns after the Department of Education did not release the...

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are throwing their support behind President Biden as a growing number of Democrats call for him to suspend his 2024 campaign. On Sunday, Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) issued a sharp rebuttal of those calling for Biden to step aside.  “Any 'leader' calling for President Biden to drop out needs...

Americans are almost equally divided over their confidence in higher education, with an increasing number of individuals expressing reduced trust in postsecondary education, according to a recent Gallup survey. The poll, released Monday, found 36 percent of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in higher education, while 32 percent said...

Every hopeful spark for this ancient nation has been quickly extinguished by internal and external forces — until now.