Новости за 12.12.2023

Universities long ago abandoned creating a marketplace of ideas in favor of pushing preferred perspectives.

Shaye Moss said her life was “flipped upside down” when she became an epicenter of baseless accusations of mass election fraud in Georgia, taking the stand on Tuesday as a witness in her defamation case against longtime Trump ally Rudy Giuliani. “I’m just this whole new messed up person,” she said. After the 2020 election,...

The Colorado cattle industry is suing over the reintroduction of gray wolves into the Centennial State. The Colorado Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and the Gunnison County Stockgrowers Association (GCSA) are taking legal action against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) “regarding the pending release of gray wolves in Colorado,”...

If the law is working, what explains Trump’s hesitancy to embrace it?

Members of the Biden administration met to discuss how to implement President Biden’s artificial intelligence (AI) executive order Tuesday for the inaugural meeting of the White House AI Council, according to an official.   During the meeting, the officials received a classified intelligence briefing from the president's national security team to discuss the international dimensions...

The Hill’s Rachel Frazin was selected by SEAL (Sustainability, Environmental Achievement, and Leadership) as one of 12 top environmental journalists for 2023. The SEAL Awards are administered by an environmental advocacy organization that honors leadership through corporate sustainability awards & environmental journalism awards. Frazin was named alongside journalists from Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe and...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (D-Ga.) fiercely rejected the idea that former President Trump, the 2024 GOP presidential front-runner, would pick rival Nikki Haley to serve as his running mate in the general election. “MAGA would revolt if Nikki Haley were to even be given an internship in Trump’s next administration,” Greene wrote on X, the...

Dozens of students were arrested at Brown University on Monday after they staged a sit-in demanding the school divest “its endowment from Israeli military occupation" amid the Gaza war against Hamas. Forty-one students were arrested after Brown Divest Coalition organized a sit-in at University Hall that began Monday morning. The students were charged with “willful...

Rep. Tim Burchett’s 16-minute Christmas party appeared to be a packed — and punctual — success, as a bipartisan crowd of holiday revelers joined the Tennessee Republican in some fast-paced festivities. Burchett had detailed plans for Tuesday’s roughly quarter-of-an-hour affair, which was increased by one minute from last year’s bash, in an interview with The Hill ahead...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday vowed to block any attempt to install the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Gaza after the war with Hamas, putting him in direct opposition to the U.S., which wants to see the body rule the coastal strip after the war. Netanyahu said in a video address that he was...

President Biden on Tuesday warned that Israel is starting to lose support around the world for its war with Hamas, which began after the deadly Oct. 7 attacks the U.S.-designated terrorist organization launched against Israel. Biden reiterated his support for Israel amid the war but told a group of donors at a fundraiser in Washington,...

Senate Democrats are calling on conservative Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from ruling on former President Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office.   Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and other Democrats on the panel argue that Thomas faces a conflict of interest...

Although participants in the Misinformation Economy continue richly enhancing their bottom line, we are not helpless. We can turn AI to advantage to identify and eliminate or quickly call out misinformation across the web.

President Biden will meet with family members of American hostages being held by Hamas on Wednesday, a White House official confirmed to The Hill. The meeting will take place at the White House and the official did not specify which family member will be included in it. Four American hostages taken by Hamas during the...

Clothing retailer Zara pulled an advertising campaign and issued a statement of regret after some likened the campaign to the destruction in Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. While the images have since been taken down, purported screenshots on social media of the campaign, called "The Jacket," showed mannequins wrapped in plastic, broken plaster and...

A federal judge upheld a Texas law that bans the use of TikTok on state-owned devices and networks in a Monday order. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman rejected a lawsuit brought by the Knight First Amendment Institue at Columbia University, which argued the Texas law violated the First Amendment by prohibiting the use of...

Former President Trump unveiled new digital trading cards Tuesday, calling them the “MugShot Edition.” “Due to the great Excitement and Success of my previous TRUMP DIGITAL TRADING CARDS, we’re doing it again - The MugShot Edition, available RIGHT NOW,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Thursday. “Plus, buy 47 cards and get a piece...

A congressional investigation has discovered that law enforcement agencies have been accessing patient prescription records through pharmacies without warrants, with most people unaware that their private data is being handed over to authorities. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, along with Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal (Wash.) and Sara Jacobs (Calif.) alerted...

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert got into a heated discussion on Monday over whether former President Trump was an “aberration” in the Republican Party. While on her book tour promoting “Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning,” Cheney and Colbert disagreed about the former president’s role in...

Eighteen Californian children have filed a lawsuit alleging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to protect them from the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting climate change. The lawsuit, led by plaintiff “Genesis B.” of Long Beach, argues that insufficient EPA action on climate change has directly resulted in harms specific to children...

Why is the traditionally healthiest sector of our society — young, employed, insured workers — dying at such rates?

A judge formally dismissed a charge against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) related to the Flint water crisis, formally closing the case against him.  Judge William Crawford dismissed a charge Monday of willful neglect of duty against Snyder after a 2014 water supply switch led to lead contamination in the city of Flint’s water...

A pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion discovered her embryo no longer has any cardiac activity, her attorneys said Monday. Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Planned Parenthood who were representing plaintiff Jane Doe said they couldn’t comment on what impact the development will...

A majority of likely Iowa GOP caucusgoers say high-profile endorsements for presidential candidates do not affect their voting decisions, according to a new survey. A new poll from Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom, released Monday, found that 54 percent of Republican caucusgoers in the key early-voting state said Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' (R) endorsement of Florida...

Story at a glance Rising costs have pushed the “American Dream” out of reach for most Americans, according to a new analysis from Investopedia. Common milestones associated with success in the United States like marriage, children, homeownership, cars and healthcare are estimated to cost $3,455,305 throughout a person’s lifetime, according to the financial news...