Новости за 16.08.2023

The battle over access to the abortion pill mifepristone got one step closer to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, as the future of the medication—which is currently still available—grows more uncertain.

Donald Trump may soon decide that he prefers being publicly arrested over debating his fellow Republican presidential candidates.

Republicans are getting way too creative in their defense of Donald Trump after his whopping fourth indictment.

Join our fellow travelers on a fascinating, exclusive tour that will bring you face to face with one of the greatest movements in American politics. This carefully curated program looks back on the tragedies and triumphs of the Freedom Riders, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, and the Little Rock Nine. We’ll take you on an unforgettable journey through the heart of the American South to visit iconic sites and actually meet some other activists who helped shape the America we know today.... Читать дальше...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams chose to honor the legacy of Indian independence by comparing himself to Gandhi, a central figure in India’s struggle to free itself from the violent colonial rule of the United Kingdom.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says he will let China invade Taiwan after the United States has its own supply of semiconductors, because defending the island is not in American “self-interest.”

Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks that the Fulton County district attorney should be “going after rapists,” not Donald Trump. Luckily for her, the Georgia indictment actually kills both birds with one stone.

In the ICU, we use blood—sometimes, by the gallon. A patient with, say, a gushing stomach ulcer might need transfusion after transfusion to keep the heart beating until the hemorrhage stops. Such blood products are not prescribed by physicians like me in “whole” form, but rather in parts that are separated after collection before being hung on IV poles at the bedside. Wine-red, pint-sized bags of red blood cells boost the blood’s capacity to transport oxygen; straw-colored thin liquid called plasma... Читать дальше...

If by interspersing unexpected liberal wins with expected wins for the right, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’s ploy was to confuse liberal critics, defuse their fervor, and brake the precipitous drop in the court’s public approval ratings, as many skeptics have inferred, then Roberts must be off for a pleasant summer. Liberals and Democrats have been all over the map trying to decipher the 2022–23 term’s mixed record. It’s an unenviable position to be in, but if they cannot get beyond this cacophonous chatter... Читать дальше...

Before he was banned from the platform for inciting violence, Donald Trump’s favorite social media network was Twitter. But he may come to regret tweeting so much, now that the Georgia indictment cites 12 of his own tweets as evidence.