Новости за 26.06.2024

One of the things I often hear as an emotions researcher is that emotions should not “cloud” people’s decisions, that they get in the way, or that they are irrational.

You may have seen headlines that link social media to sadness and depression. Social media use goes up, happiness goes down. But recent studies suggest those findings might not be so straightforward.

Some major bombshells hit in Tuesday night’s U.S. House primaries.

Rep. Lauren Boebert, a far-right MAGA Republican, prevailed in Colorado's ultra-conservative 4th Congressional District — where, in the general election, she will have a definite advantage in the competition for the seat once held by former Rep. Ken Buck.

And The Squad, an alliance of progressive lawmakers, suffered a brutal defeat when Rep. Jamaal Bowman lost to the more moderate Democrat George Latimer by roughly... Читать дальше...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) served up a reminder that he hasn't reported a bank account on financial disclosure forms.

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that politicians may accept a gratuity after making an official act, and that laws against bribery do not apply.

Restrictions or outright bans on abortion implemented in some U.S. states can have unexpected consequences like reduced access to contraceptives and higher infant mortality rates, two studies published this week warned.

The U.S. Supreme Court released a ruling Wednesday that declared giving gifts to politicians does not constitute bribery under federal law — and the irony was not lost on Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito joined the other conservative judges in declaring that "gratuities" are not the same as bribes in a ruling released on Wednesday.

Conservative podcast host and convicted criminal Steve Bannon hosted an interview with a woman who had a child with Hunter Biden.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) suggested that God favored her candidacy in the Republican primary election she won.

Former President Donald Trump pushed out a hyperbolic and conspiracy-laden fundraising email to his supporters with just a day to go before the CNN presidential debate between himself and President Joe Biden, headlined, "THE GLOVES ARE COMING OFF!

Donald Trump's attorney expressed himself appalled Tuesday that federal agents would dare enter the room where the former president's youngest son Barron keeps his Peloton — spectators were less sympathetic.

Share prices for Donald Trump's social media company are plummeting, and CNBC's finance reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin suggested the presumptive Republican nominee might cash out before the election to fund his campaign.

In a majority decision, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett slapped down the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a decision Wednesday.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee spent the early hours of Wednesday morning spreading a conspiracy theory about the clutter of secret documents FBI agents found in his Florida social club.

Lost in the shuffle of Supreme Court decisions at the end of this term is one that rolls back rights for undocumented spouses of American citizens, wrote Ahilan Arulanantham for Slate on Wednesday — and it is particularly cruel in how it weaponizes history to do so.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission revealed Tuesday that supporters of Donald Trump were able to gather enough signatures to recall one of Wisconsin's top Republican lawmakers.

House Republicans are preparing for a vote on their latest scheme to try to attack Attorney General Merrick Garland — and, noted Politico's Kyle Cheney, there's no chance it will come to anything.

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is going on trial in Russia for alleged espionage offenses on Wednesday, which prompted former President Donald Trump to once again make an apparently baseless promise about being able to secure his release should he be reelected this fall.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough called out Donald Trump for running a public relations campaign for the first presidential debate instead of preparing.

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) opened up on CNN Wednesday morning about his decision to endorse President Joe Biden's re-election — one of the most prominent Republican politicians to have crossed the aisle so far in this way.

President Joe Biden is getting some sharp debating advice from a highly unlikely source.

Sen. Bernie Sanders released a report Tuesday detailing how right-wing billionaires are bankrolling coordinated efforts to privatize U.S. public education by promoting voucher programs that siphon critical funding away from already-underresourced public schools.

"Texas set to execute Ramiro Gonzales for 2001 murder" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

While support for same-sex marriage remains high overall, it's been dropping over the last three years following GOP attacks on the LGBTQ community.