Новости за 13.01.2023

A lab worker in Indianapolis has been fired after sending graphically detailed threats and death fantasies to Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), The Daily Beast reported.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that investigators in the United States Supreme Court have narrowed down the identity of the person who leaked its landmark decision last year to overturn the decades-long precedent set by Roe v. Wade.

Sen. Chuck Schumer said Friday he supports the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the discovery of classified documents tied to President Joe Biden. The Democratic majority leader said it’s “way to early” to say if Biden or anyone else broke any laws in connection with the documents unearthed in a Washington, D.C., office and the president’s home in Delaware. “We should let it play out. We don’t have to push them in any direction,” Schumer, of New York, told CNN. “Let the special... Читать дальше...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republicans in the GOP-controlled Missouri House are embroiled in national controversy this week over a rule that would have tightened the dress code for women lawmakers. The initial version of the rule, offered by state Rep. Ann Kelley, a Lamar Republican, would have explicitly required women to wear jackets while in the House chamber — although previous rules have already required women to wear a second layer, such as a blazer. The House eventually enacted a revised rule that requires women to wear jackets... Читать дальше...

As former President Donald Trump's influence over the Republican party continues be drained by poor election results and a growing amount of pending state and federal criminal cases, his attempt to take credit for the passing of Kevin McCarthy (R-California) into the role of Speaker of the House has been quickly rebuffed by several in the GOP.

During the George W. Bush years, as the nation waged the "global war on terror," there was massive concern among civil libertarians about the government's indifference, if not hostility, to human rights and civil liberties. While the "Bush Doctrine" held that "either you're with us or you're with the terrorists" and professed a commitment to spreading democracy (at the point of a gun) around the globe to defeat them, Vice President Dick Cheney articulated an even darker vision in a "Meet the Press" interview five days after the 9/11 attacks... Читать дальше...

CNN analyst Chris Wallace recently offered a blistering opinion of Republican leaders and lawmakers who have exhibited a double standard in regards to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump's classified documents reports.

Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan has launched his first investigation as chair of the House Judiciary Committee, which will look into President Joe Biden's alleged mishandling of classified documents, Fox News reports.

Scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos (R-NY) now has something in common with former President Barack Obama: His political foes are demanding to see his birth certificate.

Former Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger slammed Kevin McCarthy on Thursday, using a common slur to attack the newly-minted Speaker of the House while observing he will say anything he needs to to stay in power.

MIAMI — It was early December, and Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay had had it with the federal government’s response to what he considered a “humanitarian crisis” as more and more migrants arrived by boat in the Florida Keys. “The mass migration is depleting critical staff from doing their assigned duties of protecting, responding, investigating and patrolling our communities,” he said at the time. Every day, it seemed, more and more people, usually from Cuba and sometimes from Haiti, arrived in overloaded boats. Читать дальше...

More than $21,000 splurged at a modest restaurant -- $10,700 spent at a bakery in a single day. The public release Friday of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro's official credit card expenditures is raising eyebrows in Brazil.

A new report from Rolling Stone reveals that Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) was warned by "Stop the Steal" organizer Ali Alexander to leave the United States Capitol building on January 6th, 2021 before rioters incited by former President Donald Trump breached the building.

Rep. George Santos (R-NY) defended his employer later accused of running a "Ponzi scheme" after he was alerted to the possible fraud by a customer.

The editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch pounced on newly-elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for acknowledging the problems of Rep. George Santos (R-NY) when it comes to the lies the freshman lawmaker told to get elected -- and then refusing to do anything about it.

The California Justice Department on Thursday sued three large pharmaceutical companies as well as several major pharmacy benefit managers for unlawfully coordinating to drive up the cost of insulin, a lifesaving medication that patients in the United States are often forced to ration due to high prices.

A joke made by Idaho state Rep. Jack Nelsen (R) this Tuesday when he was introducing himself to the House Agriculture Committee didn't go over too well, since many interpreted the remarks as him comparing women to livestock.

An Idaho newspaper's editorial board laid into a Republican state lawmaker over his "bullying and threatening" outburst during a recent school board meeting.

According to Republicans with close ties to Donald Trump, close aides to the former president are finding it difficult to get him out of Mar-a-Lago and interested in his re-election campaign that is -- using Trump's words -- a "mess."

Ron DeSantis likes to say Florida is where “woke” goes to die. If by “woke” he means tolerance, science, inquiry, free expression, and knowledge, yes, Florida is where “woke” goes to die.

A Superior Court ruling that upheld the legislative eligibility of Rep.-elect Jennie Armstrong, D-Anchorage, is being appealed to the Alaska Supreme Court.

A long-awaited biopic starring British actor Helen Mirren as Israel's only female prime minister, Golda Meir, will have its world premiere at the Berlin film festival next month, organizers said Friday.

At the end of 2022, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) left the Democratic Party to become an Independent. Now, barely one month later, majorities of both local Democratic and Independent voters disapprove of her, endangering her likely 2024 re-election bid.

The United States deficit dropped from $2.6 trillion to $1.4 trillion in 2022, the New York Times reports. Although the tremendous milestone was reached while the country was under Democratic leadership, the Times received backlash on Friday after the headline image accompanying its reporting featured a photo of Republican lawmakers instead of Democrats.

The Trump Organization was fined $1.6 million for a long-running tax fraud scheme, and many considered the penalty too light.