Новости за 10.02.2023

Xenophobia is the original offense of the Trump era.

The former president launched his campaign in 2015 by saying of Mexican migrants, “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” It was a gross mischaracterization of facts, but the nativist message resonated with a Republican base primed by far-right media figures to despise non-white immigrants.

When President Joe Biden came to office and Democrats took majorities in Congress, the excesses of xenophobia in high office ebbed... Читать дальше...

As former President Donald Trump continues to paint himself in a corner with his variety of legal lawsuits and defenses, he is running out of time to try to convince the legal system once again that he can use executive privilege to toss out conversations between him and former Vice President Mike Pence.

A new national survey conducted by the Public Research Institute and Brookings Institution found that a majority of Republicans in the U.S. "are sympathetic to" Christian nationalism, The Guardian reports.

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats on Thursday urged the GOP lawmakers running the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government to work with them on genuine oversight investigations that weren’t political or focused on leveling grievances.

The White House on Friday accused Fox broadcasting corporation of canceling a pre-Super Bowl interview with President Joe Biden -- the latest chapter in the contentious relationship between Biden and Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

A Michigan Democrat who in the past has been complimentary toward Tesla CEO Elon Musk has now reported selling off Tesla stock shares with a value worth up to $130,000.

A US fighter jet shot down an unidentified object over Alaska on Friday, the White House said, although it remained unclear what the purpose or origin of the target was.

The Pentagon shot down an "unidentified flying object over Alaska this Friday at the order of President Joe Biden, The New York Times reports.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are planning to call CNN's Anderson Cooper to testify in an upcoming civil trial for a lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, in which she's suing Trump for sexual battery.

Police in Hazel Park, Michigan are alleging that one local junior high school teacher went to extreme lengths to get a day off last week.

A far-right group that claims to be defenders of the 1st Amendment quietly filed a $100 million lawsuit against the New York Times early in January stating the venerable newspaper defamed them by pointing out their ties to participants in the festivities that led up to the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Attorney General Ken Paxton and four of his former top deputies who said he improperly fired them after they accused him of crimes have reached a tentative agreement to end a whistleblower lawsuit that would pay those employees $3.3 million dollars.

A preschool teacher in Florida used blackface in a lesson on Black History Month, and the school's director claimed not to understand why parents were offended.

Rep. George Santos says he only said he went to college because Long Island Republicans would never have endorsed his candidacy if they knew he had just a high school diploma. “I would have never gotten the nomination from Nassau County GOP if I had not concluded college,” he told Newsmax. “To say that I deceived, and (ran) a campaign of deception is just not fair. That’s just a political spin.” Santos admits concocting degrees from New York University’s business school and Baruch College, where... Читать дальше...

A Donald Trump appointee to the federal bench, who was too extreme even for Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), is living up to the low expectations his critics had for him as he has become the go-to guy for far-right figures pushing culture war issues.

Turning Point USA, a group founded to energize young conservatives which later became a right-wing political powerhouse, has apparently invited the ire of Donald Trump due to its support for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, NBC News reports.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Republicans in the Legislature on Friday gave final approval to the expansion of a secretive immigration program that will authorize Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to relocate migrants anywhere in the country in whichever way it “sees fit.” The proposed legislation, which DeSantis is expected to sign into law, will set aside $10 million for the Division of Emergency Management to spend in the fiscal year ending June 30. The agency can set its own rules for the new migrant relocation effort entitled... Читать дальше...

A British auction house on Friday dropped the sale of "Star Wars" memorabilia once owned by actor Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca, after a public plea from his widow.

NEW YORK — E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump plan to testify against each other at upcoming civil trial, in which the writer is suing the former president for sexual battery and defamation, according to new court filings. Both are listed as the first potential witness their lawyers will call to the witness stand at the trial starting April 25 in legal papers filed late Thursday. Trump’s lawyers also plan to call CNN host Anderson Cooper, New York Magazine editor David Haskell, and Carroll’s friends... Читать дальше...

The Super Bowl will be broadcast this year on Fox, and "The View" co-hosts debated whether President Joe Biden should take part in the traditional pregame interview with the network's conservative news hosts.

TEVEKKELI, Turkey (Reuters) - Drone footage in southern Turkey showed a fissure slicing across fields, roads, streams and hillsides, caused by a massive earthquake that struck the region at the start of the week.

An East Palestine, Ohio National Guard general aggressively shoved a NewsNation reporter before officers arrested him during live coverage of a press conference in response to the recent train derailment in Ohio that spilled deadly chemicals, CNN reports.

According to CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen, the very fact that special counsel Jack Smith has issued a subpoena to former Vice President Mike Pence as part of his investigation into Donald Trump's actions surrounding Jan. 6 should be of great concern to the former president.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Just days after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon capable of collecting communications signals, two California lawmakers have introduced a bill intended to block hostile foreign governments from conducting surveillance of sensitive American locations. Assembly Bill 475, co-introduced by Assemblyman Devon Mathis, R-Visalia, and Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, prohibits any foreign government from purchasing, acquiring, leasing or holding a financial interest... Читать дальше...

Another newly elected Republican House member has had doubt cast on her backstory after a deeply-reported Washington Post profile found several discrepancies.