Новости за 18.02.2023

Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner made the observation that assertions of perjury contained in a Georgia special grand jury final report on Donald Trump's attempt to tamper with the 2020 election results handed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis an unexpected weapon as she seeks criminal indictments.

A terrified woman who police say had been held against her will in a year-long cross-country kidnapping broke free and escaped to safety with the help of workers at a New Jersey gas station, NJ.com reports.

Reacting to reports that Fox News hosts were spreading 2020 election fraud conspiracies on-air while privately texting each other that there was no truth to them, a former high-ranking Department of Justice official claimed the conservative network can expect to lose big in the lawsuit filed against it by Dominion Voting Systems.

Donald Trump has his close aides digging up dirt on Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and has no qualms about using whatever they find if it will keep the Florida conservative from jumping into the race for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.

Reacting to a report that Donald Trump will once again forgo one of his massive campaign rallies to give a speech to a considerably smaller group of supporters on President's Day, a Florida Democrat and Republican both suggested the former president's bid for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination has some issues that need to be dealt with.

According to a letter sent to lawmakers by acting Social Security commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi, the program is "faltering" despite an injection of much-needed funding.

Anyone who was cynical or dismissive about Fox News Channel before now has suddenly learned that they weren't cynical or dismissive enough. Astounding evidence emerging this week from the defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox, Rupert Murdoch, his son Lachlan and others shows, in excruciating detail, how the "fair and balanced" network actively lied to its viewers about purported "fraud" in the 2020 presidential election.

In the ongoing battle over school book bans in Pennsylvania and nationwide, one group is speaking with an outsized voice.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Saturday Show," former prosecutor Charles Coleman Jr. grew very animated at the prospect that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows may finally turn on Donald Trump after special counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed him this past week.

According to a former U.S. attorney, the possibility that Donald Trump could be hit with indictments from both Fulton County DA Fani Willis and special counsel Jack Smith at the same time could lead to Donald Trump rethinking his legal strategy.

Conservative pundit Matt Lewis joined in the pile-on aimed at Fox News after a report was released showing hosts on the conservative network were totally aware that claims of 2020 election fraud from Donald Trump and some of his closest advisors were bogus yet promoted them on-air just the same.

In his State of the Union address, President Biden called out insulin, a treatment for diabetes that was developed over 100 years ago and, he said, costs about $10 a vial to make. Americans can pay over $1,000 for that $10 vial.

Former Trump Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, took a shot at Ron DeSantis while targeting LGBTQ people, saying the Florida GOP governor's "Don't Say Gay" law doesn't go far enough.

U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) for over a year has had a radical, published, 12-point plan that calls for all federal laws to be "sunsetted" every five years – voided, in other words – unless the House and Senate can pass them again and the sitting President signs them back into law.

Donald Trump was up late Friday night lashing out at Gov. Ron DeSantis, with the former president complaining that the Florida governor has not been sufficiently loyal to him after the boost he gave to him early in his political career.

Former president Donald Trump will be visiting the site of a train accident in East Palestine, Ohio next week, according to his son, Donald Trump, Jr.

During the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, former President Donald Trump tried to call in to speak on Fox News, and the network refused to let him on air, according to CNN.

A sanitation company that hired kids to work shifts cleaning a meatpacking plant has been fined $1.5 million by the Department of Labor, reported The Daily Beast on Friday.

For the second time in less than two months, a six-year-old in Norfolk, Virginia brought a handgun to school — and the mother faces charges, The Daily Beast reported on Friday.

The derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying massive amounts of vinyl chloride in East Palestine, Ohio has been a disaster, with thousands forced to evacuate their homes.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Republican leaders explore alternatives to the College Board’s AP classes and tests, top state officials have been meeting with the founder of an education testing company supporters say is focused on the “great classical and Christian tradition.” The Classic Learning Test, founded in 2015, is used primarily by private schools and home-schooling families and is rooted in the classical education model, which focuses on the “centrality of the Western tradition.” The founder of the company... Читать дальше...

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) has admitted defeat on his controversial "Rescue America" plan which would sunset Social Security and Medicare — a sign that even his own party is tired of his presence as a thorn in their side and a liability, explained CNN political director David Chalian on "The Situation Room" Friday.

Late last month a Florida teacher posted a video of a school library where almost every shelf was empty. The video went viral, getting millions of views. Now, the teacher who posted that video has been fired.

Drag artists who perform in front of children would be forced to register as sex offenders and face a minimum of 10 years in prison, under the latest measure Arizona Republican lawmakers have advanced in their vendetta against drag performers.

WASHINGTON — John Fetterman just wanted to fit in. After rising to the Senate and political celebrity by being different — with his brawny looks and brash persona — Pennsylvania’s new senator arrived in Washington aiming to tone down his profile. Instead, two hospitalizations have put Fetterman back in the national eye despite his plans to keep his head down, carefully pick his moments to speak out, and learn from his new colleagues. Less than three months into his Senate career, a senior aide... Читать дальше...