Новости за 27.02.2023

In a just-posted campaign video, Donald Trump promises to impose massive tariffs on goods from China, which would tremendously increase the cost of living for American consumers.

Tesla is requesting $412 million in additional tax abatements and reimbursements to be approved by the Nevada Governor’s Office for Economic Development so the company can expand their gigafactory, News From The States reported.

A scathing New York Times review has blasted the new book by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as an excruciatingly flat "mechanical try-hard" — hinting at a charisma vacuum that could harm DeSantis' chances in a presidential race.

Conservative podcast host Charlie Kirk defended embattled Dilbert comic strip writer Scott Adams after he called Black Americans a "hate group."

Mifepristone, the abortion and miscarriage drug that is used in over half of all US abortions and routinely given to women having miscarriages to prevent complications, may well be functionally outlawed this week by a federal judge in Texas who’s been a Christian activist his entire life.

Speaking to Newsweek this Monday, former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani says that Steve Bannon's next court fight will be "very difficult" for him to win.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government watchdog will audit Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's use of government airplanes for some trips, his office said on Monday.

Former President Donald Trump leads Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by about 15 points in a new Republican presidential poll, with newly announced candidate Nikki Haley and former Vice President Mike Pence trailing far behind. Trump won the support of 42% of those surveyed in the Fox News poll, with DeSantis scoring 28%. Using his derisive nickname for DeSantis, Trump boasted that the survey showed him “Crushing (Ron) DeSanctimonious” but complained that Fox was not giving enough air time to its own poll. Читать дальше...

A California man has been arrested for DUI after he crashed his Tesla into a Girl Scout stand this Saturday, KCRA reported.

A witness called by Arizona Republicans to push baseless claims of mass voter fraud has now implicated two Republican state senators in a scheme that he says involves taking bribes from drug cartels.

Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) founder Matt Schlapp appeared on Steve Bannon's War Room podcast soon after reports said that Fox News might not carry the event amid groping allegations.

A convicted felon tried to board a flight from Newark to Fort Lauderdale with two unregistered semi-automatic rifles, a Taser, a switchblade, a .40 caliber Glock handgun, and a fake U.S. Marshal's badge, the Daily Beast reports.

The day after a Fox News host complained on-air that the network is not letting him address the texts and emails between that are part of the legal brief in the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems, the network is balking at selling commercial time to a progressive group armed with an ad that features some choice Fox personality quotes from the filing.

NEW YORK — Rapper Cardi B talked and twerked with young girls at the NYPD police academy as she spent the week fulfilling court-mandated community service over a 2018 Queens strip club attack, the Daily News has learned. The Bronx-born chart topper, 30, showed up at an NYPD “Girl’s Talk” event at the Queens police academy Friday where she spoke to dozens of teens wearing pink hats. Dressed in a glam Chanel knit cap, white-colored pants and cream-colored coat, she danced for the children and gave out prizes... Читать дальше...

Still licking the wounds from being unable to take control of the U.S. Senate in the 2020 midterms, the new chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee has vowed to intercede at the state level so the party is not saddled with extremist candidates in the general election in 2024.

ST. LOUIS — For U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, the campaign trail has led to the altar. Bush's office reported Sunday that "this month," the St. Louis Democrat married Cortney Merritts — a security specialist who was paid more than $62,000 by Bush's campaign in 2022. A press statement from Bush chief of staff Abbas Alawieh noted that Bush and Merritts have been partners "since before her Congressional tenure and is not employed by her Congressional office." The statement described Merritts as a U.S. Army veteran and a security professional. Читать дальше...

The U.S. Defense Department issued a memo on Feb. 17, 2023, warning service members to avoid eating poppy seeds because doing so may result in a positive urine test for the opiate codeine. Addiction and pain medicine specialist Gary Reisfield explains what affects the opiate content of poppy seeds and how they could influence drug tests.

A woman has been hospitalized after she was shot in the mouth by a stray bullet as she sat outside a Houston pizza parlor on Sunday, KENS 5 reported.

Professor of Law Joyce Vance says, "We’re officially on Georgia-watch," now that a new grand jury has been constituted and could hand down indictments at any time in that state's investigation into Donald Trump and his allies and their alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.

Newsmax hosts on Monday condemned Dilbert comic strip creator Scott Adams after he posted a "racist tirade" on Twitter.

MSNBC anchor Mehdi Hasan is still trying to figure out how a "wholly unqualified reality TV star defeated sixteen GOP rivals" to win the presidential election in 2016 – but he thinks he has an inkling.

Former President Donald Trump on Monday attacked Fox News for purportedly hiding its own poll showing him beating Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a head-to-head matchup in the 2024 Republican primary.

Reacting to a claim made by Republican National Committee head Ronna McDaniel that she fully expects that Donald Trump will sign and abide by a pledge to support whomever the GOP 2024 presidential nominee is, a CNN political analyst expressed skepticism that anyone in the party would be able to get him to do that.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush came out over the weekend with a presidential endorsement video for Ron DeSantis, the man currently in his former office.

A newly-elected Republican congressman has admitted to misrepresenting his college major during his congressional campaign, The Washington Post reported Monday.