Новости за 29.03.2023

Derrick Miller, who serves as a military policy aide for Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), was convicted in a military trial for shooting an Afghan civilian in the head during an interrogation, The Intercept reported on Wednesday.

The Manhattan grand jury hearing evidence in the case against former President Donald Trump in the Stormy Daniels hush money case got an unexpected shout-out Wednesday.

U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) unleashed massive criticism of Jim Jordan Wednesday afternoon, accusing the House Judiciary Committee Chairman of working solely for Donald Trump.

United States Congressman Clay Higgins (R-Louisiana) attempted to redefine reality during an Oversight Committee hearing in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, just two days after six people – three students and three staffers – were killed in a mass shooting at the Christian Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.

The public face of Pope Francis' efforts to root out child sex abuse in the Catholic Church has quit his position after growing "increasingly concerned" over how the papal advisory body works, Agence France Presse reported.

A Florida congressman on Wednesday assailed Republicans who oppose gun safety laws in the aftermath of a school shooting in Nashville earlier this week that killed six people including three children.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) argued that the United States is "not a democracy" in response to teachers union president Randi Weingarten's call to enact gun bans similar to ones in Australia and New Zealand.

Two teenagers in Maryland have been arrested after they tried to carjack a person on Saturday but soon realized they couldn't drive the car because it was a stick shift, WBNS reported.

University of Texas School of Law Steve Vladeck fired back at a controversial Trump-appointed judge on Wednesday for personally attacking him in a recent court decision.

Former President Donald Trump recently conducted a television interview where he appeared to not know the difference between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

At 92, Rupert Murdoch is far from retired. Much of the coverage at Fox News and Fox Business reportedly reflects his enthusiasm for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a possible 2024 GOP presidential candidate. And the Melbourne, Australia native (who has homes in London as well as different parts of the United States) continues to be a highly influential figure in right-wing media.

The CEO of the maker of Jeep SUVs, Ram pickup trucks and other vehicles says he's not sure there will be enough raw materials to replace the existing fleet of fossil fuel-powered vehicles with all-electric vehicles. The comments from Stellantis NV's Carlos Tavares came Wednesday during the Freedom of Mobility Forum, a platform the automaker created alongside its decision to leave the European Automobile Manufacturers Association and to change its approach to public affairs and lobbying. The hope... Читать дальше...

Former President Donald Trump Wednesday claimed a Manhattan grand jury is resisting District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s push to charge him in the Stormy Daniels hush money case. Without offering any evidence, Trump said he has “gained such respect for this grand jury” for supposedly pushing back on Bragg’s effort to win an indictment in the explosive case. “The evidence is so overwhelmingly in my favor (that) the grand jury is saying, ‘Hold on, we are not a rubber stamp,” Trump wrote on his social media site. Читать дальше...

Matt Gertz, a senior fellow at left-wing media watchdog Media Matters for America, has posted some photographs on Twitter of a leaked slideshow deck that Dominion Voting Systems is using in its defamation lawsuit against Fox News.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz grew defensive on Wednesday when Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) accurately described him as a "billionaire."

People anticipating a potential indictment of Donald Trump will have to wait another month thanks to a previously scheduled hiatus for the Manhattan grand jury considering the case, Politico reported.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) grilled Washington, D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen over public urination laws in the city.

Jeremy Renner remembers all of the pain he experienced after being critically injured by his snowplow three months ago, he said in an emotional first interview since the accident. The “Avengers” actor suffered a collapsed lung, a broken clavicle and shoulder, eight broken ribs and multiple broken bones in his face and legs when his 14,000-pound snowplow ran over him on Jan. 1. ABC released a preview clip Wednesday of Renner’s conversation with Diane Sawyer about the incident. “I was awake through every moment,” Renner... Читать дальше...

There are 535 seats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, and another six non-voting seats for delegates. After Monday's horrific mass shooting at a private Christian elementary school, where three nine-year olds and three adults were shot to death, very few Members appeared on-camera to talk with reporters about the tragedy.

"The View" panelists clashed over the role mental health plays in mass shootings in the wake of yet another at a Christian elementary school in Tennessee.

Over millennia, humans have observed and been inspired by beautiful displays of light bands dancing across dark night skies. Today, we call these lights the aurora: the aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere, and the aurora australis in the south.

The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilization is a source of extraordinary pride in East Africa, as reflected in its language being the official tongue of Kenya, Tanzania and even inland countries like Uganda and Rwanda, far from the Indian Ocean shore where the culture developed nearly two millennia ago.

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) responded to the recent shooting at a Nashville Christian school by declaring there was "no such thing as gun violence."

Conservatives and liberals alike are calling on Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs to fire her press secretary after she posted an image suggesting trans people should arm themselves just hours after the deadly school shooting at a Nashville Christian school.

A rare, vividly rosy-purple diamond, called the Eternal Pink and valued at $35 million, is set to be auctioned off by Sotheby's as part of its Magnificent Jewels sale in New York in June.