Новости за 05.04.2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy, has registered a presidential campaign with the Federal Election Commission — and is publicly testing the waters to see how much support he would have for such a run.

Mike Pence's announcement on Wednesday that he won’t appeal a judge’s ruling compelling him to testify before a federal grand jury in the Jan. 6 probe isn’t just bad news for former President Donald Trump.

By Brendan O'Boyle

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said he does not agree with the criminal charges brought against former U.S. President Donald Trump.

"Supposedly legal issues should not be used for electoral, political purposes," Lopez Obrador told a regular news conference. "That's why I don't agree with what they are doing to ex-President Trump."

Trump was charged on Tuesday with 34 felony counts of falsifying business... Читать дальше...

Former President Donald Trump mocked former Wisconsin state Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly on Wednesday after the conservative judicial candidate was defeated by progressive Janet Protasiewicz.

CHICAGO — On his first day as Chicago’s mayor-elect, Brandon Johnson echoed his winning promise to rethink the city’s approach to public safety, while his lame-duck predecessor Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned him to show humility to first responders upon the heels of another firefighter death in the city. In the morning, Johnson went on MSNBC where he was largely asked questions about crime. Noting his West Side roots as an Austin resident, Johnson said he “might be the first mayor ever elected in... Читать дальше...

A former Playboy model cited by prosecutors in the investigation of Donald Trump over alleged hush money payments broke her silence Wednesday, and Karen McDougal appeared to take a subtle dig at the former president.

House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-KY) has launched investigations targeting Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Now, according to Kurt Bardella writing for the Courier Journal, he is seeking to "weaponize" the committee against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who just indicted former President Donald Trump.

Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric M. Davis ruled Wednesday that Dominion Voting Systems can force News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan to testify in the trial scheduled this month.

As Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz took the stage at her election victory party Tuesday night, the three current members of the liberal minority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court watched from off stage, arm-in-arm, as they took in the moment they became a majority.

Former Vice President Mike Pence won’t appeal a judge’s ruling compelling him to testify before a federal grand jury investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, The Washington Post reports.

Donald Trump on Tuesday became the first US president to be arrested on criminal charges -- but the 34 felony counts for allegedly falsifying business records are far from the only legal peril threatening the ex-leader as he seeks a return to the White House.

A dispute at a Missouri polling station emerged Tuesday after a voter complained that an election judge was wearing a MAGA hat, KOLR 10 reports.

LINCOLN — State Sen. Suzanne Geist of Lincoln announced Wednesday that she was resigning from the Legislature, telling supporters in a campaign video that she is “all in” on her May 2 general election race to unseat Nebraska’s top Democrat, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird.

WASHINGTON – During Donald Trump’s one-term presidency, his namesake hotel, five blocks down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, endlessly hummed with political wheeling and personal dealing.

Much has been made of the unprecedented nature of the April 4, 2023 arraignment on criminal charges of former President Donald Trump following an indictment brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. But a closer look at American history shows that the indictment of a former president was not unforeseen.

In the wake of Donald Trump's arraignment in New York City this Tuesday, President Joe Biden has yet to say anything on the matter. According to Thomas Gift, founding director of University College London's Center on US Politics, Biden's silence is a very "smart tactic," Newsweek reported.

Donald Trump didn't even mention his wife's name during a post-arraignment speech at Mar-a-Lago.

Former President Donald Trump appeared noticeably unhappy during his court appearance on Tuesday after being criminally indicted, but a spokesman is telling Rolling Stone that anyone who believes he's upset about getting indicted is peddling fake news.

Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz predicted former President Donald Trump would be convicted of falsifying business records to hide an alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels.

Prince George is preparing to have a pivotal role at his grandfather King Charles III’s coronation on May 6. According to People, Buckingham Palace announced on Tuesday that the 9-year-old son of Kate Middleton and Prince William will act as a page for the King as he ascends the throne. Both Charles and Camilla will each have four Pages of Honor tending to them throughout the coronation. Prince George’s role in the ceremony was announced the same day Buckingham Palace revealed a new portrait of... Читать дальше...

Former national security officials told a federal grand jury they had repeatedly informed Donald Trump and his allies in the government had no authority to seize voting machines after the 2020 election.

The events of Tuesday, April 4, 2023 were unprecedented in United States history. A former U.S. president, indicted by a grand jury, was arrested, booked and arraigned in Manhattan and pleaded "not guilty" to 34 criminal counts. As former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks has commented more than once, President Richard Nixon's legal problems during the Watergate scandal of the 1970s pale in comparison to the legal exposure that Trump is facing in 2023.

A Florida man who pulled out a machete after he was denied a chance to sing his preferred karaoke song is facing charges, as well as some mockery from the local police force, the New York Post reported.

China feels it has the "right to redefine the global world order", Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei told AFP on Wednesday ahead of the opening in London of his first design-focused exhibition.

Justin Kanew, the founder of the progressive Tennessee-based media outlet The Tennessee Holler, said on Wednesday that an unidentified assailant fired bullets into his house over the weekend.