Новости за 31.05.2023

New research on old bones has shed light on pterosaur fossils from the early Cretaceous period of Australia, which took place roughly 107 million years ago.

The founder of the Oath Keepers militia, Stewart Rhodes, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy in relation to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot last week. Speaking to Salon, a man who served as the Oath Keepers' national media director and became close friends with Rhodes gave some insight into the militia leader and Jan. 6 insurrectionist's history.

U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley on Tuesday filed an amendment to remove the section of the debt ceiling bill that would codify an end to the federal student loan payment pause and potentially compromise the Biden administration's authority to implement another moratorium at a later date.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and his wife, Casey, interviewed each other about their favorite restaurants and gas stations.

Former Vice President Mike Pence is expected to launch his bid for the White House within the next two weeks, according to the news site The Messenger.

The Department of Justice sued West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's coal companies for failing to pay civil penalties imposed by the government for flouting numerous regulations.

U.S. Dept. of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed former Trump administration staffers possibly involved in the firing of Chris Krebs, a top cybersecurity official who had published a report calling the 2020 presidential election “the most secure in American history,” just days after the election, infuriating then-President Donald Trump.

His partner, 29-year-old Noor Alfallah, is eight months pregnant, according to the showbiz and gossip news site TMZ.

Some companies are now using tools that combine facial recognition software with artificial intelligence to constantly monitor and assess how much their workers are concentrating while on the job, The Guardian reports.

House fires that destroyed two Florida properties were staged to look like anti-Hispanic hate crimes by a builder who fell behind on payments, Tribune Media Services reported.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) took a shot at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) because she supports House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling.

J.R. Majewski, a controversial pro-Trump activist whose campaign for Congress imploded spectacularly in 2022, was all set to make another run for office — but now he is pulling the plug, reported The Daily Beast.

Like her political mentor Donald Trump, far-right Republican Kari Lake has been an incredibly divisive figure in U.S. politics.

Snapping pictures with cell phones, hundreds of New Yorkers and tourists gathered in the streets to watch the sun set in perfect alignment between rows of the skyscrapers for which the city is famous.

Donald Trump wants another Open Championship to be played at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland, but organizers are adamant that his course will not be considered while it's owned by him, the Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.

One of the GOP's "red line" demands to pass a deal to raise the debt ceiling was to impose new work requirements on public assistance programs — which Democrats fiercely resisted, as research has proven these kinds of regulations do not actually help people find work and simply punish people for being poor.

Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, who was exposed during the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit for promoting election fraud claims that were concocted by a woman who claims to talk with the wind, lamented on Wednesday that Republicans' investigations into President Joe Biden had gone nowhere.

An LGBTQ Pride flag at a Los Angeles elementary school was burned in what police are treating as a hate crime.

Republican lawmakers are distancing themselves from a former Trump White House staffer who has ties to a prominent white nationalist influencer.

Right-wing Republican members of the United States House of Representatives have drummed up an extensive list of excuses about why they oppose the deal struck by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) and President Joe Biden to raise the debt ceiling.

A Black man was booted out of a Shasta County, California government meeting after he objected to a speaker's repeated use of a racial slur, reported the Redding Record Searchlight this week.

Prosecutors in Manhattan on Tuesday smacked down former President Donald Trump's attempts to relocate the Stormy Daniels hush money trial from New York to federal court.

Ron DeSantis kicked off his campaign at an Iowa megachurch, whose pastor may have flouted tax-exempt laws.

The New York Times is reporting that special counsel Jack Smith's office is zeroing in on former President Donald Trump's decision to fire his own administration's cybersecurity official after he refuted claims that the 2020 election had been "stolen."

The young journalist looked a bit tired in his tan sport coat and striped bow tie.