Новости за 10.07.2023

Amid conversations about Donald Trump's weaponization of the Justice Department while he was in office, a former senior prosecutor on Robert Mueller's team, Andrew Weissmann, revealed that he believe he was targeted.

As the anti-Trump wing of the Republican Party fails to gain any significant traction, calls from within the party to “draft Brian Kemp” are growing loud, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

When a scooter-riding gunman on a senseless rampage shot Cesar Martinez in Brooklyn Saturday it was like he wounded the bystander’s whole family, the victim’s distraught grandmother said Monday. “His mother is holding up more than me,” said Ana Burgos, 60, who has been caring for Martinez since the weekend shooting spree left two other random victims wounded and an 87-year-old man dead. “She holds it in a little bit but she needs to cry,” Burgos said. “She needs to scream. She needs to hit something. Читать дальше...

Gavin Newsom on Sunday admitted he’s a regular Fox News viewer, but the California governor doesn’t recommend it to others.

Turkey agreed to submit Sweden's NATO membership bid for ratification to the Turkish parliament as soon as possible, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday in Vilnius. Stoltenberg met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on the eve of the NATO summit to overcome the months-long deadlock. A joint statement issued by the three leaders does not state how much time the Turkish parliament has to ratify Sweden's bid. The surprise announcement... Читать дальше...

A lawyer for Donald Trump's valet, Walt Nauta, is already pushing to delay his upcoming hearing – but a legal expert says the reason doesn't make sense.

Lawyers for Sandra Hemme, who has spent four decades in prison for a murder her attorneys say was more likely committed by a disgraced St. Joseph police officer, will present evidence of her innocence at a hearing early next year. The evidentiary hearing was set for Jan. 16 to 19. If her attorneys with the New York-based Innocence Project prove their case, the hearing could lead to Hemme’s exoneration and release from prison. Now 63, Hemme has been behind bars for more than 42 years for the Nov. Читать дальше...

Larry Elder, the tough-on-crime conservative talk radio host and longshot Republican candidate for president, blew past a federal deadline for filing a personal financial disclosure report, Raw Story has learned.

The Republican majority in the Texas state legislature declined to give schools any additional funding this year, despite the state having a $32 billion surplus, leading one schools superintendent to grant modest pay raises to teachers even if it causes deficit spending, and a state-installed superintendent to announce cuts of up to 600 jobs. Lawmakers in the Lone Star State are focused on tax cuts.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) objected on Monday after a former Colorado state representative said she was "rancid on the inside."

A Shawnee County District Court judge on Monday ordered the Kansas Department of Revenue to immediately stop processing any gender marker change requests for driver’s licenses and to take steps to ensure any future licenses issued, or renewed, reflect a resident’s sex assigned at birth. Judge Teresa Watson said Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration’s decision to continue allowing gender marker changes despite a new law defining man and woman based upon sex assigned at birth could result... Читать дальше...

Recent news seems to suggest that Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign is tanking, citing polls showing him trailing Donald Trump by more than 30 points while Fox News confronted him on his diminishing star power. According to CNN's Dean Obeidallah, while DeSantis looked good on paper for a GOP frontrunner, he wasn't immune from Trump's personal attacks – and that is why his campaign is floundering.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) used her official Congressional Twitter account to approve a message comparing gun safety advocates to Adolf Hitler.

When Russian President Vladimir Putin was photographed shirtless during the Barack Obama years, many far-right Republicans argued that the United States would be better off if Obama could be that macho. Quite a few progressives responded by mocking their messaging as pathetic and buffoonish, yet that Republican obsession with hyper-masculinity continues.

A big piece of the recently uncovered prehistoric indigenous settlement near the mouth of the Miami River appears on its way to securing legal protection from the city as an archaeological site — but it still remains unclear to what extent remnants of the ancient find will be preserved or exhibited publicly in the long term. On Tuesday, Miami’s historic preservation board will consider a report by the city archaeologist that concludes the property at 444 Brickell Avenue — an as-yet unexcavated portion of the extensive lot ... Читать дальше...

For Donald Trump to have any chance at winning the 2024 presidential election, he has to win swing states such as Nevada. But he has a funny way of endearing himself to their voters.

Former CNN correspondent Saima Mohsin has accused the cable news channel of wrongful dismissal after an injury sustained while on assignment in Israel. “I was injured on assignment for CNN,” she tweeted Monday. “They fired me.” Mohsin linked to a story in The Guardian stating she was hurt when a cameraman drove over her foot while she was covering the Israel-Palestine conflic. “We risk our lives in the field trusting we’ll be taken care of,” she wrote. “I’m suing for unfair dismissal, disability... Читать дальше...

The Happiest Place on Earth is becoming a lot less crowded.

Caught in the middle of Florida Gov. Ron DeSanstis’ war on woke, Disney theme parks are experiencing the quietest summer they’ve had for years, though experts suggest the DeSantis battle is just one factor – and not a major one.

“It’s something that nobody would have predicted — just unfathomable,” says Len Testa who runs Touring Plans, a company that track wait times at major theme parks, the Wall Street Journal reported. Читать дальше...

Walt Nauta, Donald Trump's former Naval presidential valet turned Mar-a-Lago body man who was criminally indicted with the ex-president on multiple charges related to mishandling of classified documents, including obstruction and concealment, on Monday filed for a delay in the case, noting "Counsel for President Donald J. Trump does not oppose this request."

NATO countries approved new plans on Monday on how to respond to a potential attack by Russia or a terrorist organization on the territories of the Western military alliance, several diplomats told dpa. The plans - which are to be endorsed by NATO leaders gathering in Vilnius on Tuesday and Wednesday - detail how to quickly boost troop presences on the ground and how to defend potential maritime, air, cyber, and space attacks. The so-called regional defence plans lay out not only how "to provide... Читать дальше...

By Andrew Osborn and Mark Trevelyan MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has held Kremlin talks with Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and his commanders to discuss the armed mutiny Wagner attempted to mount against the army's top brass, Putin's spokesman said on Monday. The meeting was first reported by French newspaper Liberation, which said Prigozhin had met Putin and the head of the National Guard, Viktor Zolotov, and SVR Foreign Intelligence boss Sergei Naryshkin. The meeting... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump suggested President Joe Biden had ordered the FBI search of his home while high on cocaine.

Former President Donald Trump's long-struggling golf club in Miami, Florida will soon get a big financial boost thanks to a golf tournament funded in part by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.

Warning that a U.S. Department of Defense office created by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has created "clear conflicts" of interest as the agency works to finance technological advances, Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Sunday evening wrote to the department with a number of questions about how the Office of Strategic Capital operates and what officials are doing to ensure a separation between the Pentagon and investment firms vying to capitalize on the agency's work.

Donald Trump's 2024 opponents are making the mistake of thinking there's plenty of time to destroy him, Washington Post columnist Philip Bump warned Monday.