Новости за 10.08.2023

Fox News has claimed Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) took $200,000 from his campaign funds and "quietly funneled" the money to his wife's nonprofit.

The remaining two suspects wanted in connection with a riverfront brawl in Alabama’s capital have turned themselves in to authorities. Allen Todd, 23, and Zachary Shipman, 25, surrendered to police on Wednesday, a day after warrants were filed for their arrest. They are facing a misdemeanor charge of third-degree assault, Montgomery Police Department spokesperson Maj. Saba Coleman told CBS. A third suspect, 48-year-old Richard Roberts, is also in custody. He turned himself in earlier this week... Читать дальше...

Ecuador has plunged deeper into crisis after an anti-corruption presidential candidate was assassinated, less than two weeks before elections. Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso on Thursday declared a 60-day state of emergency, a three-day nationwide state of mourning and mobilized troops in response to the mafia-style killing on Wednesday. Lasso, who is not running for president himself, said early presidential and parliamentary elections are to go ahead as scheduled on August 20. Gunmen fired... Читать дальше...

By Jonathan Oatis (Reuters) - Wildfires on Hawaii's Maui island and Big Island have killed dozens of people, forced thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate, and devastated the historic resort city of Lahaina. Here are some key questions and answers about the disaster. HOW DID THE FIRES START? The causes of the fires, which started on Tuesday night, have not yet been determined. However, the National Weather Service had issued warnings for the Hawaiian Islands for high winds and dry weather... Читать дальше...

United States Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) and his ongoing blockade of military appointments over his opposition to abortion coverage in the Pentagon's healthcare benefits is no longer the only scandal shadowing the freshman lawmaker. On Thursday, Washington Post opinion columnist Glenn Kessler assessed that Tuberville may be a resident of Florida instead of Alabama, based on property files and information on financial disclosure forms.

The fatal shooting by the FBI of a Utah man accused of threatening Joe Biden and other public figures has fueled anger among many in right-wing circles, Newsweek reports.

States removed more than 19 million people—or about 8.5% of the registered U.S. electorate—from voter rolls between the 2020 and 2022 electoral cycles, often via flawed practices that prevent many eligible persons from exercising their right to vote, a report released Thursday revealed.

A Democrat running to unseat Republican Rep. Michelle Steel in California has suspended his campaign, saying that "life is too short."

Fox News host Gillian Turner repeatedly interrupted Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) on Thursday as he struggled to defend an investigation into President Joe Biden's family.

United States Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) told radio host Hoppy Kercheval on Thursday that he is considering leaving the Democratic Party, lamenting the "extremes" that he believes have developed inside each political camp. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-Arizona) shared similar concerns when she switched to Independent in December 2022.

An expert on democracy warned Thursday that the rise of Donald Trump suggests that America is teetering on the edge of autocracy.

As the field for Nevada’s GOP Senate primary grows, candidates are again being forced to reckon with Donald Trump as a campaign issue, with some candidates leaning into their support of the thrice indicted former president and others attempting to keep their distance without angering their party’s primary voters.

According to a former White House correspondent who spent the Donald Trump years trying to get straight answers out of the ex-president's press secretaries, there is a marked difference between the man he covered in the Oval Office and the man who is posting threats against judges and prosecutors.

In a column for Salon, journalist Brian Karem suggested that Trump might be trying to appear irrational as a possible last-gasp defense if a guilty verdict looms in one of his multiple trials. Читать дальше...

Special counsel Jack Smith's office has proposed a trial of no more than six weeks starting Jan. 2, 2024, in the election conspiracy case against former President Donald Trump.

Michigan Republican Party chair Kristina Karamo called on supporters of former President Donald Trump to put "the fear of God" into state Attorney General Dana Nessel.

Fox News host and former Trump White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany spun an unproven attack against President Joe Biden on Thursday, culminating in her outrage that her co-host, she claimed, is saying, "it's not a big deal that the President of the United States lies" – despite having no proof that he has lied.

Three Michigan Republicans will face misdemeanor charges for altercations involving state GOP meetings and GOP officials in Clare County, the local prosecutor's office announced Wednesday. Clare County Prosecutor Michelle Ambrozaitis revealed the charges in a Facebook post, noting the incidents, which both occurred at the Doherty Hotel, had drawn national media attention. After one of the fights, Mark DeYoung, the chairman of the Clare County Republican Party, told police he suffered broken dentures... Читать дальше...

Several individuals charged by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel with multiple felonies for submitting false electoral counts in 2020 in support of then-President Donald Trump appeared in a Lansing court Thursday.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released a scathing statement in the wake of new revelations that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted dozens of luxury vacations paid for by right-wing billionaires.

As the dust settled on election night, Republicans who led the push to restrict constitutional amendment initiatives with Issue 1 began making excuses, shifting blame and promising retribution. Instead of placing a period on a disappointing months-long campaign, they offered an ellipses — steadfastly refusing to acknowledge their effort was out of step with Ohio voters.

Appearing on "The Dean Obeidallah Show" on SiriusXM, former Republican Party campaign consultant and founder of the anti-Trump "Lincoln Project" Rick Wilson claimed he has been on the receiving end of an uptick in death threats as Donald Trump's legal woes worsen.

Wilson, who jousts with supporters of the three-time indicted former president on a daily basis on social media, said he has reached a point where he can tell the difference between the trash-talking internet trolls and unhinged... Читать дальше...

Former RNC staffer Justin Higgins this week claimed to progressive podcaster Aaron Rupar that the GOP uses right-wing media to simply create bogus stories out of absolutely nothing.

A woman accused Donald Trump's special adviser Boris Epshteyn of repeatedly groping her and her sister at an Arizona nightclub in 2021, AZCentral reported.

Soon after news broke that Donald Trump had been indicted for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election, his defenders took to the airwaves to offer legalistic excuses for his actions. Among the defenses they’ve floated is the idea that state legislatures have the authority to reject the will of voters. But this defense is nonsense, as the Supreme Court just underscored in June.

Police in Wisconsin have launched an internal investigation after video apparently shows an officer rip a child from a Black man's arms and start punching him after falsely suspecting him of being involved in a hit-and-run, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.