Новости за 26.08.2023

Donald Trump may be running for president with four separate indictments under his belt, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have time for golf.

Donald Trump on Saturday claimed President Joe Biden isn't fully cooperating the the special counsel investigating documents found at the president's residence and other locations.

Donald Trump on Saturday attacked an often-friendly publication, The Wall Street Journal, and one of its award-winning conservative columnists.

Donald Trump's arrest in Georgia was "sad to see," according to a former Watergate prosecutor who said if things had been handled differently with Richard Nixon, then Trump's legal woes could have been avoided.

The nation got an insight Wednesday night into what Floridians already suspected — that Gov. Ron DeSantis ousted two Democratic prosecutors, turned schools into culture-war battlegrounds and purposefully underplayed the state’s response to COVID to create bragging rights for his own political ambitions.

Donald Trump's sister-in-law, Blaine Trump, reportedly left her last name off invitations to an upcoming high-society gala event.

Former President Donald Trump has lost his grip on some Arizona MAGA supporters since his indictment this month by a Fulton County Superior Court grand jury on charges related to his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

A reporter said the Justice Department is telling former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro to "pound sand" in response to his recent request to postpone his criminal trial for contempt.

Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday morning, former GOP campaign consultant Rick Wilson was asked his appraisal of upstart Republican Party presidential nomination contender Vivek Ramaswamy after the first GOP presidential debate, with one MSNBC panel labeling Ramaswamy "unbelievably annoying" that day after.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX waited a day later than planned but sent up the next quartet of astronauts headed to the International Space Station during an overnight launch from Kennedy Space Center early Saturday.

Legendary "The Price is Right" gameshow host Bob Barker died today.

He was 99.

“It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker has left us,” publicist Roger Neal said in a statement Saturday, as reported by NBC News.

Barker became the host of "The Price is Right" in 1972 and held that post, along with his iconic skinny microphone, until 2007.

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According to former White House press secretary Jen Psaki, Donald Trump may be riding a wave of enthusiasm as his rabid followers embrace his look of defiance on his Georgia mugshot, but that same angry image will likely play a major part in hurting him should he be the 2024 GOP presidential nominee.

As part of a broader discussion on the legal bills being rung up by associates of Donald Trump who are now facing racketeering charges in Georgia for attempting to assist him in stealing the 2020 presidential election, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin noted that "cash-poor" Trump is turning his back on them.

Speaking with MSNBC host Ali Velshi, Rubin pointed out that the former president's four indictments are taking their toll on his campaign as funds are transferred to a PAC that is paying... Читать дальше...

Fox News executives were asked by the United States Marine Corps to amend a story about a 23-year-old Marine killed in Afghanistan, according to The Washington Post, but instead the right-wing news outlet deleted the report.

FIFA's disciplinary commission has provisionally suspended Spanish federation president Luis Rubiales for kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent at last weekend's World Cup final.

According to former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen his old boss can't seem to get it through his head that he could possibly see his fate determined by a possible October trial in Georgia.

Appearing with MSNBC host Ali Velshi, Cohen -- who served time for attempting to protect the former president -- has always managed the delay his court cases and has no idea how to deal with adverse conditions.

Asked about the possibility that some of his Georgia co-conspirators who are demanding... Читать дальше...

Politico senior media writer Jack Shafer argues in a Saturday, August 26 column, "By returning to the social media outlet that helped make him 'great,'" ex-President Donald Trump's recent post of his mugshot to X — formerly known as Twitter — "may presage an attempt to restart the media fire of his 2016 campaign and his presidency."

Despite all of his bravado and using his Georgia mugshot to rope in more supporters to send him donations, Donald Trump tried in vain to get his lawyers to block having the humiliating picture taken and disseminated to the public.

That is according to the Guardian's Hugo Lowell who appeared on MSNBC early Saturday morning on "The Katie Phang Show" to report on the timeline before the former president was forced to surrender on racketeering charges at an Atlanta jail on Thursday.

Appearing on MSNBC's "The Katie Phang Show" early Saturday morning, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner claimed Donald Trump's lawyers can expect their proposal to delay their client's trial into 2026 to be burned to the ground by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday.

Speaking with the host, he agreed with her assertion and that of co-panelist Hugo Lowell of the Guardian, that the motion from the former president's lawyers was blatantly "ludicrous."

"Glenn... Читать дальше...

According to former prosecutor Shan Wu, there are multiple avenues to either make Donald Trump ineligible to run for president again or keep him off the ballot at the state level.

The number of artifacts that have disappeared from the British Museum is estimated at 2,000, chairman of trustees George Osborne said on Saturday, admitting the collection did not have a complete catalogue.

A Fox News host destroyed conservative claims that Donald Trump's criminal indictments show there's a "two-tiered" system of justice being used against Republicans.

Polling results released Friday in the wake of the first 2024 Republican presidential debate this week show that majorities of Independent voters and those across the political spectrum disagree with key GOP positions addressed during the event.

On Saturday morning the Miami Herald called out Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for a story he told during Wednesday's Republican Party debate about an abortion where he got the facts entirely wrong in order to make his anti-choice point.