Новости за 08.09.2023

MIAMI — When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers first set out to deepen PortMiami to make room for bigger and more ships in 2013, it estimated all that work would kill about 3.3 acres of corals. A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found the toll was exponentially greater — 278 acres of coral reef gone forever. The report, released last week, confirms suspicions that were raised even before the Corps started chopping away at the rock underbelly of the busiest cruise port in the world. Читать дальше...

The right-wing Heritage Foundation is working on a plan that would impose "Biblically based" law on America through every layer of the executive branch under the next Republican president, wrote Steve Benen for MSNBC.

Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at efforts to keep him off the Colorado ballot in a social media post that attacked not only the group suing to have him removed, but also several liberal commentators.

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Police officer who fatally shot Eddie Irizarry last month at near point-blank range as he sat in his car has been charged with murder, prosecutors said. Mark Dial, 27, surrendered to police Friday morning, alongside his attorneys and leaders from the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #5. Dial said nothing, staring ahead as he walked through the station doors. District Attorney Larry Krasner said his office has charged Dial with first-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter... Читать дальше...

A former Kansas City-area Proud Boy charged with multiple felonies for conspiring to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to one count. Christopher Kuehne, a Marine veteran who lived in Olathe at the time of the riot, entered a guilty plea to obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder. His plea hearing was held before Judge Timothy J. Kelly in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Kuehne’s sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 23. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — Michael Ragusa, a Rikers Island investigator who dropped out of a City Council race earlier this year after his campaign faced accusations of ballot petition fraud, recently began moonlighting as a security guard for embattled former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, the Daily News has learned. Ragusa, who mounted an unsuccessful GOP bid for the 47th Council District in southern Brooklyn before pulling the plug on it in April, confirmed Friday he started the Giuliani security guard gig about a year ago... Читать дальше...

The extent to which Wisconsin Republicans have used gerrymandering to solidify their grip on power shows “breathtaking contempt’ for residents, New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie wrote Friday.

Republican elected officials in Georgia are refusing to endorse Donald Trump in a “clear sign of deep squeamishness” over the former president, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

The flagging presidential campaign of Ron DeSantis thought it was a good idea to pay for an ad on X, formerly known as Twitter, encouraging people to wish the Florida governor a happy birthday next Thursday.

A West Virginia man has been accused of dialing 911 and ranting about killing cops and a state trooper's children, WBOY reported.

Despite the fact that he is facing four criminal indictments, former President Donald Trump is still popular among far-right white evangelicals and Christian nationalists.

A Proud Boys member has appealed his seditious conspiracy conviction in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, according to court documents obtained by CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane.

Whistleblower Ryan Vassar revealed during testimony Friday morning that the attorney general’s office kept a “blacklist” of reporters whom they “handled differently than other reporters.” Vassar testified that Dallas Morning News reporter Lauren McGaughy, who has covered the attorney general’s office for a decade, was on that list.

Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-SC) loyalty to former President Donald Trump led a special grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia to recommend criminal charges against him – but the longtime GOP senator isn't holding that against him.

A judge overseeing New York attorney general’s $250 million civil lawsuit against Donald Trump and members of the former president’s family said Friday that the case would likely last close to three months, ABC News reports.

Responding to revelations that the Georgia grand jury that charged Donald Trump with the RICO act also recommended indicting him, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham said he was "totally surprised," HuffPost reported.

Supporters of Donald Trump looking at the Republican caucus in Iowa that's just months away are expressing fears that the former president's campaign is lagging way behind due to a lack of staffing and organization.

Among concerns are that his rivals are making inroads with conservative voters, making Iowa less of a sure thing.

One of the panelists on Georgia's special purpose grand jury consistently voted against recommendations to indict Donald Trump and his allies for their effort to overturn his 2020 election loss - prompting worries among prosecutors about their ability to convict.

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is using violent remarks he made last month during the GOP presidential debate in an attempt to advance his White House run, but critics are expressing concern.

Country music singer Zach Bryan was booked Thursday evening in his home state of Oklahoma on a charge of obstruction of investigation. Little information was immediately available about the arrest, but Bryan had his mugshot taken at Craig County Jail in Vinita, Oklahoma, a small town in the northeast corner of the state. Jail records show he was arrested on the single charge of obstruction of investigation, but the exact details leading up to his arrest are unknown. His has since been released from police custody. Читать дальше...

Donald Trump hit back at a lawsuit trying to bar him from the Colorado ballot by asking that the case get moved to federal court.

The controversial firebrand leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the eastern state of Thuringia will soon face criminal incitement charges after a committee of state lawmakers voted to strip him of his parliamentary immunity on Friday, sources told dpa. Three AfD deputies were the only members of the committee to vote against lifting Björn Höcke's immunity, sources in the legislature told dpa. Höcke himself acknowledged it in a social media post in which he claimed he... Читать дальше...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis may not have named Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in her RICO indictment that included 19 alleged co-conspirators with Donald Trump at the top of the list, but he is facing fresh scrutiny after the release of a grand jury report on Friday.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. says he will not recuse himself from an upcoming Supreme Court tax case despite the fact that one of the attorneys on the case interviewed Alito for articles that appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post reported.

Trump-loving pillow monger Mike Lindell has been facing a barrage of defamation lawsuits since the end of the 2020 election when he began pushing multiple bogus claims about voting machines stealing votes away from former President Donald Trump.