Новости за 21.09.2023

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida is known as the fraud epicenter of the United States. Fort Lauderdale certainly realized that last week when $1.2 million in taxpayer money fell into the hands of scammers. The city made the seven-figure payment on Sept. 14 after believing it had received a legitimate bill from Moss Construction, Detective Ali Adamson, a spokesperson for Fort Lauderdale police, said in a Thursday news release. The city later learned the request for payment was fraudulent, Adamson added. Читать дальше...

Colorado GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert lied when she said she was on a first date with the man seen behaving badly with her in security video from a Denver performance of Beetlejuice, Newsweek reported.

Fresh from a scandal about her personal behavior in a Denver theater, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has been taken down by The Washington Post's Fact-Checker for a claim about federal payments to unauthorized immigrants — which dates back to a hoax that's at least 17 years old and not even relevant to the United States.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy unleashed his anger against his own House Republican conference Thursday as chaos erupted after yet another procedural vote on a defense spending bill failed and the clock ticks closer to a GOP-caused shutdown of the federal government.

Rebellious Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) now appears to be running the show in the House of Representatives.

Body cam footage captured a white Florida police officer taunting and cursing at a group of mainly Black bystanders during a narcotics arrest, the Tampa Bay Times reported.

A New Jersey freshman congressman has violated a decade-old financial disclosure and conflicts-of-interest law — the same one he slammed his opponent for breaking.

Washington (AFP) - The US Senate confirmed two generals as the new heads of the Army and Marine Corps on Thursday, filling senior military posts left open due to a lawmaker's opposition to Pentagon abortion access policies. Senators approved General Randy George as chief of staff of the Army by a vote of 96-1, while General Eric Smith was confirmed as commandant of the Marine Corps 96-0. The previous night, senators voted for General Charles Brown to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff... Читать дальше...

By Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. is in touch with Indians at high levels after Ottawa said Indian government agents had links to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada, and Washington is giving India no "special exemption" in the matter, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Thursday. The United States has been seeking to strengthen its relationship with India. President Joe Biden hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a state visit at the White House earlier this year. Читать дальше...

Billionaire media tycoon Rupert Murdoch announced his retirement as chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp. on Thursday in a memo to employees that proclaimed he is planning on turning over the reins of his empire to his son Lachlan while assuming the mostly honorary title of chair emeritus of both companies.

As Wisconsin Republicans hurtle forward with potentially impeaching Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz before she's even issued a single ruling, a former Wisconsin justice appointed by a Republican governor is calling foul.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday, where he was forced to educate Republicans on a wide variety of topics, from climate change to not needing passports to fly domestically, to subsidies for oil and gas companies.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Hannah refused to allow three of Kari Lake's witnesses at her third election trial.

House Republicans failing to pass a Defense Department budget bill this Thursday is a sign of "how much internal chaos the party is struggling with," writes The New Republic's Tori Otten.

During Donald Trump's four years in the White House, he clashed with a long list of Republicans in his administration — from former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly to former National Security Adviser John Bolton. Even former Attorney General Bill Barr, once considered a Trump loyalist, fell out with Trump in the end.

A new report released Thursday by the free expression group PEN America warns that the Republican-led book banning movement is intensifying nationwide, with U.S. classrooms and libraries prohibiting more than 1,500 unique titles during the 2022-23 school year.

Longtime conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks was buried under an avalanche of jokes, insults and fact-checks after he complained on X, formerly known as Twitter, about having to pay $78 at a New Jersey airport for a hamburger, french fries and a drink.

In a court filing this Thursday, the New York attorney general’s office argued that any delay in its upcoming civil fraud trial against former President Donald Trump “is likely to create a cascade of delays in not only this case but also other litigations involving petitioner Donald J. Trump," Politico reported.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing to determine if the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution can be used to keep Donald Trump off of the 2024 presidential ballot.

In contrast to her uncle, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) — a frequent critic of former Donald Trump — Republican National Committee Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel has been a strong supporter of the former president.

The government is seeking a sentence of 24- to 30 months in prison for a North Carolina man with an extensive history of involvement with violent, far-right groups — and who was caught with a semi-automatic rifle as a felon during a traffic stop in western New York last year.

Donald Trump's increasing statements that the Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling that, for all practical purposes, overturned Roe v. Wade hurt Republicans in the 2022 midterms is setting off alarms with anti-abortion leaders who feel he is no longer on their side and that they are being played.

In a speech last week the former president took credit for putting in place three new members on the Supreme Court who had no qualms about throwing out Roe after fifty years which, in turn, created a firestorm... Читать дальше...

Rupert Murdoch's announcement he is stepping down as chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp. circulated rapidly Thursday morning, with critics celebrating the exit of the billionaire media mogul some are blaming for the "intellectual and moral decay of our society."

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's latest bid to get House Republicans to fulfill a basic obligation of a governing party has failed.

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) clashed with right-wing podcaster Steve Bannon on Thursday over a government shutdown.