Новости за 16.10.2023

A federal appeals court has reaffirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to bar the use of voting machines in Arizona that was filed last year by Kari Lake and Mark Finchem, two Republicans who lost their bids for statewide office in 2022.

Former President Donald Trump complained about the new gag order imposed on him in the D.C. election interference trial by Judge Tanya Chutkan during a campaign stop in Iowa Monday.

Former Trump fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen had his testimony delayed this Tuesday in Donald Trump's New York fraud trial due to a medical issue – the Trump's lawyers are doubting its validity, ABC News reported.

Defense attorneys, prosecutors and the judge in the trial of Donald Trump co-defendants Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro went head-to-head Monday in an effort to figure out what potential jurors in the case can be asked, the Associated Press reported.

In a post to X this Sunday, Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene commented on a clip from Alexandra Pelosi's documentary "The Insurrectionist Next Door" in which Pelosi tries to get Jan. 6 defendant Paul Hodgkins to admit that he was misled by former President Donald Trump.

Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan is likening his fellow House Republicans to the Mafia in his attempt to sway members of the GOP conference who continue to refuse to vote for him to become the next Speaker.

With Rep. Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) having ended his quest to become speaker, far-right House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is now the nominee. But it remains to be seen whether Jordan can get the 217 votes needed for confirmation.

When NBC News' Scott Wong, on October 12, asked Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Missouri) if she would support Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for House speaker, she said she was a firm "Hell no." But four days later, on Monday morning, October 16, the GOP congresswoman did a total flip-flop and announced that she would vote to confirm Jordan as speaker.

"Editors, they want a Black book," the agent says to his author.

"They have a Black book. I'm Black, and it's my book," replies the exasperated writer.

It is a scene from the upcoming, Oscar-tipped satirical movie "American Fiction," but it could just as easily be from the life of its creator and director Cord Jefferson.

Jefferson, whose previous credits include writing acclaimed hits like "Succession," "Watchmen" and "The Good Place," has endured years of being asked by Hollywood executives to create "Blacker" characters. Читать дальше...

Former President Donald Trump vowed to appeal a ruling that prevents him from threatening certain people connected to his federal election subversion trial.

DEARBORN, Michigan — Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford on Monday called for an end to the United Auto Workers' 32-day-old strike, warning that the stakes of what he characterized as "acrimonious" contract talks are nothing short of the future of the U.S. auto industry. Ford, the fourth person in his family to lead the company, spoke publicly about UAW-Ford negotiations for the first time on day 32 of an unprecedented strike against selected plants at Ford and its crosstown rivals, General Motors Co. Читать дальше...

A spokesperson for former President Donald Trump reacted to restrictions on his speech by a judge hearing the federal election interference case against him Monday.

Donald Trump's recent fundraising emails have become even more unhinged and delusional, and they should serve as a warning about his plans for re-election.

Former federal prosecutor Preet Bharara has laid out three potential strategies Donald Trump could use to avoid his federal trials, Newsweek reported.

A Georgia man’s assertion — first featured in a Raw Story investigation — that people should punch, kick, urinate on and throw feces at an Indiana public school administrator is not “extreme and outrageous” but merely “ill-mannered and rude,” according to the man’s response to a federal emotional distress lawsuit against him.

Patrick Birney, an assistant vice president for financial operations at the Trump Organization, delivered explosive testimony on Monday that drew a furious reaction from an attorney representing former President Donald Trump.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday issued a limited gag order preventing former President Donald Trump from attacking special counsel Jack Smith, his family, court staff or possible witnesses.

One of Donald Trump's attorneys who was attempting to keep Judge Tanya Chutkan from expanding a gag order is reportedly not scoring any points with the judge and had to be admonished on Monday.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan suggested on Monday that she would restrict former President Donald Trump's speech after he issued threatening social media posts to prosecutors and witnesses.

Last month, former President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, deserved to be executed for telling his counterparts in China that they didn't have to worry about Trump launching an unprovoked attack on their country in a bid to cling to power.

Former Trump fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen was due to testify this Tuesday in Donald Trump's New York fraud trial but delayed his appearance due to a medical issue, ABC News reported.

Donald Trump issued a fundraising plea ahead of a hearing in Washington, D.C. federal court that will decide if he would face a gag order in the Jan. 6 election interference case.

A Farmington Hills man has been charged with making a terrorism threat in connection with a post he made on social media that proposed violence against Palestinian residents of Dearborn, according to police. Carl Mintz, 41, was arraigned Saturday in Dearborn's 19th District Court on one count of making a threat of terrorism, a felony, and a misdemeanor malicious use of a telecommunications device. Mintz's post was discovered after someone anonymously shared it with the Dearborn Police Department Wednesday. Читать дальше...

Due to refunds to disgruntled campaign contributors and his growing legal fees, any re-election campaign Rep. George Santos (R-NY) might hope to mount will be running on fumes, according to his latest financial disclosures.

As Axios reported, the embattled New York Republican who is under federal indictment had negative cash flow over the last three months after taking in just $674 and having to refund $17,200 in the last three months.

According to the report, it gets worse.

The Republican Party presidential primary is all but over save for the campaign consultants, according to a report Monday.