Новости за 24.10.2023

Republican House speaker nominee Tom Emmer (R-MN) has officially ended his bid for the gavel, just hours after Donald Trump called on his supporters in Congress to vote against him.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Emergency management officials have authorized up to nearly $50 million in taxpayer dollars to one contractor for open-ended charter flights since Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered the state to bring Floridians home from Israel two weeks ago, public records show. State officials have offered little information about who’s involved in helping Americans leave Israel amid the war with Hamas, besides identifying Project Dynamo, a Tampa-based nonprofit international rescue group founded... Читать дальше...

Women across Iceland stopped work and staged an all-day strike on Tuesday, the first protest of its kind on the island in nearly a half-century. Tens of thousands of Icelandic women gathered in the capital Reykjavik for a large rally. The strike, which was held under the slogan "Do you call this equality?," caused widespread disruptions to public life, with kindergartens, schools, banks and other institutions forced to shut their doors. Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, 47, had also said she would take part. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) told Raw Story that Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) doesn't have the votes to get elected the House Speaker – and that it's time to move on and nominate Donald Trump instead.

Britney Spears’ debut memoir, "The Woman in Me," hit shelves Thursday. The highly anticipated book marks the first time Spears has spoken out in-depth since her controversial conservatorship under her father was terminated in 2021. Months later, she signed a multimillion-dollar deal with book publisher Simon & Schuster. In her memoir, Spears goes into new details about her conservatorship, struggling with postpartum depression, and her newfound freedom. And interest is high, evidenced by sales so far. Читать дальше...

An off-duty pilot who tried to turn off plane engines mid-air Sunday might have taken psychedelic mushrooms, according to multiple reports.

Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen left court for lunch on Tuesday after bombshell testimony that he helped his former boss artificially inflate his assets – and came back for an afternoon session that was almost as lively.

A veteran former FBI agent says recordings of former president Donald Trump discussing sensitive national security information with foreign guests at Mar-a-Lago indicate he was likely an easy target for foreign spies.

House majority whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) won the internal vote among Republicans to be nominated for speaker, but he faces a steep uphill climb.

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for the defeat of Republican speaker nominee Tom Emmer (R-MN).

A new study has found that celebrities may not have the automatic power to shape our views on what’s considered normal, at least when it comes to vaping. Contrary to what we might assume, the mere presence of celebrities in articles discussing vaping did not significantly alter people’s perceptions of its social acceptability. Instead, factors like personal liking for celebrities and the desire to emulate them play pivotal roles in shaping perceptions. The study was published in Health Communication. Читать дальше...

A major conservative magazine chief links chaos in the House of Representatives to the far-right Freedom Caucus setting a standard of “impossible purity,” he said in a New York Times opinion piece.

Tennessee Republicans are ramping up calls to reject millions of federal dollars rather than adhere to requirements regarding LGBTQ and abortion rights, Fox 17 reported.

Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis on Tuesday pleaded guilty to charges related to her efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election on behalf of former President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen appeared in the Trump Organization fraud trial on Tuesday that will decide the company's fate.

Former President Donald Trump blasted his New York fraud trial after former fixer Michael Cohen took the stand on Tuesday.

The publisher of a Tennessee newspaper says attackers vandalized its office and threatened staff because of its coverage of a local mayoral race.

Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk downplayed a guilty plea entered by attorney Jenna Ellis in a Georgia conspiracy case she is facing along with Donald Trump and other co-defendants.

A newly obtained report produced by the Georgia Bureau of Investigations reveals new details about a scheme by Donald Trump's allies to copy election software and distribute it to conspiracy theorists to overturn the state's 2020 election results.

Former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen took the stand on Tuesday in the Trump Organization fraud trial that will decide the fate of the company.

Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), whose political identity is closely associated with his background as a Navy SEAL, recently extended birthday wishes to the U.S. Navy on social media — using what appears to be an image of an Indonesian warship.

Donald Trump fired off a pair of posts quoting Michael Cohen lavishing praise on him in the past as his former fixer prepared to take the stand against him.

Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) expressed frustration that his party is still struggling to elect a new speaker after three weeks of nonstop internal fighting -- and he says his constituents are getting fed up too.

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) was nominated as House speaker on Tuesday by the Republican conference.

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) warned Republicans that a "dark day" was coming if they went along with Donald Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election, The Guardian reported. She was speaking just five days before Jan. 6, 2021.