Новости за 30.11.2023

SEATTLE — Even brief exposure to highway pollution could cause significant increases in blood pressure, a new study from the University of Washington has found, adding to a growing body of work correlating vehicle exhaust with negative health outcomes. The effects are near immediate: Two hours in Seattle’s rush hour was enough to increase blood pressure by nearly 5 millimeters of mercury, a jump that would push someone with normal levels to elevated or from elevated levels to stage 1 hypertension. Читать дальше...

Failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake lost in court again this week, but the judge's message this time was a brutal takedown.

A Republican lawmaker is abandoning Donald Trump, but he's keeping it quiet.

NEW YORK — DNA from the wife of suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann was found on the victims’ bodies, according to multiple reports. Asa Ellerup, 59, has not been considered a suspect in the case, as prosecutors said she was out of town when the victims were killed. However, investigators matched her DNA to samples collected from the victims’ bodies, sources told Newsday and ABC News. Cops took a cheek swab from Ellerup on July 13, the same day Heuermann was arrested. Police also... Читать дальше...

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley Thursday launched a new television ad that dings former President Donald Trump with a call to end “the chaos and drama.” The ad entitled “Moral Clarity” touts the former U.N. ambassador as the one who can return values and global leadership to the White House, an implicit dig at the four times-indicted Trump. “We have to leave behind the chaos and drama of the past and strengthen our country, our pride and our purpose,” Haley says in the 30-second ad. The... Читать дальше...

One of Rep. George Santos' biggest campaign donors accused the embattled GOP lawmaker of using his cash for personal use, the New York Daily News reported Thursday.

The wife of the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s fraud trial never posted social media content about the former president despite claims by the former president and conspiracy theorist, according to a new report.

A Donald Trump co-defendant who recently pleaded guilty in his Georgia election interference case is slated to meet with Arizona and Nevada investigators conducting parallel probes, sources told the Washington Post Thursday.

Judge Arthur Engoron wants to issue a ruling in former President Donald Trump’s fraud case in January, just a few weeks after arguments in the lengthy civil court trial conclude, according to a new report.

Embattled Rep. George Santos (R-NY), who is potentially hours away from being expelled from the House of Representatives, teased a potential revenge tour while talking with reporters on Thursday.

Field Team 6, a political action committee that touts itself as a “machine that mints Democrats,” has admitted to violating federal election law by failing to report all of its financial activity before the 2022 election.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) was choking on her lunch Thursday when Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) jumped in to help, Politico's Burgess Everett posted on social media.

A bombshell report revealed that Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) has not declared having a checking or savings account and has not revealed any investments — yet loaned his campaign more than $300,000.

Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore (R) detailed what he called a "foolproof" plan to have charges against Donald Trump and others for an alleged conspiracy to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election dropped.

Donald Trump shared a post on his Truth Social network Thursday calling for charges against U.S. Capitol police officers who used force against Jan. 6 rioters.

It's being called a "revamp," an "overhaul," and a "shakeup," but media critics, journalists, and journalism experts are expressing outrage at MSNBC for its decision to cancel the weekend show anchored by Medhi Hasan, who many see as an important voice against authoritarianism and the far-right.

Weeks after former President Donald Trump was linked to a deadly riot at the United States Capitol building in a desperate bid by his supporters to overturn the election result, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) showed no signs of letting the matter drop.

A former employee of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster claims she was sexually harassed and coerced into sex by her supervisor, and then tricked by attorney Alina Habba into an illegal non-disclosure agreement.

Donald Trump targeted the "family" of fraud trial Judge Arthur Engoron on Thursday just hours after an appeals court reinstated a gag order against the former president.

Florida’s GOP chairman has been accused of sexual battery by a woman who says she was part of a ménage à trois with him and his wife, who's a co-founder of right-wing group Moms for Liberty, according to a new report.

Republicans on a Senate committee erupted on Thursday after they were not allowed to speak about judicial nominations that had already been debated.

A Donald Trump attorney provided damning evidence against the former president in the Mar-a-Lago documents case — and a legal analyst said it will almost certainly lead to a conviction once the case finally goes to trial.

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers have a mixture of emotions after the far-right Koch network decided to endorse Nikki Haley over Donald Trump.

Washington Post contributing editor Robert Kagan has written a new column warning of the possibility that former President Donald Trump could make himself a dictator.

The Swiss bank UBS released a report Thursday showing that a massive transfer of wealth from billionaire business founders to their heirs is underway and accelerating, with trillions of dollars in assets moving from those who accumulated fortunes through entrepreneurship to family members whose vast riches are owed to the simple accident of birth.