Новости за 01.12.2023

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Bobby Singh carefully read the details contained in the federal indictment made public this week alleging a plot by the Indian government to assassinate Sikh activists in the U.S. Then Singh, a Sacramento State student and local leader in the movement to create an independent Sikh state, came upon an especially chilling detail: One of the targets, an unnamed person, was in California. “Could this be me?” he wondered. Singh has good reason to consider that possibility. Like... Читать дальше...

Adam Laxalt — one of Ron DeSantis' closest friends as well as the chair of his Never Back Down PAC ¸— has resigned, reported The New York Times on Friday.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A former U.S. Marine pleaded guilty in federal court to firebombing a Bay Area Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022. Chance Brannon, 24, of San Juan Capistrano, who was an active-duty Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton at the time of the crime, also said he made plans for additional attacks on a second Planned Parenthood clinic, a Southern California Edison substation, and an LGBTQ pride night celebration at Dodger Stadium, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement. Brannon pleaded guilty to four felony counts... Читать дальше...

A Fox News host met the news of George Santos' expulsion from Congress Friday by bemoaning that it's bad news for Israel.

George Santos finally lost his seat in Congress Friday — and social media did not hold back.

Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas is suing Pfizer for misrepresenting the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine and "conspiring to censor public discourse." It seems Pfizer's chickens are coming home to roost. Originally assured the vaccine was 95 percent effective against COVID, we would later find out otherwise. Pfizer then had to launch a campaign to silence anyone who challenged its claims, according to Paxton's lawsuit. So the pharmaceutical company lied about -- or, at the very least... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump demanded a mistrial in his $250 million civil fraud case Friday over debunked claims about the civil court judge’s wife is biased against him.

Attorneys who argued Friday that the Georgia election racketeering case against Donald Trump was an attack on free speech stunned a legal expert watching the pre-trial hearing.

Lawyers for Donald Trump's co-defendants argued Friday that the state has no power to bring charges against them for being fake electors, USA Today reported.

Donald Trump lost his immunity bid to avoid a lawsuit seeking to hold him responsible for violence during the Jan. 6 insurrection, and legal experts explained what that meant for the former president.

Some of the most strident voices warning of Donald Trump's anti-democratic plans for a second term are coming from his former aides and staffers, according to new reporting.

Disgraced former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) said he didn't want to return to Congress after the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to expel him on Friday.

Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) called Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) a "senator for Egypt," and said he needed to be expelled from Congress, much like the now-former Representative George Santos.

A screaming match erupted in Donald Trump’s $250 million civil fraud trial Friday when a New York state attorney ran out of patience with the former president’s legal team, according to a new report.

Former Rep. George Santos (R-NY), the scandal-plagued New York Republican who has even been accused of stealing from one of his own colleagues' mothers, was expelled in an overwhelming vote on Friday.

A House Republican is flabbergasted that colleagues, among them House Speaker Mike Johnson, voted to keep George Santos after a damning ethics report found he'd spent campaign cash on Botox and another House member accused the now-ousted New York representative of scamming his mom.

Self-proclaimed "Queen of Canada" and cult leader Romana Didulo started a new group on Telegram in order to communicate with her followers in different regions — and it quickly spawned a violent subgroup that exposed a bloodthirsty faction of her supporters, Vice News reported Friday.

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, ex-senior adviser to Melania Trump, discussed her relationship with the former first lady in her 2020 book "Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady." Now, she is speaking out about another Trump family-related matter — a lawsuit involving a former employee of one of Donald Trump's properties.

David Frum, a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, has penned a brutal review of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' debate performance for The Atlantic.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) went on a rage-rant at Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Friday morning, hitting out at the 85-year-old Black lawmaker for calling out the Georgia lawmaker's use of government support to keep her business afloat.

Donald Trump's lawyers have been scrambling to introduce evidence of alleged bias against the former president in his New York fraud case — but they haven't cited a single claim their client has been making on social media.

Former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney is warning that if Donald Trump is elected, the country will slide into authoritarianism, CBS News reported.

US drugmaker Pfizer on Friday said it would end a clinical trial of its developmental weight loss pill after high side effect rates caused most participants to stop using it.

The U.S. House of Representatives has formally expelled Rep. George Santos (R-NY) because of numerous alleged financial fraud and crimes and numerous congressional ethics violations.

Rep. George Santos has been expelled from the House of Representatives in an overwhelming vote with more than 300 members voting to give him the boot.