Новости за 08.02.2017

In the latest evidence of atrocities committed by the Syrian government against its people, an Amnesty International report claims as many as 13,000 people have been hanged from 2011 to 2015 at Saydnaya prison in a secret crackdown on dissent against Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The Syrian Ministry of Justice disclaimed the accusations, according to state-run […]

A new Indian blockbuster has been banned in Pakistan for allegedly misrepresenting Muslims. Bollywood megastar, Shah Rukh Khan, himself a Muslim, has millions of fans all around the world. But his new film “Raees,” about a bootlegger turned politician, has hit a roadblock with Pakistan’s censors. The movie — scheduled for release last Sunday — […]

The Senate has silenced Elizabeth Warren. And by doing so, majority Republicans just handed the liberal firebrand a megaphone — further elevating President Donald Trump’s fiercest and most prominent critic in the Senate and turning her into a Democratic hero. “They can shut me up, but they can’t change the truth,” Warren later told CNN’s […]

President Donald Trump blasted the media this week for not adequately reporting on terrorism, a claim the White House followed up on by releasing a list of 78 terror attacks it says did not get enough media coverage. A White House official said the list represented 78 “major” attacks since September 2014, which the official […]

At first glance, these limes look like a normal shipment of the green fruit. But they don’t contain the citrus juice you would squeeze into your margarita on a hot summer day. Instead the phony limes were packed full of marijuana. US Customs and Border Protection officers in Pharr, Texas, seized a total of 3,947 […]

The early days of the Trump administration have already seen reports of internal skirmishes among his team of advisers. Cabinet members have been left in the dark on major policy changes, and the early stories suggest that his former campaign CEO, Steve Bannon, has established a dominant position, with the inaugural address and many other […]

What’s better than watching your favorite TV show curled up on your couch? Clearly, a knock on the door from one of the stars of that show. That’s exactly what happened recently to a lucky “This Is Us” fan. Milo Ventimiglia, who stars in the hit series, was filming scenes last week when he happened […]

A legal-funding company is being accused of targeting 9/11 first responders and allegedly scamming them out of millions of dollars. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the New York Attorney General filed a lawsuit against RD Legal Funding on Tuesday, alleging that it used deceptive tactics to get 9/11 responders to enter into costly advances […]

Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are developing their own legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare and plan to unveil it as early as next week. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-North Carolina told reporters the proposal currently being drafted takes much of the language from a 2015 GOP measure to dismantle the health care law […]

For the second day in a row, President Trump has suggested that the national news media suppresses bad news about violence. He has implied that this is for ideological reasons. He was wrong on both occasions. What he said Tuesday was about the murder rate in America. He pointed his finger at the camera crews […]

President Trump doesn’t have to publicly disclose his tax returns, now or ever. But some members of Congress can, if they want. Thanks to a little-known and rarely used provision in the law, either the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee or the Joint Committee on Taxation may request […]

Under President Donald Trump, the Republican Party is gearing up to overhaul Obamacare — the sweeping health care law enacted in 2010 that covers some 20 million Americans. At a special CNN town hall debate Tuesday night, two senators with diametrically opposed views of the government’s role in health care — Ted Cruz and Bernie […]

Top White House adviser Kellyanne Conway appeared on CNN’s “The Lead” Tuesday in a 25-minute, must-see interview with Jake Tapper where they discussed President Donald Trump’s falsehoods and the administration’s treatment of the press. “I don’t think CNN is ‘fake news.’ I think there are some reports everywhere, in print, on TV, on radio, in […]

The White House is ramping up its search for a new communications director in an effort to lighten the load of embattled White House press secretary Sean Spicer, multiple sources told CNN. A source familiar with internal communications said President Donald Trump is disappointed in Spicer’s performance during the first two weeks of the administration. […]

A new Arkansas law will let a husband sue a doctor to stop his wife from getting a particular type of abortion. And it makes no exception for cases of spousal rape. The law, called the Arkansas Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act, was passed and signed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson, and goes into […]