Новости за 07.04.2017

Deputy assistant to President Donald Trump Sebastian Gorka said Friday that Trump’s past tweets arguing against military action in Syria shouldn’t be held against him because Trump wasn’t president then. “I think you’d admit that the things you say when you’re in a certain situation without the requisite experience that may come later shouldn’t be […]

A Q&A with CNN legal analyst and national security law professor Steve Vladeck about the legal issues surrounding President Donald Trump’s authorization of a strike against a Syrian government air base. Q: Was Thursday’s strike “legal”? A: The Trump administration has suggested that they are, as an exercise of the President’s inherent power under Article […]

Even without hair, 7 year-old Gianessa Wride has managed to sparkle — and win her Utah school’s “Crazy Hair Day” competition. On January 1, Daniella Wride began brushing her 7-year-old daughter Gianessa’s hair and watched in horror as the brush pulled out a quarter-sized section of hair. “We let her go to bed without telling […]

The White House released a photo Friday of President Donald Trump receiving a national security briefing in regard to the US strike on a Syrian airbase, retaliation for the chemical weapons attack earlier this week. The photo, edited for security reasons, shows Trump huddling with top national security and economic advisers in a tight room, […]

Many of the congressional Republicans who are praising President Donald Trump’s decision to strike a Syrian airfield were opposed to President Obama’s request to approve a similar action against Syria in 2013. Trump ordered the launch of more than 50 tomahawk cruise missiles on Thursday in retaliation for Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad’s reported use of […]

Thomas Charles Ogden, 90, of Clearfield died Thursday, April 6, 2017 at the Mountain Laurel Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Clearfield. Born May 5, 1926 in Pittsburgh, he was the son of Charles Matthew and Kathryn (Knight) Ogden.  Mr. Ogden was a U.S. Army Air Corp veteran of World War II. He was retired from […]

Hackers accessed the data of up to 100,000 people through a tool that helps students get financial aid. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen testified before the Senate Finance Committee Thursday that a breach had been discovered in the fall. In September, he said, his agency discovered that fraudsters could use someone’s personal data to fill out […]

Adidas just debuted its newest shoe — which has a 3D-printed sole. The German company said 5,000 of the “Futurecraft 4D” shoes will be available at retail stores in the fall and winter. It plans to start mass producing them next year and expects to have made more than 100,000 pairs by the end of […]

Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon called on Gov. Robert Bentley to resign from office immediately, days before impeachment proceedings into the governor’s billowing sex scandal are scheduled to begin. “Let’s end this embarrassment to our state right now,” McCutcheon, a fellow Republican, said in a press conference Friday. “It’s the only way to avoid taking […]

Las Vegas gambler William “Billy” Walters just lost the bet of a lifetime. Walters, whose risky bets earned him the title of the “most dangerous sports bettor in Nevada,” was convicted of insider trading charges Friday, a federal prosecutor in Manhattan said. “Billy Walters lost his bet that he could cheat the securities markets on […]

Clearfield Borough Police assisted mental health personnel with a 302 warrant on Reed Street. According to police, a female was transported to the hospital for an evaluation. Police received a traffic complaint that occurred along Martin Street. A female came to the police station, and she had an active warrant. She was able to resolve […]

Russia and Syria have condemned the first US military strike against the Syrian regime, launched after a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians earlier in the week. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, denounced the strike on a Syrian airfield as “act of aggression” Friday and said it violated international law. Western leaders backed […]

Hours before the expected release of the findings of an impeachment investigation, an apologetic and defiant Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley doubled down Friday on his promise not to quit his job, even as lawmakers prepare for proceedings that could culminate in his removal. “I do not plan to resign,” Bentley, a Republican, said from the […]

If you’re the gambling type and you have a keen interest in American politics, your dream job has arrived. The Irish gambling company Paddy Power is looking for a head of Trump betting to manage a surge in wagers related to the U.S. president. At Paddy Power, you can bet on whether Obamacare will survive […]

Dozens of people showed up at a lake in Orlando to ride the dragon on a recent Saturday morning. The crowd came from all walks of life. But they soon would be working in unison to paddle their boat across the water. Dragon boating is an ancient Chinese sport that began more than 2,000 years […]

Two people have been killed after a vehicle was driven into pedestrians on the busiest street in the center of Stockholm, according to the Swedish Security Police. Parliament and the Stockholm subway are in lockdown, a Swedish Security Police spokesman told Swedish public radio. “Some kind of vehicle has been driven into a street full […]

Sen. Ben Cardin offered cautious support — and a warning — Friday for President Donald Trump’s decision to strike a Syrian airfield. “You will not be able to bomb your way to peace in Syria,” the Maryland Democrat said on CNN’s “New Day.” “Syrians must work out their problems,” Cardin told co-host Alisyn Camerota. “President […]

The presidency you plan for is rarely the presidency you get. Events have a way of outrunning blueprints. Plans change. That’s what happened to Donald Trump’s presidency earlier this week when the Syrian government launched a chemical attack against civilians in the northwestern part of the country. A president and an administration who had advocated […]

There’s no denying that hiring in manufacturing has picked up since the election. Trump is already taking a victory lap for bringing back the muscle jobs. The U.S. added 26,000 factory jobs in February and 11,000 in March. It’s a contrast to the Obama years when most of the job gains came in the service […]

It was a race to remember — not just for the victor Lucas di Grassi but for Formula E as a sport. Down and all but out of the Mexico City ePrix, di Grassi came back to claim an improbable win in one of the most thrilling races in the all-electric series’ short history. “The […]

Andreea Cristea, a 31-year-old Romanian who was injured in the Westminster Terror attack has died, police have said. Cristea, who had been visiting London with her boyfriend, Andrei Burnaz, is the fifth person to have lost their life after Khalid Masood rammed his rental car into passers by on Westminster Bridge on March 22. Cristea […]

As US Tomahawk missiles pounded an airbase in Syria, President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping sat down for dinner at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The two leaders were meeting for the first time, but what should have been an prime opportunity to forge a personal connection and recalibrate the world’s most important bilateral […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has denounced the US strike against a Syrian government airbase as “aggression against a sovereign state in violation of the norms of international law.” Putin believes the attack was done under a “trumped-up pretext,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Friday, according to Russian state-run news agency Sputnik. The Kremlin added […]

President Donald Trump gave one of the best speeches he has ever delivered when he announced late Thursday that he had ordered US cruise missile attacks in Syria — and that they were directed at the base that sent off the airstrikes on Tuesday that killed dozens with nerve gas, including many women and children. […]

The question President Obama often asked his national security team was: Then what? He wanted to know what the plan was for the days and weeks after military action, what the costs and consequences would be and whether our objective would be met — not just that day, but over the longer term. I hope […]