Новости за 22.11.2017

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Tuesday she supports the repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate. The Obamacare individual mandate requires nearly all Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a penalty. Republican Senators have considered adding a repeal to this mandate in their tax reform bill. “Repealing the individual mandate simply restores to people the freedom […]

David Cassidy, who came to fame as a ’70s teen heartthrob and lead singer on “The Partridge Family,” has died, according to his publicist Jo-Ann Geffen. He was 67. The singer-actor had recently been admitted to the intensive care unit of a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, area hospital. Cassidy was in critical condition and suffering from […]

No meaningful progress is being made in NAFTA trade talks between the United States, Canada and Mexico, increasing the odds that President Trump could withdraw from a critical 23-year old agreement. After Round 5 of NAFTA talks ended Tuesday — only two more are scheduled — no progress has been made on divisive issues. “While […]

North Korea stands accused of violating the armistice agreement between North and South Korea, after North Korean soldiers fired across the line that divides the two countries in pursuit of a defector last week. The United Nations Command in South Korea played dramatic security footage of the soldier’s brazen defection across the heavily fortified demilitarized […]

Last week, Rep. Jackie Speier said that she knew of two sitting members of Congress who have “engaged in sexual harassment.” But the California Democrat on Tuesday said that Democratic Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, who is now facing allegations, was not one of the people she had referenced. Speier is declining to reveal the […]

Allegations that multiple US service members had “improper contact” with foreign women while on the President’s Asia tour have spurred an investigation and led to their reassignment, The Washington Post reports, attributing the information to officials familiar with the situation. The Post reported Tuesday that the three individuals worked for the White House Communications Agency […]

North Korea stands accused of violating the armistice agreement between North and South Korea, after North Korean soldiers fired across the military demarcation line (MDL) that divides the two countries in pursuit of a defector last week. The United Nations Command in South Korea played dramatic security footage of the soldier’s brazen defection across the […]

President Donald Trump is “very happy” sexual misconduct in American society is being “exposed.” That is, unless the allegations negatively affect him. Trump on Tuesday responded publicly for the first time to the wave of allegations of sexual misconduct against men in media and politics — ranging from inappropriate behavior to sexual harassment and sexual […]

The suspect in New York’s deadliest terror attack since 9/11 was indicted Tuesday on murder and terror-related charges, the US Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York said. Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, 29, is charged with killing eight people and injuring a dozen others as he drove a pickup truck down a bicycle path […]