Новости за 24.01.2020

U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), a lower-tier presidential candidate with high aspirations, announced she is suing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for $50 million after the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee said Russia is grooming “somebody who’s currently in the Democratic primary” for a third-party run, and reportedly called that person, “a favorite of the […]

Although the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 did precious little to reduce the tax burden of middle-class Americans, it has been great for millionaires. And according to Peter Cary of the Center for Public Integrity, that includes many of the Republican senators and House members who rammed it through Congress. Discussing the Center’s analysis of […]

Republicans are worried that President Trump’s defense team is “woefully unprepared” to defend him against the Democrats’ impeachment efforts against him, and Trump isn’t making the situation any better with his “insistence that Republicans buy in fully to his defense strategy,” Gabriel Sherman writes for Vanity Fair. While removing Trump from office is still a […]

While White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham refuses to hold press briefings, senior counselor Kellyanne Conway has been willing to talk to the press. That is unless the press asks questions she doesn’t want to answer. Such was the case Friday when Conway came to the briefing room to answer questions by reporters. When CNN’s […]

According to the Washington Post’s Greg Sargent, while Donald Trump has seemed impervious to past scandals, a “damning new audio recording” that reportedly features Trump telling his associates that he wants then-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch fired could be a significant development in Democrats’ impeachment effort against him. The recording reviewed by ABC News reportedly […]

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) ceremoniously left the Democratic Party in a huff because he didn’t want to vote to impeach President Donald Trump. Now that the polls are changing, it seems Van Drew is confused, reported The Philadelphia Inquirer. “I think that this is a very weak impeachment. I think it wasted millions of […]

President Donald Trump’s comments about Thomas Edison sparked concerns about his mental health among attorneys, former government officials and a Yale University psychiatrist. This article was originally published at Salon Trump on Wednesday compared Tesla founder Elon Musk to inventor Thomas Edison in an interview with CNBC. “He’s one of our great geniuses, and we have […]

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), who tried unsuccessfully last summer to get President Donald Trump to reinstate military aid for Ukraine, bitterly complained on Friday that the government didn’t do enough to cover up President Donald Trump’s efforts to push the Ukrainian government to investigate prospective 2020 rival Joe Biden. Politico reports that Johnson said he […]

The Pentagon has just announced 34 U.S. troops have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries as a result of Iran’s missile attacks on U.S. Forces at Iraqi bases where they were hosted earlier this month. That’s more than three times the number of service members initially reported, eleven, and an upgrade from “possible” traumatic brain […]

Prosperity gospel evangelist Paula White, who has long served as President Donald Trump’s spiritual adviser, credits a statistical drop in crime with increased Christian prayer. Right Wing Watch reports that White earlier this month delivered a sermon in which she said it was “statistically proven” that crime dropped after the September 11th terrorist attacks because […]

Ohio’s Republican Party is asking a statehouse candidate to withdraw after he admitted to setting up an account for a dating service for people who are already married. GOP candidate Joe Dills, who touts his family values credentials in campaign materials, disclosed Friday that he set up an account on the Ashley Madison website in […]

A forensic psychiatrist told Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial Friday that victims of sexual assault commonly remain in contact with their attacker for years after the incident. The prosecution called Barbara Ziv, who testified when American comedian Bill Cosby was convicted of sexual assault, to dispel several “myths” surrounding rape. Ex-Hollywood titan Weinstein, 67, whose trial […]

According to court documents obtained by WBTW 13 News, Kristoff Alexander King, 36, viciously beat Scott Jenks, 48, for over an hour in the parking lot of a St. Petersburg, Florida, sports bar before he died. Surveillance video of the incident shows Jenks begging for his life multiple times. The arrest warrant issued for King describes the […]

It remains to be seen whether Republicans will maintain their U.S. Senate majority in November’s election. If Democrats are able to flip four GOP-help seats while holding onto all of the seats they are defending, Mitch McConnell would cease to be Senate majority leader in January 2021. And conservative Washington Post opinion writer Jennifer Rubin, […]

Two US vice squad police officers were fired for wrongfully arresting porn star Stormy Daniels, who has claimed an affair with President Donald Trump, city officials in Columbus, Ohio confirmed on Friday. Officers Whitney Lancaster and Steven Rosser were ordered dismissed by Columbus Director of Public Safety Ned Pettus on Thursday, according to documents provided […]

An explosive report from ABC News on Friday morning detailed an audio recording purportedly of President Donald Trump demanding the firing of Marie Yovanovitch, in which the president instructs his henchmen to “get rid of her” and “take her out.” Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), when asked by reporters about this new evidence Friday afternoon, blew […]

According to Greg Sargent at the Washington Post, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is trying to pull one over on the Democrats in his attempt to make sure former national security adviser John Bolton doesn’t speak during the impeachment trial of Donald Trump — and that Democrats should call his bluff. Noting a CNN report […]

The news was so shocking some thought it was fake. But as CBS News reports, the White House is threatening Republican Senators to not vote to convict President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial, or else. That “or else” was revealed by CBS News’ Chief Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes, who reports, “One Trump confidant tells […]

“The View” co-host Meghan McCain changed the subject from Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) to Hillary Clinton during a discussion of the impeachment trial. Guest host Ana Navarro took exception to Blackburn’s attacks on Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who testified against President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry, after House managers cited his allegations against the […]

When Rep. Hakeem Jeffries addressed the U.S. Senate on Thursday night as part of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, there was a crucial difference between how Jeffries’ speech was covered on different cable news outlets: while CNN and MSNBC broadcast the speech, Fox News muted the speech while its pundits offered pro-Trump talking points. CNN […]

In a brutal column for the Daily Beast, longtime political observer Michael Tomasky went all-in on an attack on Republican senators for turning the impeachment trial of Donald Trump into a “Stalinist show trial” where the outcome is known before it even starts. Reflecting on the impassioned case laid out by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) […]

An audio recording that has been reviewed by ABC News purportedly catches President Donald Trump demanding the firing of former American ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. According to ABC News, the recording was made in April 2018, which was more than a year before Yovanovitch was finally ousted from her position. Additionally, ABC News reports […]

When you watch a trial, whether you’re on a jury yourself or on the couch in front of the TV, the prosecution’s presentation always seems airtight — until you see the defense. So I don’t want to say at this stage that the House managers in Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial have made their case. But […]

A video showing a woman’s racist tirade on a bus last month is going viral. As Western Mass News points out, the man who filmed the video says the woman became irate when she overheard two people speaking a language other than English. At one point during the video, a man on the bus spoke […]

Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) on Friday furiously tried to deflect when CNN’s Jake Tapper asked him to name one instance other than Ukraine where President Donald Trump held up foreign aid to a country because he was concerned it was not fighting corruption. During an interview, Tapper asked Lankford if he agreed that Trump’s primary […]