Новости за 03.05.2023

WASHINGTON — Officials from Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations came to the U.S. Senate Appropriations subcommittee Tuesday to answer questions about fentanyl, drug trafficking, and transnational crime.

Newly released documents show that former Justice Sandra Day O’Conner played a pivotal role in resolving a dispute over the 2000 election in favor of George W. Bush, CNN reports.

The Republican Party needs to move on from Donald Trump and ignore the loyalists who tell the party they won’t support any presidential candidate but him, conservative writer Charles C. W. Cooke argued today in a stinging National Review column.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) said Wednesday that it is "very likely" that articles of impeachment will be introduced in connection to an alleged pay-for-pay scheme involving President Joe Biden (D) when he was V.P.

After decades of decline, union organizing is surging again today, mainly in new industries, from coffee empires to online megastores. At the same time, teachers’ and nurses’ unions remain strong and the venerable guild for movie and TV writers went on strike earlier this week. Stephen Colbert, knowing his late-night show would soon go dark, said on Monday, “This nation owes so much to unions.”

Forbes reported on Wednesday that Donald Trump and his three eldest children who worked at the Trump Organization have failed to turn over emails and other communications requested in the fraud suit from New York Attorney General Letitia James.

King Charles’ coronation comes after years of royal rifts and family feuds. While the spotlight Saturday will be on Charles and his wife, Camilla, queen consort, others who are — and aren’t — in attendance will also garner attention. Most notably, Charles’ son Prince Harry will be there in London after months of speculation about his status, while wife Meghan Markle will remain in the U.S. Harry, who stepped down from his senior royal duties in 2020, has been vocal about his strained relationship with his family. Читать дальше...

Special counsel Jack Smith was in the room when Mike Pence testified before a federal grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 insurrection, CNN reports.

Ammon Bundy, of Bundy Ranch infamy, is seeking to have a defamation case moved to a federal court, according to local Idaho news outlet KTVB.

NEW YORK -- Outrage is mounting over the death of a homeless, mentally disturbed Michael Jackson impersonator who died on a Manhattan subway train in a caught-on-camera clash with a U.S. Marine who put him in a chokehold. Friends and elected officials decried the death of Jordan Neely on Wednesday, insisting the homeless busker didn’t deserve to die. Neely, 30, was a familiar sight around town, performing in Times Square and on subways as Michael Jackson. “NYC is not Gotham,” city Comptroller Brad Lander tweeted. Читать дальше...

Former President Donald Trump will not mount a defense in the civil defamation and battery case brought against him by writer E. Jean Carroll, ABC News reported.

Jeffrey Epstein's crimes caused a cloud to hang over his infamous islands and kept them on the market for more than a year. That is reportedly now over.

A Florida Republican lawmaker’s admission on the state House floor earlier this week that he and other conservatives hate LGBT+ people prompted audible gasps, LGBTQ Nation reports.

A Colorado man is suing cops he says Tasered him in the face as he tried to watch a traffic stop involving his son.

Donald Trump's trip to Ireland could last a little longer than expected if he chooses to respond to an invite from an environmental group in regards to a case over sand trap fencing at his resort at Doonbeg in County Clare, Ireland's Independent reported.

While crowds are expected to pack the streets of London for the coronation of King Charles III with millions watching on TV, Millie Harvey says she will likely spend the day watching movies at home.

Atlanta Police said they are investigating an "active shooter" situation with multiple injured people in a building in the city's Midtown neighborhood, NBC 4 reported.

A few weeks ago, on the April 19th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing, Raw Story detailed the evolution of fears among Oklahomans to terrorism taking the form of mass shootings. The same ideologies shared by bomber Timothy McVeigh when he blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building are on the rise again 28 years later.

Donald Trump launched a new campaign ad this week purporting to show that the United States is doing worse under President Biden than it did during his time in the White House, but as Forbes points out, the two most prominent photos in the ad are from Trump’s own presidency.

Right-wing podcaster Charlie Kirk on Wednesday defended former Fox News host Tucker Carlson by claiming Black people fight by "jumping people" while white people do not.

An anti-LGBTQ hate group's secret files reveal marketing "pushing schools to adopt junk science painting transgender youth as carriers of a pathological disorder," and files detailing methods to indoctrinate pre-teens into a culture of "sexual purity" and opposing same-sex relationships.

Wisconsin Republicans’ preferred candidate just took a beating in a much-watched state Supreme Court race, prompting soul searching at both the state and the national levels about how the GOP lost touch with voters, whether the suburban women they depend on to win elections are enjoying our state’s return to nineteenth century abortion rules, and what lessons can be learned ahead of Election Day 2024.

NEW YORK -- A Staten Island baby being cared for by his three-time felon father died after ingesting a lethal mix of fentanyl and cocaine, police said Wednesday. Little Sakani Kamagate was just 16 months old when he died — and the city Medical Examiner deemed his death a homicide this week, police said. The boy was being watched by his father, Adam Kamagate, inside the dad’s home on Hamilton Ave. near Academy Place in St. George when he full unconscious in bed, police said. Nobody has been criminally... Читать дальше...

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, announced Wednesday he is challenging U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for reelection.

Meghan Markle has been blasted by Donald Trump over her treatment of Queen Elizabeth II. The former US President told GB News during a world-exclusive interview, that the Duchess of Sussex had been "very disrespectful" to the Queen. The former US President told GB News during a world-exclusive interview, that the Duchess of Sussex had been "very disrespectful" to the Queen. Trump said: "I think she [Meghan] has been very disrespectful to the Queen. Trump said: "I think she [Meghan] has been very disrespectful to the Queen. Читать дальше...