Новости за 18.11.2016

Video and images of President-elect Donald Trump’s meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday will not be seen on most major U.S. news outlets. The reason? Trump and Abe did not give the press access to the meeting. Instead, the Japanese government provided a video of the meeting, which in the eyes of […]

Iraq’s Prime Minister says Kurdish forces must withdraw from towns captured from ISIS once the terror group is defeated as tensions mount between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government over future control of the territory in northern Iraq. Kurdish fighters, known as Peshmerga, are playing a critical role in the battle to defeat the terror […]

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz excoriated the early nominations for top posts in President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, focusing in particular on the appointment of Stephen Bannon as chief adviser. “Between the Steve Bannon appointment as his chief strategist, you know, a step and heartbeat next to the presidency, one, you know, one person who fans […]

Incoming Sen. Chris Van Hollen picked up a big task Friday, taking control of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee as his party tries to hold the line in the Senate in 2018. “He has the confidence of our caucus and will do a great job for our candidates running in 2018. The map is tough […]

Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump’s preferred choice for National Security Advisor, was running a company that was lobbying on behalf of foreign clients even as he was receiving classified intelligence briefings during the campaign. The revelation comes as the Trump camp has taken a series steps to curb the involvement of […]

A suicide car bomb targeted a wedding party in a town south of Falluja, Iraq, killing 20 people and wounding 40 others, according to the head of the town council, Shaker Mahmoud. ISIS, in a Twitter post, claimed responsibility for the bombing, saying Sunni militias in the town were the intended target. The bomb-laden car […]

Calling it “a fraud,” “horrible” and “a disaster,” President-elect Donald Trump said that rolling back Obamacare and replacing it with a “much less expensive” alternative is top priority for his administration. But Americans are divided on what should happen next. One-third of all voters recently polled want the law expanded, one-third want it repealed, and […]

In a time when most kids these days only write letters to Santa and begrudging thank you notes, these kids are showing how much this election impacted even the youngest future constituents. After Election Day, Seattle mom Molly Spence Sahebjami helped her five-year-old son write a letter to President-elect Donald Trump asking him to be […]

CLEARFIELD – Another record crowd attended the 2016 Ales for Tails craft beer-tasting event this past Saturday and watched as Jamie Owens was awarded the “Best of Show” in the Top Dog Home-brewer Competition.   His American Ale titled “General Cluster Pale Ale” scored an impressive 92 out of 100 points from the judges’ combined […]

In the cold opening to “Sweet/Vicious,” MTV’s new series about two young women meting out vigilante justice to predators, a masked, ninjalike figure shimmies up a trellis, slips into a fraternity-house room, and strikes. “Say her name,” demands an artifically disguised voice, as the intruder shoves a cell-phone photo of a young woman toward a […]

Bobbi Kristina Brown’s boyfriend Nick Gordon has been ordered to pay $36 million to her estate. Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford entered a judgment against Gordon Thursday as a result of a wrongful death suit filed by her family. In September, Gordon was found legally responsible for Brown’s death after she was […]

More than 1,000 people have died in airstrikes and shelling in the Syrian city of Aleppo since a short-lived ceasefire broke down 60 days ago, according to a UK-based monitoring group. The figure includes deaths in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, in government-controlled western Aleppo and in the surrounding countryside, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said […]

The Wall Street Journal editorial page says President-elect Donald Trump should liquidate his stake in the family business. “One reason 60 million voters elected Donald Trump is because he promised to change Washington’s culture of self-dealing, and if he wants to succeed he’s going to have to make a sacrifice and lead by example,” the […]

Donald Trump and his supporters have been all over the place about his plan for surveilling Muslims. The President-elect once advocated for a Muslim database. Then he walked it back. Then his spokesman said Trump never proposed such a thing. Then a source familiar with the incoming administration told CNN there will be a database […]

This month, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook detailed the US intent to drive ISIS from the Syrian city of Raqqa. He said the removal of the ISIS “cancer from the so-called capital of their so-called caliphate is the next step in our military campaign plan.” This step, a Pentagon press release noted, is “happening as […]

A curious creature with audacious golden plumage has fascinated the world. We all watch intently as he struts about, soaking in the attention he knows he commands. An enigma, is he. What secret intent lies behind those sharp blue eyes? Anyway, enough about Donald Trump. Check out this crazy bird. This glorious golden pheasant at […]

The concert-goers who went to see Kanye West in San Jose, California, got so much more than what they came for. Not only did the rapper offer up a late-to-the-table endorsement of Donald Trump, but West also shared his thoughts on race. “Before I get out of here I want to talk about race and […]

Donald Trump has asked Rep. Mike Pompeo of Kansas to be his CIA director, sources told CNN Friday. Pompeo was an early supporter of Trump in the House and also staked a tougher line on Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton than some other Republicans. Pompeo was one of a handful of conservatives who argued House […]

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is owning up to mistakes on his platform. The cofounder tweeted an apology on Thursday for accidentally allowing a promoted ad from a white supremacist group to serve on the site. “We made a mistake here and we apologize,” Dorsey said. “Our automated system allowed an ad promoting hate. Against our […]

Jourdan Duncan, 18, works the graveyard shift packing boxes at a nutritional supplement company in the northern California city of Benicia. It’s an easy commute, just 7 miles from his parents’ home. But for Duncan it became a laborious exercise: two hours each way on foot. “My car broke down, so I figured I had […]

Volkswagen is cutting 30,000 jobs as it tries to boost profits in the wake of a huge emissions scandal. Europe’s largest automaker said Friday the cuts were needed to reduce costs as it works to overhaul its plants in Germany. The vast majority of the job cuts — 23,000 — will come in its home […]

Two Chinese astronauts have successfully returned to Earth after 30 days in space. Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong have lived and worked in the Tiangong-2 space lab since October 18, the longest stay in space by Chinese astronauts. The reentry module of the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft landed in Inner Mongolia around 2.15 p.m. Friday local time […]

Former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos has been buried at the National Heroes’ Cemetery in Metro Manila. The surprise decision to give the former dictator a hero’s burial Friday has triggered protests by opponents who had launched a court challenge to have the burial stopped. Marcos’ daughter, Imee Marcos, posted video online of the coffin arriving […]

President-elect Donald Trump took credit Thursday night for stopping Ford from moving jobs from Kentucky to Mexico. The only problem with the claim? Ford had never said it planned to move its Louisville, Ky, assembly plant to Mexico. In fact the automaker had already made a commitment to the United Auto Workers union in their […]

President-elect Donald Trump took credit Thursday night for stopping Ford from moving jobs from Kentucky to Mexico. The only problem with the claim? Ford had never said it planned to move its Louisville, Ky, assembly plant to Mexico. In fact the automaker had already made a commitment to the United Auto Workers union in their […]