Новости за 27.01.2017

President Donald Trump will likely give the Joint Chiefs of Staff Friday a series of objectives for fighting ISIS so the military can design the strategic and tactical options to be presented to him in 30 days, a US official told CNN. Defense Secretary James Mattis is quickly taking charge of a Pentagon review to […]

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to speak on the phone Saturday in their first conversation since Trump took office, an administration official told CNN. Developing story – more to come

When it happened, news of Austin Callaway’s lynching on September 8, 1940, was buried on the last page of his hometown newspaper in LaGrange, Georgia. “Negro succumbs to shot wounds,” read the LaGrange Daily News headline, squeezed between the personal ads and a report on a church fish fry. “Dies Sunday at Hospital, Struck by […]

President Donald Trump will hold his first news conference as commander in chief Friday, joining British counterpart Theresa May for a Q&A with the press at the White House. Joint news conferences with a foreign leader are typically part of the schedule when a foreign leader visits, though it is unclear how many questions Trump […]

You can almost hear the “Jaws” music while looking at the photo. Chris Hasson’s 10-year-old son Eden was surfing Tuesday when a shark appeared lurking beneath the wave, a moment Hasson caught on camera. “It was a chance encounter, a one in a million photo,” Hasson said. Hasson and some others were on the beach […]

George Orwell’s novel “1984” is among the dystopian novels finding new readerships since President Donald Trump’s election, with Kellyanne Conway’s use of the term “alternative facts” Sunday on NBC being compared to how the novel’s government frequently used political euphemisms. The book was written 68 years ago, but today it tops the Amazon Best Seller […]

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted Esteban Santiago, the man accused of killing five people inside a Fort Lauderdale airport this month, authorities said. Santiago is charged with numerous counts and could face death or life in prison. Federal authorities said Santiago, 26, wounded six others when he opened fire in the baggage claim […]

Almost every media outlet from left to right, from Salon to Fox News, has debunked President Trump’s claim about millions of illegal votes being cast in the 2016 election. Almost. Trump has a happy enabler at Infowars, a right-wing web site that traffics in conspiracy theories and fear-mongering. The site, led by radio host Alex […]

Google is still struggling to bring the expenses for its moonshot projects back to earth. Alphabet, Google’s parent company, lost nearly $1.1 billion from its “other bets” division in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to earnings results on Thursday. That brings the total loss for this division to about $3.6 billion in 2016, slightly […]

Donald Trump kicked off his primary campaign with an infamous attack on the Mexican government — one he was privately searching for evidence to sustain weeks after he made it. “They’re sending people that have lots of problems (across the border),” Trump said in his June 2015 announcement in New York. “They’re bringing drugs. They’re […]

A suspected serial killer, who used various aliases during a cross-country homicide spree, took his darkest secrets to his grave. In New Hampshire, where he went by the name of Robert “Bob” Evans in the 1980s, authorities revealed Thursday they think he killed two women and three children before moving to California and killing his […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May told US Republicans Thursday that instances of the United States and United Kingdom intervening militarily in foreign countries must only come when the two countries’ national interests are at stake. “The days of Britain and America intervening in sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in our own […]

President Donald Trump’s chief strategist has escalated the administration’s war with the media, labeling it “the opposition party” and suggesting that it “keep its mouth shut.” “The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for awhile,” Steve Bannon said during a rare interview with The New York Times […]

Gary Cohn is walking away from a career at Goldman Sachs to become President Trump’s top economic adviser with a stunning $285 million. Goldman’s willingness to give Cohn a chunk of that fortune ahead of schedule is causing unease among ethics experts, who say the huge payout will make him beholden to the Wall Street […]

When it happened, news of Austin Callaway’s killing on September 8, 1940, barely earned a mention in his hometown newspaper in LaGrange, Georgia. “Negro succumbs to shot wounds,” read the LaGrange Daily News headline, squeezed between the personal ads and a report on a church fish fry. “Dies Sunday at Hospital, Struck by Seven Bullets,” […]