Новости за 27.02.2020

Government officials were astonished by President Donald Trump’s rants about toilets that must be flushed more than a dozen times, according to newly revealed documents. Emails released under the Freedom of Information Act show EPA officials struggling to make sense of Trump’s complaints about government regulations on toilets, faucets and dishwashers, reported NBC News. “I […]

Minorities are “gullible” for believing that Republicans want to suppress their votes, a conservative Republican lawmaker told a right-wing radio show in Colorado. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) made the comments to KVOR personality Richard Randall, the Colorado Times Recorder reported Thursday. Lamborn said he was concerned about allegations of voter fraud. “The Democrats lie when […]

Even conservative Meghan McCain said that Vice President Mike Pence has no business being in charge of the government’s coronavirus outbreak. During the “Hot Topics” on “The View,” all of the hosts came together around Pence being the worst option to handle the crisis. After playing a clip of President Donald Trump’s press conference Wednesday, […]

President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France was preparing for a jump in the number of coronavirus cases, adding “we are going to have to deal with it as best we can.” “We are facing a crisis, an epidemic that is coming,” Macron said while visiting staff at the La Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in Paris, where […]

President Donald Trump views his alliance with the Christian right as essential to his 2020 campaign, and two Trump loyalists — Attorney General William Barr and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos — were clearly pandering to religious conservatives this week during a speech at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention, which is being held in Nashville, Tennessee […]

Wall Street Journal columnist Daniel Henninger argues that President Donald Trump’s response to a potential coronavirus pandemic could expose some real political weaknesses in the coming months. In particular, he writes that the president’s erratic temperament and habit for sending out crazed tweets are going to wear very thin at a time when the virus […]

By multiple measures, workers are faring poorly under Donald Trump compared to his predecessor. Yet Trump keeps telling workers that because of him they are doing better. Let’s examine the facts. The latest news shows that growth in the last three months of 2019 was at a modest pace of 2.1%. That’s a third of […]

Fears over COVID-19 coronavirus continued to grow on Thursday as more new cases were reported outside of China than within. The suspected community transmission of the disease in Northern California was another first. In early trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell over 800 points as investors worried tthe epidemic could hurt manufacturing supply chains […]

Fox News contributor Jessica Tarlov asserted on Thursday that Vice President Mike Pence is the wrong person to be in charge of fighting the coronavirus. “There are deep concerns about putting Mike Pence at least quasi-in charge,” Tarlov told a Fox News panel. “He oversaw an HIV outbreak in Indiana. Instead of going with science […]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank once again in early trading on Thursday amid concerns about how the spread of the coronavirus will impact the economy. CNN’s John Harwood on Thursday said that President Donald Trump’s efforts to calm markets by appointing Vice President Mike Pence to oversee the government’s coronavirus response had clearly flopped, […]

The White House wasn’t prepared for the updates the Center for Disease Control provided them this week about the coronavirus, Politico reported Thursday. Thus far, 60 Americans have contracted the virus in the United States, including those who were left on a quarantined cruise ship and eventually secretly brought back to the United States. It […]

Just one day after expressing solidarity and support for coronavirus sufferers, Pope Francis has come down with a virus himself, forcing him to cancel a planned mass in Rome, the New York Post reports. The unknown illness struck the Pope while the coronavirus spreads across Italy. According to CNN, Italian authorities have cordoned off areas where […]

What was supposed to be a blessed time for the family of eight-year-old Anthony LaCugna has turned into upset after they were told their son, who has autism, could not participate in his First Holy Communion in the coming months, his parents told NJ Advance Media Thursday.Anthony, who is non-verbal, was denied the sacrament by […]

Support for a wealth tax to combat persistent inequality in the U.S. is growing, according to a new poll released Wednesday by TheHill/HarrisX which found that just over two-thirds of Americans favor a tax on the wealthiest households. Sixty-seven percent of respondents—including majorities of Democrats and Independents—said there should be a wealth tax on billionaires, […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the weeks since Boeing flew its astronaut capsule on an ill-fated demo flight, questions about the company’s testing procedures prior to the mission have started to emerge — putting safety at the center of a debate on the future of human spaceflight.NASA is on the verge of sending astronauts back to […]

Brazil’s divisive President Jair Bolsonaro has taken another step in his bold plans to develop the Amazon rainforest. A bill he is sponsoring, now before Congress, would allow transportation infrastructure to be built on indigenous territory. Such lands cover 386,000 square miles of the Brazilian Amazon – one-fifth of the jungle. Here, Native people are […]

Alleging “barbaric” conditions, rapper and record executive Jay-Z has filed a lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections on behalf of 152 inmates, The Guardian reports. The lawsuit states that Parchman prison is responsible for “abhorrent conditions, abuse and constant violence, inadequate health care and mental health care, and overuse of isolation,” adding that “the people […]

A Member of the Scottish Parliament is asking his fellow ministers to investigate President Donald Trump’s deals through which he acquired his properties in Scotland, including Trump’s two multi-million dollar losing golf courses. President Trump prizes his Turnberry, Scotland  resort, but reports that the American president is using the U.S. federal government to help keep it […]

A Florida woman zipped her boyfriend into a suitcase and recorded video as he suffocated to death, police said. Sarah Boone was arrested on second-degree murder charges in the death of Jorge Torres Jr., who died inside a suitcase during an apparent domestic dispute, reported WESH-TV. The 42-year-old Boone told police that she had been […]

Bookings to stay in Lucy the Elephant will be received March 5 and stays will start March 17 |Provided by AirbnbFor three nights only, couples can have the chance to spend one night in one of the most recognizable monuments at the Jersey Shore.Lucy the Elephant has been listed on Airbnb,the rental website for temporary […]

Fears of a coronavirus pandemic have spurred a run on face masks worn to reduce chances of inhaling airborne virus from someone else’s coughs and sneezes.Store shelves are empty and so are the stockrooms of online e-tailers, from the mighty Amazon to drug store chains like CVS.Now what? Well, for the record, the U.S. Centers […]

On Thursday, the New York Daily News reported that President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani accidentally complained to a journalist that he had lost most of his friends as a result of the Trump impeachment business. The confession, made to an unknown associate named “Tony,” came after he put his phone in his pocket […]

SAN DIEGO — Identify. Isolate. Inform.Those three little words aren’t much on their own. They’re not even a complete sentence. But they encapsulate an idea born in the mind of Dr. Kristi Koenig, medical director of the San Diego County Emergency Medical System, that has revolutionized the way that medical professionals tackle treating patients with […]

As the coronavirusspreads around the world, some are wondering how it will impact the global gathering scheduled for July at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.The World Health Organization reports the coronavirus has been found in 37 countries, with more than 81,000 sick and almost 3,000 dead. The overwhelming majority of patients and victims are […]

With Episode 6 of Star Trek: Picard, “The Impossible Box,” previously separated characters finally cross paths. After a lot of waiting around, Jean-Luc’s motley crewlaunch a daring rescue on the Borg Cube, which means they’re on a collision course for a lot of references to old-school canon.”The Impossible Box” leans heavily on Jean-Luc’s traumatic past […]