Новости за 19.05.2023

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is reportedly being sued by the computer scientist and fellow Republican who won $5 million by debunking Lindell's claims about the 2020 election as part of the "Prove Mike Wrong" challenge.

Billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk officially have something else in common, as NASA awarded its second moon landing contract for the Artemis program to a large group of aerospace companies led by Blue Origin. “I’ve said it before. We want more competition,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson at a press conference Friday. “We want two landers, and that’s better. It means that you have reliability. You have backups. It benefits NASA. It benefits the American people.” Musk-owned SpaceX already... Читать дальше...

Ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal says she had an affair with Donald Trump prior to his successful 2016 campaign. Her testimony, along with porn star Stormy Daniels, are crucial to the Manhattan District Attorney's office investigation into Trump's alleged hush money payments to both the women.

A former Republican congressional candidate who during his campaign last year falsely claimed that an adult bookstore he worked at was forcing a young girl to perform sex acts earlier this month admitted the allegations were made up, authorities said.

By Steve Holland, Moira Warburton and Caroline Valetkevitch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Republicans and President Joe Biden's Democratic administration on Friday paused talks on raising the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, rattling financial markets as the deadline ticked closer to avoid default.

Republicans are pushing for sharp spending cuts in exchange for the increase in the government's self-imposed borrowing limit, a move needed regularly to cover costs... Читать дальше...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could bring racketeering charges over the scheme to seat fake electors for former President Donald Trump in Georgia, NBC News reporter Vaughn Hillyard explained on MSNBC Friday.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is under fire for mishandling a major surveillance against victims of crime, Jan. 6 rioters, Black Lives Matter protesters and thousands of "donors to a congressional candidate," The Washington Post reports.

A Sacramento city council meeting erupted after a speaker took the podium with an antisemitic speech, CBS Sacramento reported.

Chris Christie’s relentless attacks on Marco Rubio during a 2016 Republican presidential that effectively knocked the Florida senator out of the race was at the time likened to a “murder-suicide.”

Two Republican senators have opened an investigation into the relationship between Bud Light and trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney, adding fuel to a wave of transphobic hate sparked by a short video shared on her Instagram account in early April. Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee are accusing Bud Light maker Anheuser-Busch of marketing beer to teenagers by partnering up with the 26-year-old TikTok star. Mulvaney, a social media superstar with nearly 11 million followers on TikTok and 1.8 million on Twitter... Читать дальше...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Krystal Biotech Inc's first-of-its kind topical gene therapy for patients with a genetic skin disorder, sending its shares up 7% in afternoon trading.

Speaking to CBS News this Thursday, former Attorney General Bill Barr said that the legal case that currently poses the greatest threat to former President Donald Trump is his alleged mishandling of classified documents.

Hours after the far-right House Freedom Caucus demanded that Speaker Kevin McCarthy call off debt ceiling talks with President Joe Biden, GOP negotiators did just that on Friday as the two sides remained at an impasse over federal spending—which Republicans want to slash deeply—and other issues.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Children as young as 13 worked illegally, female teen employees were subjected to sexually suggestive comments, and security guards contributed to violent mayhem at a Popeye’s fried-chicken restaurant in Oakland, newly filed worker complaints to state regulators claim. Popeyes said it learned Thursday morning about the worker complaints filed Wednesday with CalOSHA and the California Labor Commissioner, and immediately shut down the restaurant.

Failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has been fighting in court to prove that the 2022 election she lost was stolen. But according to reports, the witnesses she called to testify on her behalf are not helping her case.

NBC News reporter Ben Collins on Friday sarcastically hit back at Fox News host Jesse Watters after he made a botched attempt at fact-checking Collins' work.

Some conservatives are breaking away from the Republican Party in Michigan to escape the influence of Donald Trump.

A Brookfield man has been charged in the Tuesday shooting of two boys, ages 12 and 16, outside a library in West Garfield Park. Police charged Adam Avizius, 37, with one felony count of aggravated battery for allegedly shooting the two children outside the Legler Regional Branch Library, according to the Chicago Police Department. Officers arrested Avizius, as well as a female suspect, shortly after the 5:30 p.m. shooting two blocks away from the library, located at 115 S. Pulaski Road. Avizius is set to appear in bond court Friday... Читать дальше...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' attempt to peel away white Christian Nationalist voters from Donald Trump will likely end up costing him any chance of being elected president if he somehow wrestles the 2024 GOP nomination away from the former president.

The Biden White House is responding to news a far-right wing Republican Congressman has hired a staffer who has ties to a neo-Nazi.

Reacting to a Manhattan jury agreeing with writer E. Jean Carroll that Donald Trump both sexually assaulted and then defamed her, Republicans are closing ranks and arguing that the former president can't get a fair trial because all juries are biased against him.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) has been touting what he believes to be a "politicized" FBI that has become "weaponized" against conservatives. He held a hearing on the matter this Thursday and the three self-described FBI whistleblowers that testified immediately had their status as whistleblowers questioned by Democrats.

Former President Donald Trump on Friday piled pressure on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to default on the national debt and wreck the American economy unless Democrats cave and give Republicans "everything they want."

Nations around the world are looking on with a mixture of alarm and bafflement as the United States hurtles toward an economy-wrecking default, with the Republican Party refusing to raise the country's globally unique debt limit without massive, harmful spending cuts.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) complained that a Black Democratic colleague made her feel unsafe during a confrontation outside the U.S. Capitol, and "The View" reminded viewers of that lawmaker's own "aggressive" behavior in the past.