Новости за 20.05.2023

A Department of Justice lawyer who works closely with the special counsel investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021, was reportedly seen arguing opposite a tech lawyer who represents Twitter and other major media companies.

Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at former White House adviser Alyssa Farah Griffin, calling her a "loser" for telling the media that the former president's allegedly inappropriate behavior toward young women staffers was an "open secret" in his administration.

Donald Trump will face trial in yet another civil case on an expedited schedule now that his children, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump, have been voluntarily dropped from the case after they made it clear their father was the "principle architect" of the conduct called into question.

During an appearance on MSNBC"s "TheAlex Witt Show," Hugo Lowell of The Guardian claimed that there is a very real chance that Donald Trump could be on the receiving end of multiple convictions in different cases that could have a serious impact when he is sentenced in each one.

In an interview with Slate's Dahlia Lithwick, the attorney for E. Jean Carroll, who just won her client a $5 million judgment against Donald Trump, dropped a few bombshells on the former president including hinting at future legal problems for him as well as the high cost of not paying up promptly.

The final report issued by special counsel John Durham after seven years of investigating accusations that FBI wasted its time investigating the connection between Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and the Kremlin was issued this week and landed with a thud.

According to Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School, the Supreme Court experienced a sea change when it came to issuing emergency rulings that helped Donald Trump get his way without the court having to explain their legal reasoning.

The FEC is in receipt of a formal complaint levied against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) accusing of her using campaign donations to finance a lavish lifestyle that has nothing to do with the job voters sent her to Congress to do.

Reacting to a report from the New York Times that the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is threatening Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg with perjury charges unless he rolls over on Donald Trump, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin said a cursory review of testimony the exec previously gave reveals where he may have created more problems for himself.

A powerful Auschwitz-set psychological horror film, "The Zone of Interest", was emerging as the hot ticket of the first week at Cannes, with reviews on Saturday near-unanimous in praise.

With Gov. Ron DeSantis reportedly making his bid for the 2024 Republican Party presidential nomination official this week, questions are being raised over who has been paying for his barnstorming tour across the country as he woos local lawmakers to back his run.

Cannes is set for another major Hollywood premiere on Saturday, as Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese bring their Native American crime epic, "Killers of the Flower Moon", to the French Riviera.

At 82 years old, architect Yasmeen Lari is forging the way in fortifying Pakistan's rural communities living on the frontline of climate change.

TOPEKA — Dave DePue, a pastor and director of the Kansas Capitol Commission, smiled in the background as Rep. Emil Bergquist’s voice bounced around the Statehouse rotunda during his baritone rendition of “The Lord’s Prayer.”

In a late-night posting on his Truth Social platform, Donald Trump lashed out at special counsel Jack Smith for investigating him on multiple fronts and bizarrely claimed that he and his family and friends are on a "treasonous quest."

US civil rights activist Al Sharpton gave a eulogy Friday at the funeral for Jordan Neely, a homeless man who died after he was put into a chokehold by a Marine veteran on the New York City subway earlier this month.

You’ve probably never heard of Anthony Comstock, a Civil War Union soldier and New York Postmaster, who died in 1915. You need to learn about him and his legacy, however, as his long fingers are about to reach up out of the grave and wrap themselves around the necks of every American woman of childbearing years.

Sen. Ted Cruz in an apparent attempt at humor posted a photo alluding to his 2021 trip to Cancun while many in his state were without power during a historic series of storms, and it didn’t land well.

San Francisco officials are investigating Twitter following a massive lawsuit by several former employees alleging that, under the ownership of tech billionaire Elon Musk, the company violated several federal and local laws, including breaches of contract, building code violations at its Mid-Market headquarters, and nonpayment of rent, reported the San Francisco Chronicle on Friday.

A first-grade teacher who spoke out against a Wisconsin school district’s decision to ban “Rainbowland” by Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton from a spring concert is facing termination, USA Today reports.

Georgia Republican Party chairman David Shafer is one of the highest risk individuals for being indicted in Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis' investigation into election interference in that state, said legal analyst Lisa Rubin on MSNBC on Friday.

A Georgia prosecutor’s announcement of a timeline for a decision in connection with an investigation of Donald Trump suggests the former president’s legal troubles are likely to grow this summer, a prominent legal expert said on Friday.

The police department of Kenner, Louisiana, is investigating an officer who responded to a situation at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, where a Puerto Rican man was denied the rental car he had already paid for, reported The Times-Picayune on Friday.

Security cleared the balconies of the Nebraska Legislature on Friday amid protests over a controversial measure targeting abortions and gender-affirming care for children, ABC News’ Omaha affiliate KETV reports.

The GOP has abandoned any semblance of being a party of personal liberties, and now only embraces the freedom to hate people, argued Princeton University professor Eddie Glaude on MSNBC Friday.