Новости за 17.03.2023

A federal judge ordered Trump attorney Evan Corcoran to testify before the grand jury assembled to review the mishandling of White House records at Mar-a-Lago, multiple outlets reported Friday. In a sealed ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell, she found sufficient evidence that Corcoran’s legal advice was given in furtherance of a crime,...

The White House said on Friday that union membership among federal employees increased by about 80,000 workers in the past year, amid the administration’s push on workers’ rights. The Biden administration’s task force on worker organizing and empowerment, led by Vice President Harris, also touted a 53 percent increase in petitions for union representation and...

The FBI is offering an up to $20,000 reward for information that leads to the rescue of an American woman who was kidnapped in Mexico last month. The FBI’s Los Angeles field office said in a statement on Thursday that it is offering the reward as part of its search for Maria del Carmen Lopez,...

Former President Trump and members of his family failed to disclose more than 100 gifts worth nearly $300,000 that they received from foreign governments during his presidency, according to a report House Oversight and Accountability Committee Democrats released on Friday. The report, based on White House records that the committee requested from the National Archives last...

Two former contestants on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” say young people who are interested in drag should instead consider a future in politics. “We don’t need more drag queens,” Trixie Mattel, who appeared on the seventh season of the drag queen competition, told Teen Vogue in an interview published Friday. “Stop right now and go into law,” Katya,...

President Biden urged Congress on Friday to give the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) more power to punish executives in charge of banks that fail and require assistance from the federal government. In a request to Congress made Friday, the president said the FDIC should have more authority to take back executives’ pay, levy fines...

A police captain for the Oklahoma City Police Department was filmed repeatedly asking a sergeant turn off his body camera during a DUI stop earlier this week, as seen in new footage released by the department.

A Florida textbook publisher removed all references of race from a lesson about civil rights icon Rosa Parks in order to get a Florida committee’s approval, according to The New York Times.  Parks helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott after she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala.,...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled by staff at an all-hands meeting on Thursday, following the Facebook parent company’s announcement that it would lay off another 10,000 workers. Staff reportedly asked Zuckerberg how they can be expected to trust the company’s leadership after the surprise second round of layoffs, according to The Washington Post. “I would...

The bank failures are sparking a wave of uncertainty, and in some cases, anger.

A new analysis of genetic information conducted by an international group of researchers has found evidence to suggest that COVID-19 originated from infected animals sold at a market in Wuhan, China. As first reported by The Atlantic, French evolutionary biologist Florence Débarre recently uncovered genetic data from the global virology database GISAID. The data had...

Our two most populous states are in an unofficial race to lead the U.S. in electricity generation using renewables.

Eva Longoria says she has some advice for politicians: Don’t park a taco truck outside her door ahead of every election and expect to get her vote. “I am an activist and an advocate for many things and many causes, but I don't speak for Latinos. And I think that's what politicians get wrong, is...

The special counsel investigating former President Trump’s handling of classified documents has subpoenaed at least two dozen people from his Mar-a-Lago resort in connection with the probe, including several members of the staff of the Florida estate, according to CNN. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to oversee the Department...

Democrats in Republican-leaning Louisiana are trying to buck expectations for a third consecutive cycle in this year’s open gubernatorial race as term-limited Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) prepares to leave office. A divided Republican field is raising Democrats’ hopes of clearing the all-party primary on Oct. 14 and making it to the November general election....

Republicans are seeking to flip the script on Social Security as they dial up the pressure on President Biden. Democrats for months have been on offense on Social Security, accusing Republicans repeatedly and publicly of wanting to make cuts to the entitlement program. But now some in the GOP are hitting back and trying to...

Former President Donald Trump is leading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by a scant, 3-point margin in their home state, according to a New Emerson College Florida poll, the latest sign that the 2024 Republican presidential contest is turning into a two-way race. In a hypothetical nine-way Republican primary, Trump comes out as the top vote-getter,...

The Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City has created a schism in the charter school movement with its application for the nation's first openly religious charter school. Activists and policy experts supportive of charter schools in general are divided over the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School application currently under consideration by the Oklahoma charter...

Uber says audio files are encrypted and stored on the device of the person who enabled it.

Three employees of Central State Hospital have been charged with murder in the death of Irvo Otieno, following charges filed against seven Henrico sheriff's deputies earlier this week.

Executives at First Republic Bank sold company’s stock worth millions of dollars in the months before this week’s crash, according to The Wall Street Journal. The banking executives sold $11.8 million worth of stock in the company over the last two months, with First Republic Executive Chairman James Herbert II selling $4.5 million worth of his...

Former Vice President Mike Pence said former President Trump should decide for himself whether to drop out of the 2024 presidential race if he is indicted for charges. Pence chose not to call on Trump to drop out if charges are filed against him while the former vice president was visiting New Hampshire, Politico reported...

Former President Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign blasted Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into him as a “witch hunt” ahead of a possible indictment that might be issued against him. Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement on Thursday that Trump is “completely innocent” and did “nothing wrong.” He said Democrats have attacked...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s husband Chasten Buttigieg said former Vice President Mike Pence’s recent remark about his husband’s paternity leave runs contrary to his reputation as a “family values Republican.” “The thing about what he said is it flies in the face of what he says he is,” Buttigieg said during an appearance on ABC’s...

Libertarian ideas plus the messianic ideas of the settlers could destroy Israel.