Новости за 13.08.2023

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday he is "hopeful" that the special counsel appointed to investigate Hunter Biden's business dealings will proceed without "fear or favor." NBC's Chuck Todd asked Pence on "Meet the Press" Sunday whether he approved of Attorney General Merrick Garland's decision to elevate David Weiss — the Delaware federal prosecutor...

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio.) said on Sunday that Congress should consider implementing a travel ban on Iran.  During an appearance on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” Turner, who is the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told moderator Margret Brennan that he would support a broader diplomatic deal and negotiations between the U.S. and Iran that...

DES MOINES – Former President Trump was the clear star of the show at the Iowa State Fair this weekend despite a growing number of legal problems threatening to bedevil his reelection campaign. Trump visited the annual Iowa event on Saturday – the same day that his chief primary rival Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Sunday he thinks the appointment of special counsel David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware, in the Hunter Biden investigation is “camouflage,” and a “cover-up.” “This appointment is camouflage and it’s cover-up. I think it’s disgraceful,” Cruz said in an interview with Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo on her show “Sunday Morning...

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that if Hunter Biden committed crimes, he should face appropriate charges and underscored his faith in the Department of Justice and its independence.  “If Hunter Biden has committed crimes, he should be charged with them,” Goldman said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I'm a Democrat...

Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling on Sunday warned of the possibility that former President Trump’s threatening words could lead to lone acts of violence, ahead of a likely fourth indictment expected. In an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Sterling said he does not expect to see any large-scale or organized violence, but he expressed his...

Hunter Biden's attorney said he is confident that his client will not face additional charges brought by the special counsel appointed to his case. "I'm confident that if this prosecutor does what has been done for the last five years, look at the facts, the evidence and the law, then the only conclusion can be...

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), who has floated a presidential primary contest against President Biden, said Sunday people want to “turn the page,” on the incumbent president when it comes to 2024. “People want to turn the page,” Phillips told NBC “Meet The Press,” moderator Chuck Todd. “I think that’s fair to say. As a Democrat,...

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said Sunday that the special prosecutor appointed to investigate Hunter Biden does not please members of either party. "So, from my perspective, it is the rule of law and the justice system working itself out the way that it does, and, you know, obviously, it's bumpy and this side or that...

Wednesday, July 26 marked the 33rd anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA ensures that disabled people can’t be discriminated against when accessing jobs, schools, transportation and all other public entities, yet despite its existence many barriers still remain that keep true equality from disabled Americans. What many people...

Deanne Criswell, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), described wildfires devastating the island of Maui as a "scene from an apocalyptic movie." Criswell described the aftermath of the Maui wildfires that has left at least 93 people dead as of Sunday morning to CBS reporter Jonathan Vigliotti. The wildfire devastated the historic town of...

Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Hunter Biden, said Sunday that any connections involving President Biden to his son's foreign business dealings "doesn't exist" in the face of numerous allegations made by House Republicans investigating the family's finances. CBS's Margaret Brennan on "Face the Nation" asked Lowell whether the president was "completely walled off from Hunter's...

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), who has floated a potential primary against President Biden, said Sunday he will "encourage," other Democrats to run against the incumbent president without being definitive about his own political future. "Anybody who wants to run -- [Rep.] Joe Manchin, (D-W.V.) Cornel West, any of the governors...in the primaries. That's why we...

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday he “doesn’t recall” if he was told by White House officials at the time of a false elector scheme to overturn certain 2020 election results prior to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.  When asked by NBC "Meet the Press" moderator Chuck Todd why he asked the Senate parliamentarian...

A court showdown is set for Monday in the battle over Alabama’s congressional map and whether the Republican-led state defied the Supreme Court by not drawing a second majority-Black district. Challengers have filed objections to Alabama’s new map, which lawmakers passed after their previous design was struck down for likely diluting the power of Black...

Hunter Biden's attorney Abbe Lowell on Sunday blamed "right-wing media" for what he says were false allegations against his client, noting that all accusations have been investigated over a five-year period and only two charges were brought forth by federal prosecutors. CBS's Margaret Brennan asked Lowell on "Face the Nation" whether Biden was investigated within...

Hunter Biden's attorney on Sunday criticized Justice Department prosecutors for changing "their decision on the fly" when it comes to a plea agreement reached between his client and federal prosecutors that was ultimately put on hold after a hearing last month. Abbe Lowell, who represents Biden, said on CBS's "Face the Nation" that there were...

Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling said Sunday former President Trump is “making himself a martyr,” and a “victim,” as he fights against three indictments and a possible fourth expected to come in Georgia. “It’s [the indictments] driving him ahead because he’s becoming, make himself a victim,” Sterling said in an interview with George Stephanopoulos on...

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said he expects former President Trump to sign the RNC pledge to get on the debate stage on Aug. 23, despite the former president vowing not to. Christie told Jonathan Karl on ABC's "This Week" that Trump did the same thing during the 2016 primary in refusing to to sign...

The document presents detailed, credible and compelling evidence about the attempt by President Trump and six co-conspirators to overturn a free and fair election.

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, on Sunday defended the tentative U.S. deal to free Americans from Iran and referred to it as "not a bounty." The U.S. is attempting to bring home five detained Americans in Iran through a deal involving the release of $6 billion. The...

GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie said Sunday that Republicans made "a mistake" in 2016 by not targeting former President Trump during his first bid for the White House and instead went after each other. ABC's Jonathan Karl on "This Week" played a clip of Christie taking a shot at Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) during a...

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Sunday panned on the Biden administration’s tentative agreement with Iran that would see the release of five detained Americans and an unknown number of Iranians imprisoned in the U.S. The deal as proposed would unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian assets located in...

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Sunday compared a "public philosophy" he says was developed by former President Trump's administration to a model similar to that of Russian President Vladimir Putin. "During the Trump administration, we saw the development of a completely new public philosophy which is that government is not an instrument of the common,"...

Expanding Earth’s economy to space makes a Starship expedition to an asteroid not just a nice thing to have, but something that will be necessary for the human species’ survival.