Новости за 27.01.2024

Jewish lawmakers released statements Saturday to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 79 years after the liberation of Auschwitz. Their remarks come as antisemitism has risen in the U.S. and abroad since the onset of the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), who is the grandson of Russian...

President Biden released a statement commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day Saturday, as the war between Israel and Hamas wages on. Biden said the United States joins nations around the world to pause and mourn “one of the darkest chapters in human history,” grieve the lives taken by Nazis and honor the survivors and those who...

Peter Navarro, once an adviser to former President Trump, argued Friday that the government trying to compel him to testify was a violation of the Constitution's separation of powers. “The irony is that the Department of Justice itself has maintained a policy for more than 50 years that says that senior advisors like me absolutely...

The State Department is warning travelers to the Bahamas over high crime rates in the country. “The majority of crime occurs on New Providence (Nassau) and Grand Bahama (Freeport) islands,” the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs said in a Travel Advisory Friday. “In Nassau, practice increased vigilance in the “Over the Hill” area (south of Shirley...

The Biden administration sought to flip the script on the economy this week, touting major investments and key endorsements on the back of more surprisingly strong economic data. While new polling shows that Americans' views of economic conditions are improving, they're mostly in negative territory and a serious source of frustration for an administration that...

Nikki Haley is facing broadening calls to drop out of the GOP primary even as she publicly signals no intention to do so ahead of South Carolina’s contest next month. The head of the Republican National Committee (RNC), the Georgia Republican Party and growing numbers of GOP lawmakers are urging her to drop out, arguing...

Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-S.C.) decision to back former President Trump for the GOP nomination over fellow South Carolina politician Nikki Haley got his attention. Mulvaney joined “The Hill on NewsNation" host Blake Burman to discuss “Mick’s Picks,” or the potential candidates that Trump may choose as...

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has a new challenger in her 2024 primary race and it's someone she knows quite well: her former chief of staff. Dan Hanlon, who recently left Mace’s office after about two years, filed paperwork Friday with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to challenge Mace in the race for South Carolina’s First...

Former Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison in a corruption case that involved cash bribes with a local real estate developer. U.S. District Court Judge John F. Walter handed down the sentence after receiving a letter from Huizar, who apologized for his crimes. The former councilman said...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the State of New York signed a workplace reform agreement Friday after the Biden administration found former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo created a "sexually hostile" work environment while in office. The settlement between the DOJ and the New York State Executive Chamber, announced Friday, follows the conclusion of...

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) pressed the Pentagon for action on veterans discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in a letter earlier this week. “Our service members made the ultimate sacrifice to defend our country. ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ was a policy that should have never existed in the first place, but we’re unfortunately still feeling...

Former President Trump is staring down nearly $100 million in total damages to E. Jean Carroll after a jury handed the advice columnist a victory at her second trial Friday.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley responded to the news of former President Trump and her fellow GOP competitor’s verdict in his defamation case where he has been ordered to pay $83.3 million. “Donald Trump wants to be the presumptive Republican nominee and we’re talking about $83 million in damages. We’re not talking about fixing the...

Columnist E. Jean Carroll hailed a jury's verdict Friday requiring former President Trump to pay her $83.3 million in damages for defamation after he repeatedly denied allegations that he sexually assaulted her at a department store in the 1990s. "This is a great victory for every woman who stands up when she’s been knocked down,...

Most Americans say they would not back a candidate who has been convicted of a felony crime or a candidate who is over the age of 80, a new Gallup survey found. The survey asked voters their thoughts on voting for a person based on different characteristics and qualifications, even if the party of their...

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Alina Habba, a lawyer for former President Trump, said Friday she was proud to represent him, after a jury ruled in favor of columnist E. Jean Carroll in her defamation trial against the former president. “I have sat on trial after trial for months in this state, the state of New York, Attorney General Letitia...

The Georgia State Senate voted Friday to create a special committee to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis after Republican senators said she misspent tax dollars in her criminal prosecution of former President Trump. The committee is tasked with making recommendations on state laws and spending based on its findings. It doesn’t require approval...