Новости за 10.05.2019

(Associated Press) Trade talks between the U.S. and China broke up Friday with no apparent agreement, and President Donald Trump asserted that there was “no need to rush” to get a deal between the world’s two biggest economies. Hours earlier, the Trump administration hiked tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports to 25% from […]

(Axios) House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told Axios’ Mike Allen Friday that the House is considering reviving its “inherent contempt” power, which would allow Congress to enforce subpoenas through coercive measures like fines. “Much as I like the visual of [throwing people in jail], I think it’s far more practical to consider levying individual […]

(CBS News) Two American siblings trapped in China are making a public plea for help. Cynthia and Victor Liu traveled to the country last year to pay respects to their dying grandmother but have not been allowed to return home to the U.S. because of a so-called “exit ban.” Their estranged father, Liu Changming, is […]

House speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has added a “bad call” to her party’s failed “Russia collusion” agenda, which effectively has hindered Congress from addressing issues of concern to citizens such as border security and trade. She chose a virulently anti-Semitic imam from Texas, who compared Jews to Nazis, to deliver the opening prayer in the House chamber. “Totally unacceptable” and “bad […]

Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., already has stirred up tempests in Washington several times with her anti-Semitism. Now she’s demanding that President Trump be held to a law that doesn’t exist. It’s the latest front in the Democrats’ war on the Republican president following their now debunked Russia collusion claims. Democrats in Congress now are […]

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Evangelist Franklin Graham has a message for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. That “constitutional crisis” she and her fellow Democratic Party members have been talking about? It’s all on her. “For once, I agree with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – our country is in a constitutional crisis,” Graham, the CEO of the Samaritan’s Purse global Christian ministry, […]

We see the image of a stooped-over old man, selfish, confused, disdainful about the world and snapping at everyone around him. Or the 50-something employee, technologically inept, struggling to adapt and fit in with her younger co-workers. Or a sweet little old lady, shuffling down the street, blissfully unaware of dangers around her. We see […]

(Washington Examiner) President Trump announced Thursday his administration is working with Congress on a comprehensive legislative package to outlaw crippling surprise medical bills. The administration says it is aiming to increase transparency in health services billing. The president said that patients must be told ahead of treatment if a specialist, such as an anesthesiologist or […]

(Washington Examiner) A handful of red states are placing bets on abortion bans in the hopes of having the Supreme Court reconsider Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion nationwide for up to 24 weeks into a pregnancy. States are quickly passing laws banning abortion when a doctor can detect a fetal heartbeat, […]

(CNBC) President Donald Trump said in a tweet storm Friday morning that he is in no rush to finish trade negotiations with China and that tariffs “will make our country stronger.” “Talks with China continue in a very congenial manner – there is absolutely no need to rush,” the president said in the tweet.

(Mediaite) Former independent counsel Ken Starr attacked the length of special counsel Robert Mueller‘s report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, telling Fox News that “there’s just too much detail.” Speaking with Fox’s Bill Hemmer, Starr argued “the whole issue is, is there collusion?” and says the report did not prove that, but […]

(USA Today) It’s second nature: When your Uber of Lyft pulls up, you hop in the back seat. Sure, you check that the license plate and driver photo match what’s on the app. But should you also pull out hand sanitizer and sit up front to be safer? Maybe you should, research shows. Concerns about […]

(Wired) By now, you’ve probably been taught to gird your sun-starved skin for battle with cancer-causing cosmic rays every time you go outside. Choose a spray, choose a lotion, but by heavens, choose something! Legions of doctors, parents, and YouTube beauty influencers are unanimous on this point. But with sunscreen application evolving from a week […]

(Washington Times) Former FBI director James Comey said Thursday that he thinks President Trump likely has committed crimes that could be cause for indictment once he leaves office and, were he not president, likely would already have been indicted. In a CNN town-hall-style meeting, Mr. Comey was asked by host Anderson Cooper whether Mr. Trump […]

(Breitbart) An offshoot of the Chinese Communist Youth League published a video featuring Chinese celebrities promoting the nation’s totalitarian social credit system to young people, urging them to give “thumbs up to integrity,” Australia’s ABC News reported on Wednesday. The music video, titled, “Live Up to Your Word,” features a variety of Chinese actors and […]

(The Hill) The FBI’s sworn story to a federal court about its asset, Christopher Steele, is fraying faster than a $5 souvenir T-shirt bought at a tourist trap. Newly unearthed memos show a high-ranking government official who met with Steele in October 2016 determined some of the Donald Trump dirt that Steele was simultaneously digging […]

(United With Israel) On Israel’s Independence Day, Sarah Zoabi, a Muslim Arab-Israeli, expresses her profound “love and loyalty” for the Jewish state. “I’m here to shed some light, with all my might, on the truth about Israel,” states Sarah Zoabi, a Muslim Arab from Nazareth.

(Fox News) The parents of teen girls harassed on camera by Pennsylvania state representatives Brian Sims raised over $100,000 for a pro-life non-profit in Philadelphia, where the Democratic official has targeted peaceful pro-lifers praying outside Planned Parenthood. Joe and Ashley Garecht started a GoFundMe page after they realized the man who offered $100 to dox […]

For those of you who survived the Great GOP Tax Cut Massacre, things are finally looking up. The unemployment rate fell to 3.6 percent last month, the lowest level since 1969. We’ve now experienced over a full year of unemployment at 4 percent or lower. The economy beat projections, adding another 263,000 jobs in April. […]

Editor’s note: Do you need something to smile about? Every day, WND selects the best joke offered up by readers and contributors to its Laughlines forum and brings it to you as the WND Joke of the Day. Here is today’s offering: The 8th-grade grammar teacher Mrs. O’Malley said, “Paul, give me a sentence with […]

On April 20, 1534, King Francis I of France sent explorer Jacques Cartier to sail west to find a sea route to Asia. Cartier described the land with the native Inuit word “Canada,” which means “settlement.” This land became New France. It was a contentious period in Europe, with the main rival of Francis I […]

President Trump’s ban on immigrants from certain terror-sponsoring countries, inaccurately dubbed a “Muslim ban,” was tied up in numerous court battles before the U.S. Supreme Court finally affirmed its constitutionality. But some sponsors of terror are already within U.S. borders, and some are facing justice. Oregon Live reported the expulsion to Somaliland of the former imam of Portland’s largest […]

Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act in 1995 calling on the administration to relocate the U.S. Embassy to the city and recognize it as Israel’s capital. It took a generation for the law to be implemented, because a presidential waiver had been signed every six months. But on Wednesday, the Jerusalem Post reported,  the U.S. announced no more waivers will be […]

Starbucks has eliminated WiFi porn at its 8,500 company-owned stores across the United States, according to an internet safety organization. “Now, when a customer logs in to a Starbucks-owned location’s WiFi, the following message appears when a patron attempts to view inappropriate content: ‘Access to this site has been blocked,'” said the activist group Enough is Enough. The […]