Новости за 18.06.2019

It’s been done hundreds of times, but the urging by one member of the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn “demonstrably erroneous” precedents has enraged the left. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote this week in a concurring opinion in the Gamble v. United States decision that the court’s understanding of stare decisis – the principle that previous decisions guide future rulings […]

(CNBC) — Facebook’s long-awaited cryptocurrency launch promises to directly impact how people send money around the world, and may allow them to do it more securely using a distributed ledger, replacing wire-based transactions that have been increasingly subject to fraud. Facebook and its partners in the Libra currency, and the company’s Calibra wallet, have made […]

(FOXNEWS) — A New York dad is being applauded for stepping up and taking his daughter, who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, to her senior prom. Thomas Perl wanted his daughter Tori, 17, to experience her high school prom — a milestone Thomas never had.

(FOXNEWS) — Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins has revealed a previously unseen photo of the famous Moon landing crew members that he “found at the bottom of a box.” The photo shows Collins, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin and what appears to be a model of the Moon. Collins, who was the Apollo 11 command […]

(FOXNEWS) — If you thought a giant octopus clutching you with its eight arms was the stuff of nightmares, think again. A diver from Mayak Gamov, Russia was exploring the Sea of Japan when the massive mollusk swam up to him and latched on. For a few harrowing seconds, the octopus started to swim towards […]

President Trump, faced with a stonewalling Democratic House majority, is making an end-run around Congress by simply enforcing the law, ordering the immediate removal of millions of illegal aliens who have been issued final deportation orders. The president said on Twitter: “Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have […]

(MIAMIHERALD) — Trust us, you don’t want to envision the logistics of this one. According to the Palm Bay Police Department in Brevard County, “the city has been plagued with burglaries in which the suspect cuts the screen or otherwise enters a victim’s back pool deck area and steals only pool floats.”

He’s a mainstay of WND’s Opinion page for a reason: Order A.F. Branco’s second book of brilliant political cartoons: “Make America Laugh Again”

(USATODAY) — In the past year, televangelists – including Kenneth Copeland, who recently went viral for an inflammatory “Inside Edition” interview, and Franklin Graham, son of legendary evangelical preacher Billy Graham – have been embroiled in controversy, one way or another. Copeland, a Texas evangelist, came under fire for a viral “Inside Edition” video in […]

(FOXNEWS) — Danish meteorologist Steffen Olsen and his band of sled dogs are walking on thin ice — across a frozen sea that has become flooded with melted glacial waters. Olsen was trekking through northwest Greenland last week to recover tools used by scientists at the Danish Meteorological Institute to track ocean and weather changes […]

(FOXNEWS) — A graduation trip to the Dominican Republic for a group of Oklahoma teens took a turn earlier this month when part of the group became mysteriously ill during their stay in the Caribbean nation, where at least nine Americans have died while vacationing. About 40 seniors, who just graduated from Deer Creek High […]

(THECOLLEGEFIX) — Greg Abbott issued broad protections for campus speech a week ago. A few days later, he rendered those new protections meaningless. Ignoring warnings from a civil-liberties group and yours truly, the Republican governor signed provisions into Texas law that use criminal law to enforce the Obama administration’s unconstitutional definition of campus sexual harassment.

(STUDYFINDS) — Your home may be hiding more potential dangers for your children than you may realize, according to a new study by the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. While we have all likely heard cautionary tales of young children ingesting harmful substances, such as shampoo, the results of this […]

A former Bill Clinton aide claimed in a sworn deposition that he worked with top Hillary Clinton adviser Huma Abedin to set up the secretary of state’s unsecure email system, contrary to Abedin’s testimony. Justin Cooper, who registered the domain name for Hillary Clinton’s private clintonemail.com, was testifying in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by government watchdog […]

The State Department found 30 instances of mishandling of classified information by 15 people related to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private, unsecure email system. The Washington Times reported the department said in a letter to Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, that 15 people “got write-ups” placed in their security files over the issue. The notations “could affect […]

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: A British man is visiting Australia. The official at customs asks him, “Do […]

(Washington Examiner) A federal agency recommended counselor Kellyanne Conway be fired for repeatedly violating the Hatch Act, but didn’t offer similar guidance for Obama-era officials cited for Hatch Act rule-breaking. The Office of the Special Counsel, headed by Henry Kerner, said last week Conway had repeatedly violated the federal law during official media appearances through […]

(Washington Examiner) President Trump said Monday on Twitter that Immigration and Customs Enforcement will begin deporting “millions” of illegal migrants next week. “Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States. They will be removed as fast as they come […]

(Washington Examiner) The curtain will be falling early on a Broadway play featuring Bill and Hillary Clinton as the lead characters because of poor ticket sales. The play, “Hillary and Clinton,” which stars Laurie Metcalf as Hillary Clinton and John Lithgow as Bill Clinton, is set to close on June 23, nearly a month before […]

When assessing America’s or any of the Western world’s universities – wondering whether you should send your child to one; whether you should pay for a child to attend one; whether you should go into great debt to attend one; whether you should donate money to one; and related questions – it would seem that […]

“Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!” commanded Colonel William Prescott, repeating the order of General Israel Putnam, June 17, 1775. Colonel William Prescott’s men were in the center redoubt located on Breed’s Hill, adjacent Bunker Hill, guarding the north entrance to Boston Harbor. Samuel Swett wrote in his “History of Bunker […]

The U.S. Senate has voted to curtail the nearly unchecked ability of the Internal Revenue Service to confiscate cash from someone, make a few allegations but never file any charges and then keep the money. Called forfeiture, it’s been in the news lately in several egregious cases. The U.S. Supreme Court warned in an Ohio confiscation case […]

While Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, R-N.Y., and her far-left colleagues in Congress famously have targeted “cow farts” in the radical “Green New Deal,” a professor of animal science who is an expert on air quality contends the methane emissions of cows and other livestock are not responsible for increasing global temperatures. Frank Mitloehner of the University of California […]

The recent threats by Beijing to cut off American access to critical mineral imports have many Americans wondering why our politicians have allowed the United States to become so overly dependent on China for these valued resources in the first place. Today, the United States is 90 percent dependent on China and Russia for many […]

Yes, sex work is real work! https://t.co/v9T3b7eBj6 — Teen Vogue (@TeenVogue) June 16, 2019 Already known for articles advising youth how to hide an abortion from their parents and how to engage in anal sex, Teen Vogue magazine has published an op-ed advocating prostitution to its young readers. The author of the article, Tlaleng Mofokeng, founder […]