Новости за 14.01.2020

(BLOOMBERG) -- Amway Corp. has long faced controversy over its multi-level marketing business model. Now, the family-owned direct sales giant is accused in a lawsuit of ripping off the people who peddle its products by failing to pay them minimum wage. It’s part of a wave of cases in California over who counts as an…

When Democrats really want to smear President Donald Trump, “The View” is the place to do it. The ABC daytime gabfest, starring a cast of virulently anti-Trump celebrities, has established itself as one of the most outspoken outposts of criticism for the administration on the media landscape -- no mean feat in a landscape loaded…

Actor Vince Vaughn was trashed on social media Monday night after a video clip made the rounds showing him talking with President Donald Trump at the College Football Playoff championship game in New Orleans. Trump and first lady Melania Trump attended the game, in which LSU defeated Clemson 42-25. Vaughn -- who styles himself as…

Tensions between the U.S. and Iran boiled over in recent weeks with tit-for-tat deadly strikes that targeted a U.S. base in Iraq, followed by strikes on an Iranian-backed and Hezbollah-linked Iraqi militia, which led to a fiery assault on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad on New Year's Eve. In response to the embassy attack, President…

The crowd at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans erupted with enthusiasm Monday night as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump appeared on the field prior to the national championship football game between Louisiana State University and Clemson University. LSU won the game, 42-25, claiming its first national championship since the 2007-08 season.…

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- Iran’s judiciary said it had made arrests in the shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said Tuesday “extensive investigations have taken place and some individuals are arrested,” according to the Associated Press. Iran, which initially denied that one of its missiles had brought down…

(FOX NEWS) -- A former top Treasury Department official pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy for leaking confidential banking reports associated with members of the Trump campaign, following her dramatic arrest in October 2018 as she toted a flash drive full of sensitive documents. Natalie Edwards, 41, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court, where U.S.…

Iranian protesters refused to walk on large U.S. and Israeli flags painted on the sidewalk at a university in Tehran in footage posted on social media over the weekend. NBC News reported the scene took place at Beheshti University. "This appeared to be a symbolic gesture, given that walking on, or burning, these flags has…

(FOX NEWS) -- The Department of Defense has top-secret classified briefings and a classified video about a UFO incident. The U.S. Navy acknowledged the existence of the information, which concerns a 2004 encounter between the USS Nimitz and strange unknown aerial objects, in response to a public records request from Vice. Last year, the Navy…

In my last column, "Newsweek Hits a New Low," I wrote about Newsweek's dishonest description of what I had said on one of my weekly PragerU "Fireside Chats." A viewer had asked me to respond to a statement Anne Frank made in her epic Holocaust diary. Frank said, "Despite everything, I believe that people are…

(FOX NEWS) -- At least two Iranian journalists at a state-owned media outlet reportedly resigned from their jobs, and another left a while back, apologizing for "the 13 years I told you lies" to her supporters as Tehran grapples with the fallout from protests stemming from a cover-up of its accidental downing of a Ukrainian…

A Nevada woman is grieving the loss of her 2-year-old bulldog which she says was crushed to death during a grooming appointment at PetSmart. Vikki Seifert, 64, has yet to receive a direct answer as to exactly how her bulldog, Minni, ended up dead just 13 minutes after Seifert dropped her off for a nail…

President Donald Trump took a shot at Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey on Monday after the Democrat announced he was suspending his presidential campaign. "Nearly one year ago, I got in the race for president because I believed to my core that the answer to the common pain Americans are feeling right now, the…

Investigative reporter James O'Keefe on Monday teased the upcoming release of a series on the 2020 presidential campaign. The first part, scheduled for noon Eastern Time on Tuesday, features a campaign operative warning that if Trump is re-elected, "f***ing cities burn." O'Keefe wrote on Twitter: Watch this very closely for clues as to what is…

With restrictions on gun rights high on the agenda of Virginia's Democratic legislature and governor, the National Rifle Association organized an "emergency airlift" to allow the state's gun owners to get their hands on 30-round magazines before they might be banned. According to a tweet from the NRA on Sunday, 1,000 magazines were to be…

In a modern world of sleek, sanitized and scalable, you have to really search to find a place to eat that is truly unique or locally owned. Most restaurants now are updated constantly and don't have the weight of history behind them. But Tom's Diner in Denver has character and then some. It's what you…

Two school districts in the Phoenix, Arizona, area have implemented educational programs promoting racial divisions and "social justice." The two programs attack students on the basis of their skin color and other characteristics. Chandler Unified School District passed the equity and inclusion initiative in February 2018. Kyrene School District also implemented it. Word has gotten…

"Innocent civilians are now dead because they were caught in the middle of an unnecessary and unwanted military tit for tat," claimed Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg in a scurrilous tweet attacking President Trump. Not to be outdone in searching for a way to blame the president for Iran's shootdown of a Ukrainian civilian jetliner…

The towel Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, wears on her head is apparently tied so tight that it's causing a variant form of torsion, in which the oxygen is being shut off to her brain – thus restricting her already severely limited capacity to function on even a marginal level. For those inclined to disagree with…