Новости за 18.02.2021

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been pleading with lawmakers for support and even threatening political retribution against Democrats who have criticized him in an aggressive effort to contain political fallout from revelations that his administration had concealed the full extent of nursing home-related deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic. CNN's MJ Lee reports.

Volunteers work to rescue cold-stunned sea turtles amid winter storms in Texas. CNN affiliate KRGV reports.

Nearly 5,000 National Guard troops will remain in Washington through March 12 due, in part, to concerns about potential violence stemming from online chatter among QAnon supporters who suggest former President Donald Trump could still be inaugurated on March 4, according to the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had an instant reaction when seeing the lengthy attack he endured from former President Donald Trump.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had an instant reaction when seeing the lengthy attack he endured from former President Donald Trump.

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office is investigating after video footage shows multiple police officers assaulting a Muslim Arab American teenager.

• Pelosi's plan for commission to probe Capitol riot faces GOP resistance

In another anti-abortion push by Republican lawmakers, lawmakers in Tennessee have introduced a bill that would allow a person to stop a woman who is pregnant with their unborn child from receiving an abortion.

President Joe Biden spoke Wednesday with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, ending what had been a lengthy stretch without a call after Biden took office.

Supporters of then-President Donald Trump brought dozens of weapons to Washington on the day of the insurrection, according to the Justice Department, undermining claims from at least one Republican senator who said the attack wasn't an "armed insurrection," according to a CNN review of court records.

Promotions of two female generals were delayed by Pentagon officials until after the 2020 presidential election out of fear of "turmoil" from President Donald Trump's White House, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

CNN's Richard Quest talks to Rwandan President Paul Kagame about the terrorism trial for Paul Rusesabagina, the real-life inspiration for the movie "Hotel Rwanda."

Republican state legislators and secretaries of state on Wednesday announced the creation of a commission that will look at election laws amid a push to curb expanded access to voting.

Ford is spending $1 billion to modernize a plant in Germany as part of a plan to sell only electric passenger cars in Europe by 2030. CNN's Anna Stewart discusses the plan with president of Ford of Europe, Stuart Rowley.

CNN's Nick Watt reports that winter storms have delayed delivery of coronavirus vaccines as experts express concern about the variant first found in South Africa spreading in the US.

President Joe Biden took questions from Wisconsin residents and from Anderson Cooper at a CNN town hall event in Milwaukee on Tuesday night.

The man who allegedly struck and killed Nicki Minaj's father in a hit-and-run was arrested on Wednesday, according to Nassau County Police.