Новости за 16.11.2018

Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) plans to subpoena the pair to discuss their decision-making during the 2016 presidential election, an ai...

President Trump took to Twitter to defend the Republican party's performance in the midterm election, saying that they had enjoyed an "epic victory" in the Senate, while saying he had done "better than other sitting Presi...

President Trump reportedly offered to nominate former White House aide Mira Ricardel as ambassador of Estonia after she exited her role in the administration following a clash with the first lady. Bloomberg News, citing multiple...

A judge on Friday dismissed GOP Rep. Mia Love's (Utah) lawsuit seeking to halt the vote count in Salt Lake County as the congresswoman continues to trail her Democratic opponent in the race for Utah's 4th Congressional Di...

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is set to campaign for Mississippi Democratic Senate candidate Mike Espy on Monday, ...

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is reportedly warning that it's unlikely that the Senate will take up bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation this year because of a tight floor schedule.  McConnell told President Trump...

The House Ethics Committee on Friday formally reprimanded Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows for failing to adequately address sexual harassment allegations made against his former chief of staff and failing to protect the women who worked in his...

Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke (Texas) celebrated a federal judge’s decision on Friday to force the White House to restore CNN reporter Jim Acosta's press pass.“I don’t think the president of the United States — any president — should be picking who...

Maria Butina, the guns-rights activist and alleged Russian agent, is negotiating a potential resolution to her criminal case, federal prosecutors and her lawyers announced Friday.In a joint filing, prosecutors and...

Maria Butina, the guns-rights activist and alleged Russian agent, is negotiating a potential resolution to her criminal case, federal prosecutors and her lawyers announced Friday.In a joint filing, prosecutors and Butina’s attorneys asked the court...

The House Ethics Committee on Friday announced that it would formally sanction Rep. Ruben Kihuen (D-Nev.)  over "persistent and unwanted" sexual advances towards women working for his campaign and in other roles. In a lengthy...

A co-host of ABC's "The View" suggested Friday that CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta should sue President Trump for defamation after the White House sent out an altered tape of an interaction between Acosta...

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attended a White House ceremony awarding the Medal of Freedom on Friday, just over a week after she was hospitalized from a fall that left her with three fractured ribs."Gl...

A trio of Democratic senators are pressing mobile carriers to answer questions about their throttling practices following a study that shows them slowing down their networks. The study they cited, conducted by the app WeHe, found that...

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said Friday that he will not support criminal justice reform legislation despite President Trump's endorsement of the effort.  Cotton — who has opposed previous, broader versions of the legislation — argued that...

President Trump said he plans to nominate Andrew Wheeler, acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency, to be the EPA's Senate-confirmed administrator.Trump made the announcement Friday during a White House ceremony for Medal of Honor...

Former first lady Michelle Obama’s book sold more than 725,000 copies in its first day on sale, marking the biggest single-day sales of this year for her publisher.The sales total of Obama’s memoir, “Becoming,” which was released Tuesday, includes...

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and other top Republicans are calling on President Trump to name Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) as the next attorney general."Look, it's the president's choice...but one...

A federal judge in Connecticut ruled Thursday in favor of thousands of veterans seeking to sue the federal government alleging they were discharged due to infractions related to untreated mental illnesses and denied Veterans Affairs benefits as a...

A federal judge in Connecticut ruled Thursday in favor of thousands of veterans seeking to sue the federal government alleging they were discharged due to infractions related to untreated mental illnesses and denied Veterans Affairs benefits as a...

A federal judge in Connecticut ruled Thursday in favor of thousands of veterans seeking to sue the federal government alleging they were discharged due to infractions related to untreated mental illnesses and denied Veterans Affairs benefits as a...

The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear argument in a dispute over a lower court ruling that allowed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to be questioned under oath about his decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ripped Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Friday, saying her department's proposed change to Title IX reporting guidelines will "make schools less safe" for sexual assaults survivors."Today Secretary DeVos...

While there’s no shortage of partisan disagreements on Capitol Hill, one hopes the combative environment that’s become the norm in Washington might take a brief pause now that midterm elections are behind us. At a time when unity and common ground...

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway changed her Twitter bio on Friday as media outlets reported on her husband's most recent criticism of President Trump. "The 'Kellyanne Conway' in 'Kellyanne Conway's Husband,'...