Новости за 07.03.2019

Two Supreme Court justices told House lawmakers Thursday that allowing cameras to film the high court’s proceedings could impair its ability to conduct arguments effectively. Appearing before a subpanel of the House Appropriations Committee,...

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will not be required to attend his arraignment hearing later this month on charges of soliciting prostitution, his lawyer told The Boston Globe on Thursday.The Globe and other outlets initially reported that a...

Two dueling 2020 Democratic White House hopefuls are heading to the same late-night TV show.Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) will both appear as guests on “The Late Show” in the next week.Booker — who launched his 2020...

House Democrats are demanding documents from the White House and Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the AT&T-Time Warner merger following a report that President Trump pushed for DOJ lawyers to sue to block the deal.Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y...

House Democrats are demanding documents from the White House and Department of Justice regarding the AT&T-Time Warner merger following a report that President Trump pushed for DOJ lawyers to sue to block the dea...

A substitute teacher in Oregon will no longer be allowed to teach in the school district after the person reportedly told a 5th-grade student to "go back to Mexico." The teacher, who was not identified,...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) suggested Thursday that the backlash surrounding Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minn.) comments about Israel "came down on her a little too hard."Ocasio-Cortez, who has ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) suggested Thursday that the backlash surrounding Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minn.) comments about Israel "came down on her a little too hard."Ocasio-Cortez, who has questioned the severity of the...

House lawmakers are debating campaign finance reform, anti-Semitism and Nickelback on the floor on Thursday.The rockers came up during a discussion on Democrats' sweeping election reform bill after Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) likened the...

House lawmakers are debating campaign finance reform, anti-Semitism and Nickleback on the floor on Thursday.The rockers came up during a discussion on Democrats' sweeping election reform bill after Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) likened the...

New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio (D) criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Thursday for her recent remarks about Israel, saying that they were associated with a "long anti-Semitic tradition."Omar sparked a firestorm by suggesting...

One of the top attorneys helping the House Judiciary Committee conduct their oversight investigation into the Trump administration is planning to take a leave of absence from his law firm, according to a Democratic congre...

One of the top attorneys helping the House Judiciary Committee conduct their oversight investigation into the Trump administration is planning to take a leave of absence from his law firm, according to a Democratic...

Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) became the first Native American woman to sit in the House Speaker's chair as she presided over a floor debate on a voting rights and campaign finance bill. "You can watch the 1st time a Native American woman has...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is teeing up a vote on President Trump's nominee to succeed Justice Brett Kavanaugh on a key appeals court.  McConnell filed cloture on Neomi Rao's nomination to serve on the D.C. Circuit...

Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Texas), the oldest-ever member of the House, died Thursday at the age of 95, The Associated Press reports. Ed Valentine, Hall's longterm strategist, told the AP the former lawmaker passed away at his home in...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is proposing a bill to end the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) practice of conducting deadly experiments on kittens.The bill, co-sponsored by Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) and Br...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is proposing a bill to end the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) practice of conducting deadly experiments on kittens. The bill, co-sponsored by Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) and Brian Mast (R-Fla.),...

Next week the president’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year will be released -- the opening salvo in a long process of negotiations about what Congress should fund and at what levels. If past is prologue, it will be declared dead on arrival by...

IBM chief Ginni Rometty on Thursday led a group of business leaders pressing Congress to pass the Equality Act, a piece of federal legislation that would guarantee protections for LGBTQ people. In a letter addressed to...

Suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking reinstatement after he was replaced in January over his handling of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting last year.The ...

Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.) said Thursday he plans to introduce legislation that would allow NCAA student-athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness.Walker said he intends to introduce the Student-Athlete Equity Act next week,...

Former White House chief of staff John Kelly on Wednesday voiced opposition to President Trump's push to build a border wall, saying that a structure spanning the entire U.S.-Mexico border would be a "waste of money."“We don’t need a wall from sea...

Former White House chief of staff John Kelly on Wednesday voiced opposition to President Trump's push to build a border wall, saying that a structure spanning the entire U.S.-Mexico border would be a "waste of money."...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Thursday condemned remarks about Israel made by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), as well as Republican "hypocrisy" surrounding anti-Semitism. "Those with critical views of Israel, such as Congresswoman Omar, should...