Новости за 14.03.2019

An activist dressed as Marie Antoinette on Thursday attended a House committee hearing for Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross as part of an effort to protest the Trump administration's past actions."The ...

An activist dressed as Marie Antoinette on Thursday attended a House committee hearing for Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross as part of an effort to protest the Trump administration's past actions. "The @SecretaryRoss hearing just started. We...

The Connecticut Supreme Court reportedly ruled Thursday that a lawsuit against firearms manufacturers brought by the families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre could go to court. The ruling could require firearms...

House Democrats on Thursday pressed Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on whether he would comply with a request to turn over President Trump’s tax returns, a long-sought goal of congressional Democrats. “Are you willing to provide and fulfill...

A former longtime Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) official pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal bribery charge, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.Kevin Jones, 48, a former contract oversight sp...

A federal appeals court said Wednesday that giving the middle finger is protected under constitutional free-speech rights.The ruling came in response to a lawsuit from a Michigan woman who alleged she was improperly given a harsher traffic ticket...

The story of a black mother who served jail time for using her father’s address so her two daughters could enroll at a better school gained new attention on social media this week as news of the widespread college admissions scandal broke....

Lawmakers in Kentucky voted Wednesday to approve a tax bill that would cut taxes by $105 million, mostly for banks in the state.The Kentucky House and Senate approved the tax changes the same day the upper chamber...

Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges related to lying to police after the actor claimed earlier this year that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack.The "Empire" star pleaded not guilty to ...

Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) are calling upon immigration officials to halt the deportation of Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and instead grant him asylum. A judge in Texas ordered in February that...

With drug overdose deaths mounting, cities like Philadelphia and San Francisco are trying to create designated spaces where people who use heroin and other drugs can have their consumption supervised by medical professionals. More than 10...

Fox News host Tucker Carlson has reportedly scrapped plans to build a small studio near his vacation home in Maine after a local newspaper published details about the effort....

"Is he crazy or is that just the way he acts?" Trump says

President Trump on Thursday mocked Beto O'Rourke's "crazy" hand movements after the former Texas congressman announced his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination."I think he's got a lot of hand movement," Trump...

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.) joked on Wednesday that the pace of Washington politics led her to go an entire day without realizing she was wearing two mismatched shoes. "People ask me all the time about the pace of...

Former Indiana Sen. Birch Bayh (D) died Thursday at the age of 91 from pneumonia, his family announced.Bayh, the father of former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), served three terms in the Senate. He died Thursday morning at his home in Easton, Md.,...

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said on Thursday that he would vote for a resolution blocking President Trump’s emergency declaration.Alexander, asked how he would vote after a floor speech criticizing Trump, said he would vote for the resolution of...

Three Republican senators reportedly visited the White House on Wednesday evening in a last-ditch effort to work out a solution with President Trump and avert a Senate rebuke of his national emergency declaration at the southern...

Matt Jones, the founder of Kentucky Sports Radio in Lexington, Ky., and a potential candidate for Senate, says Amy McGrath, a top Democratic recruit, has no chance of beating Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)...

Matt Jones, the founder of Kentucky Sports Radio in Lexington, Ky., and a potential candidate for Senate, says Amy McGrath, a top Democratic recruit, has no chance of beating Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).Senate Democratic Leader...

A 3-year-old Nubian goat has been sworn in as the honorary mayor of a Vermont town.The goat, named Lincoln, officially became honorary mayor of Fair Haven, Vt., during a swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday, ...

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said on Thursday that he will oppose President Trump's emergency declaration to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall."I will today vote for the resolution of disapproval. This is a vote for the constitution and for the balance...

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said on Thursday that he will oppose President Trump's emergency declaration to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall."I will today vote for the resolution of disapproval. This is a vote for t...

The federal judge presiding over Roger Stone's criminal case has scheduled his trial to begin on Nov. 5.With jury selection, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Thursday that the court i...

A right-wing Polish newspaper ran a front page article this week telling its readers “how to recognize a Jew.”The national weekly Talk Polska, or Only Poland, ran the article next to its featured story, which ran under the headline “Attack...