Новости за 14.08.2020

Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and a senior adviser in the White House, insisted in an interview Friday that the president was not “promoting” false questions a day earlier about whether Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) is qualified to be...

An NBA photographer was fired following an offensive meme he posted this week on social media referencing Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), former Vice President Joe Biden's selected 2020 presidential campaign running mate.The now-fired photographer,...

A federal appeals court rejected California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, saying the state’s rule violated the Second Amendment.Judge Kenneth Lee, part of a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ruled that...

Today marks Social Security’s 85th anniversary. For 85 years, it has provided millions of Americans with peace of mind that they will have support in their retirement. It has never missed a payment. However, Social Security is now under assault. The...

A bipartisan group of state election officials wrote to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy last week, requesting a virtual audience to discuss concerns they have regarding November's election, but a meeting has yet to be scheduled as tensions...

The Manhattan district attorney's office told a federal court on Friday that President Trump is not entitled to ask for information about its investigation involving his tax returns and other financial records.The prosecutors pushed back in a pair...

A federal appeals court on Friday blocked a judge's order that Hillary Clinton be deposed as part of a conservative group's lawsuit for records related to the private email server she used while serving as secretary of State.A three-judge panel on...

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is calling for acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli to step down after a government watchdog found that their appointments violated federal law...

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will launch new advertising campaigns on behalf of Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) next week, the group’s first major foray into two battleground states at the heart of the fight for control of the...

Marge Simpson says she's "pissed off" after Trump campaign adviser Jenna Ellis tweeted this week that Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.), the new Democratic vice presidential pick, "sounds like" her.Kamala sounds like Marge Simpson.— Jenna Ellis (@...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that President Trump's attempts to sow doubts about mail-in ballots amounted to a "domestic assault on our Constitution.""We take an oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies,...

Last week, Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick California Sen. Kamala Harris joined with United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) President Marc Perrone to attack grocery retail stores across the country, demanding they reinstate...

Officials with the Democratic National Convention announced Friday that next week's four-day event will include performances from musicians including Billie Eilish and John Legend.Other talents on the bill for the digital convention where...

President Trump is scheduled to hold a press conference Friday afternoon at the White House.The event is slated to start at 1 p.m. EDT.Watch the live video above.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) broke with President Trump on Friday by saying there is no debate over whether Sen. Kamala Harris is a U.S. citizen, remarks that came after the president encouraged a conspiracy theory that the California Democrat may...

Kamala Harris has a few goals at this week’s Democratic convention.The first for the California senator, who will take to the stage on Thursday, is a simple one. She wants to use her speech to introduce herself to voters and tell the story of how...

The appointments of two top Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials, including the acting secretary, violated federal law, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report issued Friday.The GAO found that acting Secretary Chad...

Three Muslim women who previously worked in Delaware juvenile detention services filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against state officials last week alleging that they were barred from wearing religious head coverings at work.The women, Tia...

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) removed mailboxes in parts of Oregon as city officials say they've seen a significant decline in mail volume. “First-class mail volume has declined significantly in the U.S., especially since the pandemic,”...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday lashed out at President Trump on postal service funding, hours after the president signaled that he was opposed to giving additional funds to the beleaguered U.S. Postal...

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum on Thursday announced that it will not project the customary blue light tribute into the sky to mark the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attack due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.“The world’s...

Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, on Thursday told actor Matthew McConaughey in an Instagram interview that he thinks the U.S. "should have universal wearing of masks," echoing the call from presumptive Democratic nominee...

Eighty-five years ago, on Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. On that momentous day, he proclaimed, “If the Senate and the House of Representatives in this long and arduous session had done nothing...

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) will host a virtual Hollywood campaign event, co-chaired by actresses Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling, ...

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump have both requested mail-in ballots for the upcoming Florida  primaries despite the president's frequent criticism of mail-in ballot systems in the U.S., USA Today reported.The president, who changed...