Новости за 22.09.2020

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) visited a memorial on the National Mall and led a moment of silence on the House floor commemorating the 200,000 Americans who have died of COVID-19.The death toll in the United States surpassed the 200,000 mark...

Vice President Pence defended President Trump’s “obligation” to nominate a Supreme Court justice to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg less than two months ahead of Election Day. “President Trump believes that he has an obligation...

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 200,000 on Tuesday, but the grim milestone passed without too much of a comment from a White House more focused on the battle over the Supreme Court.Trump used a recorded speech to the annual United...

Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, slammed President Trump on Tuesday for his response to the coronavirus pandemic, calling it “unconscionable” that Trump purposefully downplayed...

Senate Democrats on Tuesday introduced legislation that would establish a task force to investigate claims that the Trump administration politicized health agencies’ response to the coronavirus pandemic. Thirty-four Senate Democrats, led by...

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) was interrupted during a Tuesday press briefing on the Supreme Court vacancy by a heckler who shouted, “Stop lying to the people.”Schumer addressed a crowd outside the Capitol, condemning the...

The family of Dion Johnson, a Black man killed by police in Phoenix, will pursue a civil lawsuit after county prosecutors said the trooper who fatally shot him would not be charged.“It’s a little bit disheartening … but it’s par for the course” that...

Willie Nelson is among artists set to play at a virtual fundraiser for Colorado Democratic Senate candidate John Hickenlooper, who is locked in a close race with Sen. Cory Gardner (R).The virtual concert, deemed “Hick-a-palooza,” will be held next...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who is facing a tough reelection bid, said on Tuesday that she will vote against a Supreme Court nominee if one is brought to the Senate floor before the November election."My statement was a model of clarity...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who is facing a tough reelection bid, said on Tuesday that she will vote against a Supreme Court nominee if one is brought to the Senate floor before the November election....

Taylor Swift is urging her fans to register to vote and head to the polls on Nov. 3, saying "it is more important than I can even possibly say."The "Cardigan" singer posted on her Instagram story on Tuesday, National Voter Registration Day, a series...

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wy.) took a jab at Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday, saying he’s “not sure what he recalls” about his time as Senate Judiciary Committee chairman. “I don’t know what Joe Biden remembers when you look...

The Trump administration will begin to retroactively apply its controversial "public charge" rule to immigrants, following a court decision that lifted a nationwide injunction on the policy.A notice posted on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...

Iowa police arrested four people on Tuesday in connection to the death of a man whose body was found burning in a ditch.Law enforcement has charged the individuals after the body of Michael Williams, a 44-year-old Black man, was found last week...

A prominent liberal super PAC is launching a new digital ad blitz targeting vulnerable Republican senators over the new Supreme Court fight gripping Washington following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Ame...

Senate Democrats are limiting the ability to hold committee hearings in retaliation for Republicans decision to try to fill a Supreme Court seat in the middle of an election year, the first action in what is likely to be an increasingly combative...

Ralph Lauren announced it would layoff thousands of its global workforce by the end of the fiscal year as the company struggles during the coronavirus pandemic.Reuters reported that the company would cut 15 percent of its workforce as the luxury...

The White House on Tuesday sought to forcefully push back on a former aide to Vice President Pence who has offered support for Democratic nominee Joe Biden and publicly criticized President Trump’s handling of the novel coronavirus.Retired Lt. Gen....

The Women’s March organization is planning a nationwide protest next month opposing President Trump and his move to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s seat on the Supreme Court.“We're planning a massive, nationwide march on...

A Louisiana state trooper died Tuesday after his vehicle crashed hours after he learned that State Police planned to fire him for his involvement in the death of a Black man, ...

The Canadian woman who allegedly mailed the toxic substance ricin to the White House sent a threatening letter to President Trump along with it, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.Prosecutors said Pascale Ferrier ref...

The Canadian woman who allegedly mailed the toxic substance ricin to the White House sent a threatening letter to President Trump along with it, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.Prosecutors said Pascale Ferrier referred to Trump as “The Ugly Tyrant...

Louisville police apologized to residents of the city on Tuesday after restricting vehicle traffic in parts of the city ahead of expected protests Tuesday night surrounding an announcement of a grand jury's decision over...

COVID-19 has exposed the best and worst in U.S. health care. The private sector has responded effectively — and at times heroically — to the challenge. Frontline medical workers have labored sacrificially to treat influxes of patients; hospitals...

Delta Air Lines will delay the effective date for pilot furloughs to Nov. 1, the company announced in a memo to employees obtained by The Hill.Delta pilots who received a notice on Aug. 28 that they were being furloughed on Oct. 1 will remain flying...