Новости за 02.12.2020

President-elect Joe Biden is slated to hold a virtual roundtable Wednesday afternoon on the economic impact of COVID-19.The event is scheduled to begin at 3:15 p.m. EST.Watch the live video above.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) released the chamber's calendar for 2021 on Wednesday and highlighted the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic for in-person lawmaker gatherings in Washington.“When the new Congress...

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany condemned threats against election workers on Wednesday, as elected Republicans in Georgia warn that President Trump's rhetoric about the election being stolen is endangering t...

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday shrugged off concerns about holding in-person holiday parties as the nation is riven by a surge in coronavirus cases and public health agencies urge Americans to forgo such gatherings."If you...

President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday pitched an idea to “Hamilton” creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda: write another musical about Janet Yellen.Biden made the quip while introducing the members of critical economic positions for his incoming...

Musician Harry Styles hit back on Wednesday after facing criticism from some conservative commentators and activists for wearing a dress on the cover of Vogue.The “Watermelon Sugar” singer on Wednesday shared a photo of himself in a blue suit and...

Sen.-elect Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) will be sworn in during a ceremony on Wednesday afternoon.The event is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.Watch the live video above.

Rep.-elect Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and other progressive Democrats are pushing back against comments former President Obama made in a recent interview in which he warned that candidates could risk losing support from some voters by using “snappy...

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said Wednesday that President Trump is prepared to accept language regarding a plan to remove Confederate names, monuments and symbols from U.S. military ins...

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said Wednesday that a mammoth defense policy bill that is being finalized does not include the repeal of a liability shield for internet companies, despite President Trump's veto threat...

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) was elected by the House Republican Steering Committee to serve as the next ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday. McMorris Rodgers — a former member of leadership who...

The U.S. could see another 200,000 coronavirus deaths in the next three months if people don't take mitigation measures such as mask-wearing and physical distancing seriously, according to the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (...

Holidays are about spending time with the people most precious to us. Unfortunately, in the middle of a pandemic, one of the most important ways to show that we care is by staying apart.Perhaps nobody is feeling this loss more acutely than...

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Wednesday that he's aiming for the chamber to finish its work for the year by next Friday to give lawmakers enough time to quarantine and avoid potentially infecting their families with COVID-19, which...

Sen. Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), a longtime GOP senator, urged the Senate to re-embrace bipartisanship during his farewell floor speech Wednesday.“Our country needs a United States Senate to work across party lines to force broad agreements on hard...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is ramping up efforts to obtain records of the Trump administration’s reported purchase of cellphone data to track locations of immigrants.The ACLU on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against&...

A Michigan funeral home will settle a discrimination lawsuit for $250,000 with the estate of a transgender woman it fired, NBC News reported Wednesday.The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the estate of the late Aimee Stephens filed a...

Norwegian Cruise Lines on Wednesday announced that it is extending its suspension of all cruises until at least the beginning of March 2021 amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.The cruise line said in a statement that all voyages on Norwegian...

President Trump will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to famed Notre Dame college football coach Lou Holtz on Thursday, the White House announced.Holtz retired from coaching in 2004 and is a prominent supporter of the president; he spoke at...

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday afternoon is slated to hold a press briefing.The event is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. EST.Watch the live video above.

Federal officials in California have filed manslaughter charges against the captain of a boat which caught fire in September 2019, killing nearly three dozen people onboard.Prosecutors announced on Tuesday that Jer...

People magazine on Tuesday honored National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci as one of its people of the year. The magazine called Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, “the doctor...

President-elect Joe Biden says he thinks he can work with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), despite strong skepticism among other Democrats about getting bills passed in a Republican-controlled Senate next year.“There are a number of things...

President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday boasted about his high approval rating and said he felt like he'd "done something good for the country" by defeating President Trump.

The Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog will probe the Department's tracking of American's phone data without a warrant. In a ...