Новости за 14.12.2020

A top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee launched an effort Monday to beef up criminal penalties for threats against election officials, which have escalated dramatically as President Trump has pressed baseless voter fraud claims following...

Debra Messing is defending saying she hopes President Trump is the "most popular boyfriend" in prison.The "Will & Grace" star — one of Hollywood's most vocal Trump critics — expressed a desire for the president to "live a long life in...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday furthered his push for Congress to pass legislation this year to provide Americans with a second round of stimulus payments, as a bipartisan group of lawmakers prepared to roll out legislation that is not...

An investigation led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-Mass.) office concluded that the accreditation process for prisons, jails and detention centers in the U.S. is rife with corruption and leads to little oversight of facilities.Warren's staffers...

An investigation led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-Mass.) office concluded that the accreditation process for prisons, jails and detention centers in the U.S. is rife with corruption and leads to little oversight of facil...

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. has sued the city, saying its continued coronavirus restrictions go beyond what is required for public safety.The archdiocese accused the city of violating parishioners’ First Amendment rights with...

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Monday that personnel in the White House situation room and certain members of Congress would receive early access to the coronavirus vaccine, after President Trump halted plans to deliver some of...

Retail giant Target will be extending its store hours ahead of Christmas with most stores opening at 7 a.m. and closing at midnight.Extended hours are a normal practice for stores during the holiday season, but notes they will be shorter this year...

The fall surge of coronavirus infections and deaths related to COVID-19 has hit hardest in rural areas across the country that had largely been spared the worst of the initial waves in April and June as health care system...

Electors across the country gathered on Monday - under a cloud of tensions and in some cases outright threats - to formally certify Joe Biden as the next U.S. president.Protesters carrying Tru...

The U.S. government and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union have reached a tentative settlement after a years-long investigation, federal prosecutors announced Monday.Under the terms of the deal, the federal government would have six years of...

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton cast their New York Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in Albany on Monday...

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Monday marked the eight-year anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School and pledged to fight for "common sense reforms."  ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is facing a recall effort over the state's COVID-19 restrictions and his apparent flouting of the safety measures at an upscale restaurant last month....

Police in Lexington, Ky., are searching for a man they say allegedly shouted a nti-Semitic remarks and ran a person over with his car during a Hanukkah celebration at Jewish Student Center in the city on Saturday night....

Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) says it will provide all undergraduate students with free text books next year as part of a partnership with Barnes & Noble College.The university said in an announcement to st...

The two top Republican officials in the Michigan state legislature on Monday made clear the state would not award its electors to President Trump as tensions bubble in the state ahead of its formal Electoral College vote....

Gender equality, women’s rights, and women’s empowerment are fundamental to our cultural identity, national security, and economic prosperity. Countless Americans have fought hard to make sure of that. However, progress on gender equality and women...

Michelle Obama defended Jill Biden after an opinion piece published in The Wall Street Journal suggested the incoming first lady “drop the ‘Dr.’” before her name, even though she has a doctorate in education, an op-ed that was met...

Wisconsin's Supreme Court on Monday rejected a legal challenge from President Trump's campaign seeking to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the key battleground state.

Broadway stars including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Billy Porter, Audra McDonald and Bernadette Peters are belting out a new version of "Georgia on My Mind" to encourage early voting in the Peach State ahead of its Senate runoffs next month.The classic...

President Trump's allies are preparing to send an "alternate" slate of electors to Congress, senior White House adviser Stephen Miller said Monday, signaling Trump will drag out his efforts to overturn the resu...

A Republican state representative in Michigan was rebuked by members of his own party on Monday after he made comments suggesting that he and others planned to disrupt the Electoral College vote at the state Capitol...

More than one million voters in Georgia have requested mail-in ballots as turnout is expected to explode in next month's runoff Senate elections.Data obtained by ...

Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson (R) informed Gov. Ron DeSantos (R) that he will not attend Monday's presidential Electoral College vote in Tallahassee, Fla., after he tested positive for the coronavirus.Sim...