Новости за 17.12.2020

In our years in the banking industry, through booms and recessions, we learned some important lessons. One was: When things start going badly, don’t tarry. Respond quickly and make needed adjustments as matters unfold.Today we watch in dismay as our...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said he will go to the floor on Friday to ask for a vote on his proposal to provide a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks.“Tomorrow I will go to the Senate floor to ask for an up or down vote on my bill to provide a...

Jen O’Malley Dillon, President-elect Joe Biden’s deputy chief of staff, expressed regret Thursday for using profanity to describe congressional Republicans in an earlier interview, according to Politico.O’Malley Dillon, speaking virtually with...

The China Film Administration (CFA) has ordered a second censorship review of previously approved films after a racism scandal caused the video game adaptation “Monster Hunters” to be pulled from theaters, according to a Thursday report from The...

Vice President Pence on Thursday sought to reassure skeptical Georgia voters that it was safe to cast a ballot in the state's upcoming Senate runoff elections, seeking to send the message to conservatives to vote as President Trump has sown...

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Thursday that the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic may require a commission similar to the one that investigated the leadup to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.Clyburn discussed the idea...

Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) has been selected to lead the Interior Department in President-elect Joe Biden's administration, making history as the first Native American tapped for a Cabinet position.Haaland, who has...

A fire that swept through a Florida farm operated by one of the nation's largest egg producers early Thursday killed as many as 240,000 chickens. According to ...

A federal judge on Thursday rejected a Republican lawsuit seeking to change Georgia's absentee voting procedures ahead of two Senate runoff elections next month, according to media reports.The Atlanta Journal-Const...

A partisan fight over language that would terminate the Federal Reserve’s power to set up credit lending programs to backstop the fragile U.S. economy has emerged as a significant obstacle to getting a deal on a year-end COVID-19 relief package...

Atlantic City has launched an auction in which the winner will get to virtually push the button that starts the long-anticipated implosion of the former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino building. The...

Outgoing South Carolina Rep. Joe Cunningham (D) cracked open a beer in the name of bipartisanship during his farewell speech to Congress on Thursday."For the betterment of this country, we have to come together, we...

Sen.-elect Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) indicated in a video that surfaced Thursday that that he thinks the Senate should support a challenge to the results of the Electoral College, which certified President-elect Joe Biden’s victory this week....

Sen.-elect Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) indicated in a video that surfaced Thursday that that he thinks the Senate should support a challenge to the results of the Electoral College, which certified President-elect Joe Biden...

Pfizer on Thursday said none of its coronavirus vaccine shipments are delayed or on hold, and there are no problems with its production.In a statement, the drugmaker said that this week it "succe...

Former President Obama shared his 2020 reading list on Thursday, an annual tradition that this year comes as he promotes his own presidential memoir.Obama shared a list of 17 titles which he enjoyed in 2020, including Emily St. John Mandel's...

A California judge ruled on Wednesday that strip clubs are exempt from the state's most recent coronavirus restrictions.Superior Court Judge Joel Wohlf...

President-elect Joe Biden plans to select Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), picking a longtime EPA insider to lead the agency, according to multiple Thursday reports.Regan, 44, is cur...

Federal authorities have arrested 21 people following a "large drug network" bust in and around the University of North Carolina, Duke University, and Appalachian State University, officials in Chapel Hill, N.C. said....

Attorneys for Dominion Voting Systems sent a letter to Sidney Powell, a onetime member of President Trump's legal team, demanding she retract her claims that the voting machine company helped rig the 2020 elect...

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said Thursday that he tested positive for COVID-19, making him the fourth House member this week alone to reveal they contracted the virus.Rogers said that he's currently experiencing "mild symptoms" and has gone into...

Actor Ian McKellen was vaccinated against COVID-this week in the U.K., saying that he felt “very lucky” and “euphoric” to have the inoculation amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.“It’s a very special day, I feel euphoric,” McKellen said after...

Sophie Turner says there's no excuse for not wearing a face covering amid the coronavirus pandemic, since she managed to sport a mask while having a baby.The "Game of Thrones" actress took to Instagram Stories on Thursday to share a message with her...

Top Senate Republicans indicated on Thursday that Congress is increasingly likely to need a days-long stopgap government funding bill as talks on a coronavirus package and mammoth funding deal drag out.Congressiona...

Russia has been barred from using its name at the Olympics and world championships for the next two years.The ruling issued Thursday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), an independent arbiter for global sports disputes, came...