Новости за 31.12.2020

Russell Vought, the Trump administration's budget director, on Thursday defended his agency's handling of requests from President-elect Joe Biden and his aides, who have complained in recent days that top Trump officials...

Russell Vought, the Trump administration's budget director, on Thursday defended his agency's handling of requests from President-elect Joe Biden and his aides, who have complained in recent days that top Trump officials are obstructing...

Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) announced Thursday that he will quarantine after being exposed to someone infected with COVID-19, taking him off the campaign trail just days before his crucial Senate runoff.Perdue's team...

Singer Elton John said in a new interview that Zoom meetings hosted by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) have been "a lifesaver" during the coronavirus pandemic.In an interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on the inaugural episode of their...

The CEO of an Indiana hospital is facing backlash over a statement about the death of Black doctor Susan Moore, who died of COVID-19 at the facility after filming a viral video about her treatment, ABC News ...

West Virginia officials accidentally gave 42 people a COVID-19 antibody treatment instead of Moderna's vaccine. The West Virginia National Guard ...

Outgoing GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman (Va.) tore into Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) after Hawley sent out a fundraising email boosting his upcoming challenge to the Electoral College results."Of course he's fundraising off...

A foreign policy research organization is suing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the State Department in an effort to block the sale of $23 billion in advanced military systems to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), arguing the U.S. ...

Former U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) suffered a mild stroke at his home earlier this week but is reportedly in stable condition.A family spokeswoman for Chambliss, Lauren Claffey Tomlinson, released a statement...

President Trump arrived back in Washington, D.C., on Thursday without speaking to reporters, marking a quiet end to his vacation to Florida.Trump returned to the nation's capital alongside first lady Melania Trump and a few White House...

Pop star Selena Gomez this week accused Facebook of allowing “lies” about the coronavirus pandemic and vaccine to spread on its platform, saying the social media giant will be “responsible for thousands of deaths if they don’t take action...

A bill to increase the amount of recently passed stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 was blocked for a third day in a row in the GOP-controlled Senate.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blocked an effort by Senate Democratic Leader...

If you’ve turned on a television in the last few weeks, you’ve heard a political ad about health care. That’s because poll after poll show us that Americans care deeply about their health coverage and want Congress to fix it.Americans want to be...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has named Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben to serve as House chaplain, the first female chaplain of either chamber of Congress. Pelosi said in a Thursday statement that Kibben brings “decades of decorated...

Rep.-elect Cori Bush (D-Mo.) called for Black Lives Matter to not become "a fad" after a year in which support for the movement swelled in response to the police-caused deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd."No...

A New York resident has filed a class-action lawsuit against King’s Hawaiian for not actually making its rolls in Hawaii.Robert Galinsky claims that he was misled into buying the rolls, Hawaii News Now reports. He notes that the back of the label...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) broke with his party's Senate leader Thursday, calling for a stand-alone vote on $2,000 stimulus checks."If you had a stand-alone vote on the $2,000 check, it might pass," Graham said w...

President-elect Joe Biden’s Inaugural Committee is planning to hold a lighting ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial the day before he is sworn into office to honor those who have died from COVID-19.The committee said in a press release that the lighting...

Russian scientists discovered the well-preserved remains of a woolly rhinoceros earlier this year, a Pleistocene-era mammal that is believed to have gone extinct more than 14,000 years ago, the researchers announced Wednesday....

The Wall Street Journal's editorial board ripped President Trump's "embarrassing Electoral College hustle" in an op-ed Wednesday as he digs in on his refusal to concede last month's election to...

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Thursday ripped an effort by fellow Republicans to challenge the election results in Congress next week, calling it a "dangerous ploy.""Let’s be clear what is happening here: We have a bunch of ambitious politicians who...

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Thursday ripped an effort by fellow Republicans to challenge the election results in Congress next week, calling it a "dangerous ploy.""Let's be clear what is happening here: We have a bu...

Rep.-elect Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) announced Thursday that she tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the latest in a growing list of current or incoming lawmakers who have contracted the virus.Elvira Salazar said in a statement that...

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department has released a p...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said that he hopes to have a million people in the city vaccinated by the end of next month in an ambitious plan to reduce the coronavirus's risk in the nation's biggest city....