Новости за 02.02.2021

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Tuesday said the party should move away from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) as House GOP leaders discuss how to handle her.“I think we should have nothing to do with Marjorie Taylor Greene, and think we should...

House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert Scott (D-Va.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation on Tuesday aimed at holding schools accountable for discrimination. The Equity and...

The Biden administration is freeing up an additional $1.3 billion in relief funding to Puerto Rico as it moves to ease restrictions on the aid put in place during the Trump administration, officials said Tuesday.The Department of...

The Biden administration is “deeply concerned” by a Russian court’s decision Tuesday to sentence opposition leader Alexei Navalny to a 32-month prison term, officials said, reiterating its demand that Moscow immediately release Navalny and others...

Former President Obama is weighing in on Michelle Obama's inauguration outfit, saying he told his wife he understands "why you are a fashion icon."The ex-commander in chief gave his first public take on his significant other's much-buzzed-about...

A shooting in eastern Oklahoma left five children and one adult, who were all related, dead on Tuesday morning, local police said.Officers responded to reports of multiple people shot at a home at about 1:30 a.m., and upon arrival encountered a...

The Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas after a Republican effort stalled confirmation of President Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).Mayorkas was one of the first of President Biden’s Cabinet nominees...

A group of Senate Democrats on Tuesday introduced a resolution condemning white supremacists, while calling on the FBI to conduct an immediate review of the threat posed by domestic terror groups....

A group of courtside fans were ejected from a Monday evening game in Atlanta, Ga., between the Hawks and the Los Angeles Lakers following a verbal altercation with NBA star LeBron James. According to a video later posted to Instagram, Juliana...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Tuesday added restaurant workers to New York's vaccine priority list, along with taxi drivers and residents of assisted living facilities for people with disabilities.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is castigating a nursing home chain for a $5 million bonus awarded to its then-CEO in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.In a letter dated Jan. 27, Warren, a member of the Senate Banking Committee and Special...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) took to Instagram on Monday night to, for the first time, describe her personal experience during Jan. 6 Capitol riot.Her public statements about her most intimate and at time...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) took to Instagram on Monday night to, for the first time, describe her personal experience during Jan. 6 Capitol riot.Her public statements about her most intimate and at times desperate thoughts...

Dolly Parton says she's eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine but hasn't gotten it yet because she doesn't want to give the appearance she's "jumping the line" after helping fund its development."I’m not going to get mine until some more people...

Navigators Global announced that former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.) has joined the firm as a senior strategist. Riggleman was elected in 2018 and lost his reelection bid two years later.Southwest Airlines said Leslie...

Agriculture secretary nominee Tom Vilsack received bipartisan praise while appearing before a Senate panel on Tuesday ahead of a vote to confirm him to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) again.Vilsack, who is president of the dairy...

The Senate Democratic leadership team is set to hold a press briefing Tuesday afternoon.Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) are expected to take quest...

The defense attorney for an accused Capitol rioter plans to argue that her client was “inspired” by former President Trump, joining others who have cast blame for the assault on Trump over his rhetoric and actions after the November...

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a pivotal centrist swing vote, announced Tuesday he will vote to advance a Democratic budget resolution, while warning that he wants leadership to work with Republicans on a bipartisan COVID-19...

The chairwoman of Hawaii's Republican Party has resigned after a senior official used the organization's official Twitter account to send out controversial tweets about QAnon supporters.Shirle...

The two largest teachers' unions in the U.S. released a joint statement on Tuesday calling for controversial GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) to be removed from the House Education Committee.

The two largest teachers’ unions in the U.S. released a joint statement on Tuesday calling for controversial GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) to be removed from the House Education Committee.The National Education Association (NEA) and the...

Lawyers for former President Trump have released t...

Lawyers for former President Trump have released their response to House Democrats' impeachment case ahead of a trial in the Senate.The 14-page filing from Trump defense attorneys David Schoen and Bruce Castor argues that it is unconstitutional...

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Tuesday that he does not support increasing the minimum age to $15 an hour — a critical roadblock to including the proposal in the final coronavirus relief bill.“No I’m not. I’m supportive of basically having...