Новости за 18.02.2021

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The Justice Department charged three employees of a Navy contractor, including the company’s president and CEO, with dumping contaminated water from U.S. Navy ships into the ocean near Japan.A federal grand jury indicted three...

Conservative groups have launched advertising and grassroots campaigns in a bid to sink the nomination of Xavier Becerra for secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), portraying him as too liberal and inexperienced for the job.Heritage...

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) met with former President Trump at Mar-a-Lago while on a fundraising trip to Palm Beach, Fla., this week as the party grapples with divisions in the post-Trump era. “Scalise is in Florida this week on...

There is no question that President Biden’s climate agenda is ambitious and comprehensive. As he prepares for his first address to Congress next week — in which he is sure to further detail his climate initiatives and budget priorities — we believe...

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) already has a cocktail named after his widely criticized trip to Cancun amid the deadly winter weather crisis in his home state.Anxo, a Washington, D.C.-based cidery, unveiled its "Cruz in Cancun" drink on Thursday. The rapid...

The Biden administration has sent 60 generators, thousands of blankets and other supplies to Texas to help address mass power outages amid a rare bout of extreme winter weather.Homeland security adviser and deputy national security adviser Liz...

The Biden administration has sent 60 generators, thousands of blanks and other supplies to Texas to help address mass power outages amid a rare bout of extreme winter weather.Homeland security...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is pressing President Biden’s attorney general pick Merrick Garland to commit to certain criminal justice reform policies during his confirmation hearing next week.The ACLU intends to send Garland a...

Thousands of snowblowers are being recalled in the U.S. as much of the central and eastern parts of the country are afflicted by snowy and icy conditions.The Toro Company warned Thursday that roughly 6,700 of its "Power Max Snowthrowers" posed...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday welcomed sanctions imposed on Myanmar’s military generals by Canada and the United Kingdom (UK), following a similar move by the U.S. in reaction to the military coup that occurred on Feb. 1. The U....

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) released a statement Thursday explaining his vote to convict former President Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and calling on his fellow senators to affirm that President Biden won the election...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Thursday confirmed he flew to Mexico with family members Wednesday evening, responding for the first time to widespread backlash in his home state that's been battered by a severe winter s...

Freshman Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) responded to criticism of her gun storage in her Zoom background during a House Natural Resources Committee meeting. During the committee's organizing meeti...

Weeks after inking a modeling contract following the presidential inauguration, Ella Emhoff is making her New York Fashion Week runway debut.The 21-year-old stepdaughter of Vice President Harris walked the runway at a virtual Fashion Week event for...

A group of President Biden’s allies are planning to launch a nonprofit organization aimed at promoting key policies of the new administration, including efforts to combat COVID-19. The Wall Street Journal first reported the plans Wednesday...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says that the 9/11-style commission that will investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill should have subpoena power. “There’s really strong support in the country for us to seek the truth, find the truth...

LGBT people of color are twice as likely to contract the coronavirus as their heterosexual, white counterparts, according to a study from UCL...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that President Biden’s expansive immigration plan may be split up into individual pieces of legislation to pass Congress.The remarks come after the introduction of the immigration proposal, which...

Hollywood's famous faces are among the critics slamming Sen. Ted Cruz for reportedly jetting to Cancun amid the devastating fallout from winter storms in Texas.Several celebrities took to social media on Thursday after photos first emerged Wednesday...

The House Energy and Commerce Committee is expected to investigate the causes of the widespread power outages in Texas due to crippling winter weather that has left millions without electricity or heat, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday...

Capitol Police officials have reportedly recommended to Congress that the seven-foot-tall security fence around the Capitol erected the day after the Jan. 6 attack should remain in place until September. The Associated Press reported...

Ivanka Trump will not challenge Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) for his Senate seat in 2022, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill. The New York Times first ...

Texas Democrats are calling on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to resign or be expelled after pictures surfaced of him traveling to Cancun, Mexico, while millions in his home state are without power or clean water because of a winter storm.In a...

GOP senators wrote a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday demanding an investigation into New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) handling of nursing home deaths during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. “That so many people...