Новости за 24.02.2021

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said in an interview on Tuesday that he is "pretty sure" former President Trump would win the Republican Party's presidential primary in 2024 if he decides to run.Romney made the remarks i...

Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently awaiting trial on charges of aiding Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking of minors, is offering to renounce her French and British citizenships in her third bid...

Virginia lawmakers voted on Tuesday to remove a segregationist's statue from state Capitol grounds. The vote had bipartisan support in the Senate with the removal being approved in a 36-3 vote, N...

An Illinois state lawmaker wants to ban the sale of violent video games, including Grand Theft Auto, as carjackings have increased in the state.Rep. Marcus Evans Jr., a Democrat, has introduced a...

The House will vote on President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package on Friday, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said on Tuesday night. “The House will vote on Friday on @POTUS’ #AmericanRescuePlan to end this pandemic and deliver...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly reviving its investigation into George Floyd's death as sources ...

The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) voted to oust two of its churches Tuesday for being too inclusive on LGBTQ+ matters, ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) has signed sweeping criminal justice reform legislation this week making his state the first in the nation to end cash bail.In an ...

Former Rep. David Rivera (R-Fla.) was fined $456,000 by a federal court on Tuesday for his role in a campaign finance scheme. The U.S. District Court f...

Former Vice President Mike Pence huddled with senior members of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) for roughly two hours on Tuesday to discuss conservatives’ agenda and the GOP’s path forward. Pence — who previously served as the chairman of...

West Virginia's state Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that declares strikes by teachers and other public employees are illegal.In a 21-12 ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told senators on Tuesday that rampant inflation is “not a problem” to fear amid the recovery from the coronavirus recession.In testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, Powell said that while the release...

House lawmakers on Wednesday will examine the role misinformation on cable news played in the Jan. 6 insurrection in a hearing that will test the boundaries between congressional oversight, regulation and issues of censor...

Former President Trump on Tuesday said that he had “no doubt” that golf legend Tiger Woods would recover from his car accident. Trump made the remark during an interview on Fox News, as he reminisced about the day he awarded Woods the Presidential...

Support is building among progressive groups for expanding the lower courts, just as Congress is poised to dig into the issue.  Progressive groups sent a letter, organized by Demand Justice, to the House Judiciary subcommittee, which...

Former Capitol security officials clashed publicly on Tuesday over the events surrounding last month's deadly assault on the Capitol complex, casting blame at the intelligence community and the Pentagon while delivering c...

Law enforcement officials responsible for protecting the Capitol the day it was overrun by a violent mob pointed fingers at the intelligence community - and one another - as Congress on Tuesday began an expansive review o...

Members of Congress held a candlelight vigil on Tuesday for the Americans that have lost their lives to the coronavirus pandemic. The moment was held outside of the Capitol building by Republican and Democratic members of both the House and the...

Authorities said Tuesday that there was no “immediate evidence” that golf icon Tiger Woods was impaired prior to the car accident that left both his legs damaged. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva made the remark during a news...

The curator responsible for the House's art collection is expected to ask lawmakers to allot $25,000 to repair artifacts displayed outside the chamber that were damaged during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.Farar Elliott, the House curator, is...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday swiped at former President Trump during his first bilateral meeting with President Biden, praising the current administration for its early commitment to addressing climate change."Thank you again...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) criticized President Biden's administration on Tuesday for opening a migrant facility for children."This is not okay, never has been okay, neve...

Congressional Democrats are digging in for a fight over raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour as part of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus bill they want to pass in a matter of weeks. The fight could escalate as soon as Wednesday, the earliest the...

A Florida state senator on Tuesday filed a bill seeking to include members of the press as a protected group in existing hate crime laws in the state in response to recent threats and attacks against journalists....

Police said a woman in Seattle “needing a hobby” discovered a package of cocaine in a crochet kit she purchased from a thrift store over the weekend. The woman purchased the kit from a shop in the city’s Greenwood neighborhood on Sunday...