Новости за 26.02.2021

The Treasury Department on Friday rolled out new sanctions against Saudi officials after a government report was released detailing their involvement in the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi.The sanctions target Ahmad Hassan Mohammed...

Former President Obama, in his new podcast with Bruce Springsteen, discusses singing “Amazing Grace” during the 2015 funeral service for one of the victims of the Charleston, S.C., church shooting.In an episode of Spotify's "Renegades:...

Democrats are using the release of the U.S. intelligence report that implicated Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi to press for accountability for the Saudi critic's...

The scale was smaller than the Civil War, but the "riot" was an attack on the Union and peaceful transition of power.

The Biden administration briefed congressional leadership before ordering strikes on Iranian-backed militia groups in Syria on Thursday and intends to give lawmakers a full classified briefing by earlier next week, according to the White House.“The...

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Friday defended his controversial op-ed published last year by The New York Times calling for the depl...

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Friday defended his controversial op-ed published last year by The New York Times calling for the deployment of federal troops to quell social unrest across the country and assailed his critics at the paper as “social...

The Washington Supreme Court this week struck down a law that made it a felony to unknowingly possess illegal drugs in the state.A majority of justices ...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said President Trump has not given him a commitment to refrain from targeting House GOP incumbents in their primaries. “I don't have a commitment on that. I work closely with the president on...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) pledged on Friday that former President Trump will "be helpful" to all Senate GOP incumbents on the ballot in 2022, as Republicans increasingly turn their focus to the midterms."The pre...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) pledged on Friday that former President Trump will "be helpful" to all Senate GOP incumbents on the ballot in 2022, as Republicans increasingly turn their focus to the midterms."The president is going to be helpful to...

The Atlanta Dream has new owners after WNBA players called for former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) to sell her share of the team's ownership....

The Atlanta Dream has new owners after WNBA players called for former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) to sell her share of the team's ownership.The team announced on Friday that the league and its board of governors had unanimously approved...

I arrived in Washington, D.C. in June 1965 as an intern for my home district congressman, Rep. John B. Anderson (R-Ill.). Before checking-in at Anderson’s office I took a guided tour of the Capitol. It was my first time in our nation’s Capitol and I...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of U.S.-based journalist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, according to a declassified report released by the Biden admin...

President Trump is likely to form a new political action committee and is expected to tap his former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski to play a leading role in the endeavor.

Former President Obama went to bat for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) during the 2020 Democratic primary at a private meeting with donors, according to a new excerpt from "Lucky" provided exclusively to The Hill.P...

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) on Thursday said federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., are “reviewing the footage” to see if members of Congress gave Capitol tours to rioters shortly before the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.Ryan, chairman of the...

Prince Harry says that the aggressive British press is part of the reason he and Meghan Markle decided to step back from their royal duties.During an interview on “The Late Late Show with James Corden" that aired Thursday, the Duke of...

Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, jokingly commented on his husband using Capital Bikeshare on his way home from work Thursday evening. Politico’s Michael Stratford shared a video on Twitter showing...

A group of Russian diplomats and their families travelled home from their embassy in North Korea this week via an unusual mode of transportation — a hand-pushed railcar. CNN reported Friday that due to the border and flight restrictions...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) hit back at former Speaker John Boeher (R-Ohio) on Friday after Boehner reportedly told the senator to "go f--- yourself" while he was recording the audio book of his up...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) hit back at former Speaker John Boeher (R-Ohio) on Friday after Boehner reportedly told the senator to "go f--- yourself" while he was recording the audio book of his upcoming memoir. Cruz poked fun at the comments during his...

The Biden administration on Friday released new guidelines that will no longer penalize political appointees for previous recreational use of marijuana.Under the new policy, the White House can now waive a requirement for “Top Secret” clearance...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) poked fun at his controversial trip to Cancun during his appearance Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)....