Новости за 14.06.2021

Attorney General Merrick Garland is scrambling to contain the fallout of a widening Justice Department scandal as Democratic allies and the press express outrage over revelations that his agency secretly obtained records...

A New Hampshire man who was charged over his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol says that he is running for Congress, WBTS reported on Monday."In the long run, if you’re running for office, any attention is good attention, so I think it...

President Biden on Monday said some foreign leaders he's met with in recent days have been "shocked" by the fallout over former President Trump's time in office and, in particular, the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, while expressing confidence that the...

Vice President Harris on Monday met with local voting rights advocates in South Carolina to discuss getting people registered to vote and strengthening election infrastructure. Harris heard from the advocates about what is happening in the...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday sent a "Dear Colleague" letter underscoring a mounting urgency among Democrats to pass federal voting rights legislation. “The clock is ticking on our democracy with respect to the sanctity of the...

President Biden on Monday urged Americans who have not yet gotten vaccinated against the coronavirus to do so as soon as possible, pointing to the nearly 600,000 lives lost domestically from the virus.“We’ve made enormous progress in the United...

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema will be sporting a new accessory at the Capitol — a cast on her foot.The Arizona Democrat said Sunday that she broke her foot while running in a marathon race in Washington state over the weekend."Broke my foot in the tunnel,"...

New U.S. immigration policy will expand work permits for migrants and offer deportation relief to some immigrants who become the victims of crimes while they wait for their visa cases to be reviewed.In a statement, U.S. Citizenship and...

Chrissy Teigen is apologizing for her past "horrible" tweets, saying she was "a troll.""Not a day, not a single moment has passed where I haven’t felt the crushing weight of regret for the things I’ve said in the past," the TV personality and model...

An International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor says that the United States is going through a “reset” under President Biden, The Associated Press reported Monday.Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in an interview with the newswire service...

An FBI agent admitted in an ongoing trial to falsely accusing a Chinese-born Tennessee professor of being a Chinese spy, using baseless information to get have him placed on the federal no-fly list and spying on him and his son for two years, ...

The Vatican cautioned American bishops against denying communion to politicians, including President Biden, over their support for abortion rights.The New York Times reported Pope Francis has warned that communion can’t be used as a political weapon...

Roger Waters, a founding member of the British rock band Pink Floyd, revealed at a press event last week that he had turned down a "huge, huge amount of money" from Facebook for permission to use one of its songs in an Instagram advertisement....

A British study released on Monday found that the Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines offer solid protection against hospitalization due to the Delta variant, which recently became the dominant strain ...

Monica Lewinsky has signed her company Alt Ending Productions to a producing deal with 20th Television, news that comes ahead of the latest installment of the “American Crime Story” anthology series following former President Clinton’s impeachment...

Kerry Washington says lawmakers "need to be on the right side of history," urging Congress to support sweeping voting rights legislation dubbed the For the People Act."Black and Brown voters are being specifically targeted when it comes to voter...

Vice President Harris on Monday touted the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine on the first stop of her tour to convince skeptical Americans to get the shot.“The vaccines — let me say it again — are safe. They are safe. And they are...

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Vice President Harris will deliver remarks encouraging COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday afternoon.The event is scheduled to begin at 1:55 p.m. ET.Watch the live video above.

A federal judge on Monday granted the Justice Department's request to temporarily block the release of an internal legal memo prepared in response to the Mueller report in 2019.District Judge Amy Berman Jackson agreed to stay her order for the...

The Supreme Court on Monday called on the Biden administration to weigh in on a challenge to Harvard’s use of race in student admissions.The move was widely seen as a signal that the 6-3 conservative court is interested in taking up the potentially...

Former President Trump’s team has been warning Republican candidates running for various offices not to fake endorsements from the former president before he officially announces who he is backing in the race.Politico reported that Trump and his...

Two GOP lawmakers announced Monday that they have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of fines issued against them for failing to complete security screenings to enter the House chamber.Republican Reps. Louie Gohmert (Texas) and Andrew...

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously that certain low-level crack cocaine offenders are not eligible to be resentenced under a 2018 criminal justice reform law.The decision, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, shuts the door on hundreds of...

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a legal challenge to a federal anti-rioting law brought by a pair of white supremacists who were indicted for their roles in the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va.The high court...