Новости за 12.08.2021

Spectators will not be allowed at the U.S. Open tennis qualifying rounds due to the coronavirus.The U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) announced the decision on Thursday, stating no fans will be allowed and only the “greatest number of players and their...

More than 9,000 anti-Asian hate incidents have taken place since March 2020, according to a report released Thursday. The report was issued by Stop AAPI Hate, a national coalition which tracks incidents of hate against the Asian...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) described his experience recovering from his COVID-19 infection while giving remarks on the Senate floor on Tuesday, saying that it could have "been a lot worse" if he had not already been vaccinated."I've...

Netflix is sharing the first images from its forthcoming limited series about Colin Kaepernick."Colin in Black & White" details the former NFL player's childhood and upbringing, and how he tackled "the obstacles of race, class and culture as the...

Stars from multiple shows on The CW are joining forces for a new campaign aimed at getting the network's young audience to urge lawmakers to "remove barriers to voting."In the new public service announcement (PSA) released Thursday and obtained...

Vice President Harris on Thursday hosted executives from several companies to discuss policies to boost the care economy as part of the administration’s Build Back Better agenda, which would invest in home care and childcare. “Affordable...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Washington, D.C., government and a group of Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers who allegedly used chemical irritants and stun grenades on photojournalists...

President Biden marked the fourth anniversary of the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Thursday with a lengthy statement that described domestic terrorism as “the most lethal terrorist threat to our homeland in recent years...

A slice of the cake that Prince Charles and Diana Spencer had at their wedding 40 years ago has sold for more than $2,000 during an auction.A member of the Queen Mother’s household at Clarence House, Moyra Smith, received the slice of the cake...

House staffers will now be able to earn higher salaries than the members of Congress for whom they work under a new order announced by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday in an effort to help retain top talent on Capitol Hill. Staff...

The State Department on Thursday announced that it is drawing down its embassy staff in Afghanistan to a core diplomatic group as the Taliban’s offensive across the country threatens to topple the government in Kabul.The Department of Defense...

President Biden on Thursday called on Congress to act to lower the "outrageously" high price of prescription drugs as lawmakers prepare to press forward on the issue.The presidential backing comes ahead of what is sure to be an intense fight with...

Video platform Rumble, which has grown in popularity among conservatives as an alternative to YouTube, has reached agreements with eight "thought leaders" to provide content, including former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) and journalist Glenn...

Former President Trump and the House Oversight Committee are both appealing a judge's decision this week ordering his accounting firm to turn over some of his personal and corporate financial records to House Democrats, lawyers said in court filings...

President Biden on Thursday decried governors who have imposed bans on mask requirements in schools and said the "heroes" are the health care workers and local leaders who have pushed back on those edicts."I know there are a lot of people out...

Family members of the late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) joined progressive activists on Thursday at a rally outside the White House to call on President Biden to urge the Senate to nix the legislative filibuster.Led by the progressive advocacy group...

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) was heckled by a fringe Senate candidate at a GOP fundraiser in Illinois on Wednesday evening for firmly rejecting unfounded conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Trump.During the...

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Thursday that he will be representing a Black real estate agent and prospective home buyer who were handcuffed by Michigan police in an incident earlier this month that the two men have claimed was racially...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) office on Thursday condemned the “disgusting” attacks by some Republicans on Capitol Police, saying House GOP leaders need to intervene.“Enough is enough. These attacks are disgusting, wrong and a wholly...

Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) is joining the growing chorus calling for an amendment to language in the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill imposing new regulations on the cryptocurrency industry. Eshoo sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is fundraising by selling T-shirts emblazoned with the word "moron" to protest mask mandates while swiping at Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).In late July, Pelosi called McCarthy "such a...

The Texas state Senate on Thursday morning voted to advance a sweeping GOP-backed elections bill after a 15-hour filibuster by a Democratic senator who attempted to block the measure. The Texas Tribune reported that the GOP-controlled...

The White House COVID-19 response team and other public health officials are slated to hold a press briefing Thursday afternoon.The event is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. ET.Watch the live video above....

London's police commissioner said Thursday that her department is reviewing files on Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, who currently faces allegations of sexual assault in the U.S.Commissioner Cressida Dick said in an interview on British...

2020 was a historic year for women of color in politics. Vice President Kamala Harris became the first Black and South Asian American to occupy the office. Three Korean American women became the first to get elected to Congress. And Washington state...