Новости за 29.03.2022

Ginni Thomas's text messages to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol have sparked questions over the extent of her activism within the GOP.It's also lef...

Rachel Levine, the first openly trans person to hold an office that requires Senate confirmation, says she doesn't want her gender identity to define her."Hopefully, eventually, I won’t have to be known as the transgender United States assistant...

Senate Democrats who are part of the chamber's Climate Change Task Force are calling for a multistep strategy to achieve energy independence by transitioning to renewable energy over the next 500 days.At a meeting of the task force Tuesday, Sen...

President Biden on Tuesday signed legislation to make lynching a federal hate crime, delivering a long-awaited win for civil rights advocates."Hundreds of similar bills have failed to pass. Over the years, several...

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) said Tuesday that she has an "agreement in principle" with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on legislation aimed at lowering the cost of insulin. ...

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) said Tuesday that she has an “agreement in principle” with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on legislation aimed at lowering the cost of insulin.  Shaheen and Collins have been in bipartisan talks on the issue, and...

Lawmakers on Tuesday paid tribute to the late Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), the longest-serving House Republican in history, as he became one of only a handful of members of Congress to receive the honor of lying in state in the Capitol.  After...

President Biden's White House will not assert executive privilege over any aspects of testimony from former President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to the congressional committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, a spokesp...

President Biden's White House will not assert executive privilege over any aspects of testimony from former President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to the congressional committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, a spokesperson told reporters on...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday sidestepped a question about reports that he declined a call from then-President Trump on Jan. 6, 2021, emphasizing that the last time he spoke to the former...

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday said Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself, the latest Democrat to call for the justice to step aside amid controversy over text messages his wife sent to then-White...

Jan. 6 House committee member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said he is "very curious" about why there is reportedly a gap in former President Trump’s White House phone records as rioters were attacking the Capitol more than a year...

When President Biden ad-libbed a line about how Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power,” he was echoing a popular global sentiment, albeit one with enormous gravity. The unscripted remark on its own suggested a dramatic shift...

Comedic actor Jim Carrey isn't laughing at the viral moment when Will Smith struck Chris Rock at Sunday's Academy Awards, saying on Monday that Smith should have been arrested for doing so.In a "CBS Mornings" interview with Gayle King, the...

States must ensure that federal funds allocated toward improving drinking water end up in communities with concrete needs for such upgrades, providing equal consideration for both urban and rural populations, lawmakers agreed on Tuesday.At a...

Most of America is taking Chris Rock’s side after the comedian was slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars, but several states in the middle of the country have the “Men in Black” star’s back.A map released Tuesday by the sports gambling company...

President Biden on Tuesday paid his respects to longtime Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), who died earlier this month.Biden arrived inside Statuary Hall at the Capitol after speaking to people who appeared to be Young's family just outside the space. Once...

A Maryland man who struck an officer with a Confederate flag at the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot has pleaded guilty, according to the Department of Justice.In a Tuesday release, the Justice Department said David Blair, 27, entered a guilty plea...

New Jersey Republican congressional candidate Ian Smith was arrested on Sunday on charges of driving under the influence. Smith, who owns a gym that defied the state's COVID-19 public safety rule...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has called for a special session next month to redraw district lines after vetoing a congressional map approved by the GOP-controlled state legislature. ...

Orlando's ICON Park is pushing to suspend two rides operated by the SlingShot Group after a 14-year-old boy died when he fell off one of the company's attractions at the Florida park....

President Biden on Tuesday afternoon is slated to sign H.R. 55, the "Emmett Till Antilynching Act," into law.The event is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET.Watch the live video above.

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Authorities said a bomb threat was made at Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC), where first lady Dr. Jill Biden is a professor. ...

Three oil company CEOs have refused a request by the House Natural Resources Committee to testify on disparities between oil and gas prices, Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said Tuesday morning.Grijalva said in a statement that executives from...