Новости за 04.12.2018

Thanks to determined, effective resistance by the American people, opponents of Social Security have failed so far to cut our earned benefits. But those opponents have succeeded in forcing neighborhood field offices to close, making those earned...

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that CIA Director Gina Haspel should meet with the full Senate after holding a closed-door briefing with roughly 10 senators earlier that day.“While I will not discuss the content of the...

More than 400 former officials and attorneys of the Department of Justice (DOJ) have signed a letter opposing acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and calling for him to be replaced, saying that they are "disturbed" by his appointment.The...

Activists put up a "Khashoggi Way" sign on the street outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to honor slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.The activists put up the sign after the D.C. Council s...

A 9-year-old resident of Severance, Colorado, convinced the town's leaders to overturn an almost 100-year-old ban on snowball fights."I think it's an outdated law," Dane Best said before a town board meeting Monday...

The Trump administration on Tuesday released a report that recommends the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) enact reforms that could raise shipping rates for certain packages, a move that could inflame tensions with Amazon and o...

A second woman has come forward claiming that a Bladen County, N.C., electioneer paid her to collect absentee ballots for last month's midterm elections.Cheryl Kinlaw ...

Sen.-elect Rick Scott (R-Fla.) won't leave the Florida governor's mansion early and will instead be sworn in as a senator when his term expires in early January, a spokesman for the governor said Tuesday.John Tupps...

A coalition of women's law groups at top U.S. universities on Monday announced they will refuse money from law firms that ban sexual harassment suits. The women's law associations, hailing from high-ranked law schools including...

A new group called Organizing for Bernie launched this week to draft Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to run for president.The group's goal is to build an organizational structure for Sanders so that he can begin campaigning immediately if he...

Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), the first quadriplegic member of Congress, praised former President George H.W. Bush on Tuesday for signing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law and creating additional opportunities for ...

Former Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.) on Tuesday was helped out of his wheelchair so that he could stand in front of the casket of former President George H.W. Bush.Dole, 95, paid his respects by saluting the 41st president, who will lie in state in the U.S...

Stock markets dropped dramatically Tuesday over concerns of a slowing economy and trade concerns, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sinking as low as 800 points (3 percent), it's largest plunge since October.Th...

Conservative author Michelle Malkin announced Monday she was leaving CRTV after the organization merged with Glenn Beck's The Blaze."I am so proud of the investigative journalism I did for CRTV," Malkin said to her...

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) is firing back at the incoming chairman of the House GOP's campaign arm, after he dismissed her calls to get involved in primary races to help more Republican women get elected to Congress....

Top executives from three major German automakers are meeting with President Trump on Tuesday at the White House amid the president's threats to impose new tariffs on European cars.White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Volkswagen...

"The View" moderator Whoopi Goldberg said she avoided using the term "smoking gun" on air out of respect for one of the show's guests that day, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), who was shot during a congressional softball prac...

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the newly elected...

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the newly elected Democratic caucus chairman, on Tuesday said it "appears increasingly likely" that Republican operatives in North Carolina stole a House seat through election fraud."Crickets from the...

Key Republican senators emerged from a briefing with CIA Director Gina Haspel blaming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the death of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi and promising further action."Ther...

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is ordering a "citywide" effort to vacate and expunge low-level marijuana convictions from residents' criminal records. “For too long, the lives of low-income residents and those living in our communities of...

Xavier Jennings lost his dad at age six. While his mother struggled to raise five kids on her own working low-wage jobs, Xavier looked for ways to belong. Faced with few options, he decided to join a gang and began dealing drugs at age 13. He...

Sen. John Kennedy (R-) likened Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to el Chapo, a suspected Mexican drug lord and former cartel leader who was known for his brutality, on Tuesday."With the exception of Israel, a...

Sen. John Kennedy (R-) likened Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to el Chapo, a suspected Mexican drug lord and former cartel leader who was known for his brutality, on Tuesday."With the exception of Israel, all of the leaders in the...

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) is considering a 2020 presidential bid, three people close to him confirmed to Co...