Новости за 17.12.2019

A Maryland judge on Tuesday dropped hate crimes charges against a white man charged with murder in the fatal stabbing a black university student in 2017, according to NBC4.In the Tuesday ruling, Prince George’s County Circuit Court Judge...

Rep. Jefferson Van Drew, the lifelong New Jersey Democrat leaving the party over President Trump's impeachment, on Tuesday refused to say which party he'll be a part of going forward.  “I have not made a decision that I'm willing to...

The secretive federal court that approved the surveillance of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page on Tuesday accused FBI agents of creating a misleading impression about their basis for requesting a warrant and orde...

A half dozen staffers of Democrat-turned-Republican Rep. Jefferson Van Drew (N.J.) have landed jobs at the Energy and Commerce Committee.Van Drew, a vocal opponent of impeachment, informed his staff that he plans to switch parties ...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is planning to begin negotiations this week with Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), according to GOP senators.A senior GOP senator told The Hill on Tuesday that McConnell said during a closed-...

Members of the Blue Dog Coalition voted on Tuesday to remove freshman Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-N.J.) from the centrist Democrat group, following news he plans to switch parties in coming days. Reports that Van Drew, a vocal opponent of impeachment...

The second-highest ranking House Democrat predicted Tuesday that the party will gain seats at the polls next year, despite the controversy swirling around impeachment and the long list of vulnerable Democrats facing tough races.Majority Leader Steny...

Former Vice President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign on Tuesday released records on his medical history, with a physician asserting he is fit to be president."Vice President Biden is a healthy, vigorous, 77-year-old mal...

Katelynn Hardee, a kindergartener, was confused this holiday season when she overheard a parent talking about how she was having a hard time paying for an after school program."She started asking me a lot of questions and I just tried to explain to...

President Trump on Tuesday said he would let Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) decide on whether to allow witnesses in a looming impeachment trial.“Yeah, he can decide. And we’ll also have to decide on when we’re taking the vote for the...

A producer at CBS News alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that she was "ostracized, isolated and penalized" after reporting inappropriate behavior by a veteran "60 Minutes" producer.Associate Producer Cassandra Vin...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says his colleagues should not expect him to handle President Trump's impeachment trial as an impartial juror."I'm not an impartial juror. This i...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says his colleagues should not expect him to handle President Trump’s impeachment trial as an impartial juror.“I’m not an impartial juror. This is a political process,” McConnell told reporters Tuesday...

Officials in Missouri have approved new plaques that will be affixed to statues of Andrew Jackson noting that the former president owned slaves and supported removing Native Americans from their home territories.Members of the legislature in...

President Trump on Tuesday said he takes "zero" responsibility for the fact that he is likely to be impeached by the Democratic-led House."No, I don’t take any. Zero, to put it mildly," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office during a meeting...

President Trump on Tuesday said he takes "zero" responsibility for the fact that he is likely to be impeached by the Democratic-led House."No, I don't take any. Zero, to put it mildly," Trump told reporters in the...

Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) said Tuesday that he plans to focus on flipping the Texas state House to Democratic control in 2020.

President Trump sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday urging her to halt impeachment proceedings one day before the House is set to vote to impeach him, accusing Democrats of an "unprecedented and un...

Almost everything has changed about the internet in the past 20 years. We’ve gone from kilobytes to gigabytes, from desktop to mobile, and from bulletin boards to streaming and social media. If you tried to sell an app today announcing every time a...

Former Vice President Joe Biden will be the lone candidate at the center of the stage during Thursday's Democratic presidential debate.PBS NewsHour and Politico, the two news outlets sponsoring the event, announced...

President Trump in a six-page letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday ...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) will announce this week whether she will run for reelection next year.“This week, yes,” she confirmed in an interview with Politico Tuesday. “This will be the end of fall, which is what I said.” Collins, a centrist...

Starbucks clarified Tuesday that Twitter user “MuellerDad69,” who tweeted that he managed a location and fired subordinates for saying “Merry Christmas,” was not in fact affiliated with them shortly after Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) appeared to fall...

The House on Tuesday approved $1.4 trillion in spending in a pair of bills funding the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year.The House overwhelmingly passed the pair of bills, with the first passing on...

President Trump is expected to attend the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January, according to multiple reports.Bloomberg News and Reuters both reported that Trump plans to attend next month's gathering of business and...