Новости за 04.06.2020

Attorney General William Barr on Thursday said there was "no correlation" between law enforcement aggressively dispersing protesters from Lafayette Square near the White House and President Trump's walk to nearby St. John...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) made his pitch for the Republican National Convention to host its quadrennial confab in the Sunshine State this summer, saying it would be a "mistake" to scrap the physical staging of the eve...

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) on Thursday criticized the placement of additional barriers outside the White House amid ongoing protests in the city against police brutality and racial inequality."Keep in mind that that’s the people’...

Peter Carroll, head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, on his podcast earlier this week praised former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who remains a free agent, for his kneeling protests, and said the public owes “a...

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday afternoon that would waive requirements under a bedrock environmental law. The new order would expedite the permitting of construction projects despite environmental rules, and will...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a leading progressive in the Senate, said that police departments that are found to have violated a person’s civil rights should lose their federal funding. “Every police department violating people's civil rights...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is taking questions from reporters Thursday morning.The briefing comes as tensions between Pelosi and President Trump have boiled over amid rising tensions between protesters a...

One of three men arrested in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery said that another of the defendants used a racial slur after fatally shooting Arbery, an investigator with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) testified Thursday.Richard Dial, the GBI...

House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) on Thursday announced an ambitious schedule to mark up and pass all twelve 2021 spending bills over a four-week period in July.The 12 subcommittees and full committee will mark up the bills in the...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Thursday praised former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’s scathing rebuke of President Trump as “true and honest and necessary” and admitted she is “struggling” with whether to vote for the president.“I thought...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Thursday praised former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis's scathing rebuke of President Trump as "true and honest and necessary" and admitted she is "struggling" with whether to vo...

A top House Democrat on Thursday marked the 31st anniversary of China’s deadly crackdown on peaceful protesters in Tiananmen Square by condemning President Trump’s response to mass demonstrations across the U.S. against racial injustice and police...

Wendy’s has pledged to donate $500,000 toward supporting “social justice, the youth and education in the Black community” after it recently drew criticism on social media following reports that the CEO of one of its franchisees donated thousands of...

Lucasfilm, the production company behind the “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” franchises, Jordan Peele and other creators said they stand with John Boyega after the actor delivered an impassioned speech during a Black Lives Matter protest in London...

Several Democratic senators knelt during a moment of silence for George Floyd during their caucus meeting on Thursday.Sens. Michael Bennet (Colo.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Martin Heinrich (N.M.), Tim Kai...

Members of the National Guard in Hollywood knelt with protesters against police brutality for several minutes Tuesday, prompting applause from onlookers and participants.The troops were among hundreds deployed to S...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is postponing a vote on authorizing subpoenas for more than 50 individuals as Republicans ramp up their investigation into the Russia probe.Graham said he...

The Department of the Interior is under increasing pressure to explain the involvement of its Park Police (USPP) in clearing protestors from an area near the White House who were demonstrating in the wake of George Floyd's death.Rep. Betty McCollum...

A memorial service for George Floyd is set for Thursday afternoon in Minneapolis to honor the unarmed black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes during an arrest.T...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday threw his support behind Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Attorney General Bill Barr, who have come under criticism for their actions related to days of protests in Washington, D.C.McConnell...

Attorney General William Barr is set to hold a press conference Thursday afternoon.He will be joined by FBI Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Marshals Director Donald Washington, Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Mi...

Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell is criticizing a tweet from Hillary Clinton's former national press secretary that calls for police departments to be defunded across the country.The...

Congress's leading champion of civil rights warned President Trump on Thursday that the use of military force to quash protests demanding racial justice would be both misguided and futile.Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a...

Congress's leading champion of civil rights warned President Trump on Thursday that the use of military force to quash protests demanding racial justice would be both misguided and futile.Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), an early and enduring advocate for...

Additional fencing and barriers were installed near the White House on Thursday as security around the complex increases amid ongoing protests in Washington, D.C., following the death of George Floyd.Officials have erected tall&...