Новости за 07.08.2020

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced Friday that schools can reopen this fall, citing low infection rates that he said will allow students and teachers to return to classrooms safely."It is just great news," Cu...

The House Ethics Committee is directing Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) to reimburse her campaign $10,800 after concluding she improperly received salary payments in late 2018 when she was no longer a candidate.Tlaib must refund her campaign within a...

The administration and top congressional Democrats will meet on Friday afternoon as hopes of a deal on a fifth coronavirus package are on the verge of collapsing.Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin confirmed that he will be meeting with House Speaker...

Former national security adviser Brent Scowcroft died Thursday of natural causes, the Scowcroft Group announced Friday. The former Air Force general was 95 years old.Sc...

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Friday that a draft executive order suspending the payroll tax was nearly completed and that he thinks President Trump will sign it."I believe he will," Kudlow said du...

Attorney General William Barr surprised a group of pro-police demonstrators Thursday, pulling over to thank the group in person.“That time you’re driving in Virginia and the Attorney General spots a group of people in front of a police precinct...

The Trump administration on Friday targeted 11 individuals with sanctions over Beijing's crackdown on Hong Kong, including Carrie Lam, the chief executive of the autonomous territory.The sanctions targeting Lam and several other Hong Kong and...

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the House's subpoena of former White House counsel Don McGahn, ruling that Congress has the right to enforce its subpoenas in court.The 7-2 decision from the full D.C. Circu...

Tennessee officials say that a record number of voters submitted absentee ballots for the state's primary elections on Thursday.Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett's (R) office ...

The University of Louisville dismissed three members of the men’s soccer team and suspended three others related to a party off-campus on Saturday that led to nearly 30 cases of coronavirus within the school’s athletic department.The student...

His time as head of the nation must be over.

An Alabama state representative who came under fire last week for honoring Nathan Bedford F...

A Republican official in Leelanau County, Mich., is rejecting calls for his resignation after he used the n-word at a public meeting and is also refusing to stop using the racist language.Leelanau County Road...

Health officials in Georgia confirmed this week that a 7-year-old boy has died from the coronavirus, the youngest fatality from the pandemic in the state so far.The child lived in Chatham County on Georgia’s coast. Health officials said Thursday...

The U.S. gained 1.8 million jobs in July as rising coronavirus cases across much of the country hindered the economic rebound from the first wave of the pandemic, the Labor Department reported Friday.The unemployme...

More than 1.7 million American citizens, including an estimated 43,000 in Arizona; 35,000 in Colorado; 249,000 in Texas; and 88,000 in Florida, were prohibited from receiving their $1,200 stimulus check this spring. Why? Solely because of whom they...

Several Black Lives Matter protesters in Utah could face up to life in prison if they're convicted for splashing red paint and smashing windows at the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office during demonstr...

A massive power outage was reported in the upper side of Manhattan early Friday, disrupting commutes and cell service.Con Edison said in a statement Friday that they are "investigating a problem ...

Although nearly nine in ten Americans in a new poll said that they “always” or “usually” wear a mask or face covering in indoor settings, just 47 percent said that they do the same in outdoor settings where they are unable to social distance.The...

A New York State Supreme Court justice on Thursday denied a motion by President Trump asserting absolute immunity in a defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll. The ruling allows the case to go forward without waiting for a decision...

Thirty-five percent of Americans say that they would not get a free, FDA-approved vaccine for COVID-19 according to a new Gallup poll.The poll, released Friday, found that 65 percent of survey respondents said that they would get such a vaccine if...

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White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who as a conservative lawmaker in the House lambasted congressional dealmakers from the outside, is now the guy in the room where it happens that Republicans are depending on to craft a coronavirus relief...

A former industry client of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt was able to secure significant relief from a government agency at a time when oil prices hit historic lows during the coronavirus pandemic.Since April 1, the federal government has...

A group of Democrats is pushing to include provisions in a coronavirus relief package that would force President Trump to hit the gas on the Defense Production Act (DPA) and ramp up production of key medical supplies.The measure from Sens. Chris...