Новости за 13.08.2020

Black women who wear their hair naturally are less likely to secure job interviews than either Black women with straightened hair or white women, according to research from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.The study, set to be published in...

An Arizona man was seen being carried out of a store apparently by his son as he went on a rant against mask-wearing in footage that has racked up millions of views on social media.The footage, which was posted to...

The U.K. held its first concert with social-distancing measures in place Tuesday, separating attendees in groups of five.The Sam Fender concert drew about 2,500 fans in Gosforth Park, Newcastle, the first of its kind since the beginning of...

A rural Georgia town voted Wednesday to remove the Market House pavilion that was once used to sell slaves. Louisville City Administrator Richard Sapp said the city council voted 4-1 during a Tue...

Former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday marked the third anniversary of the deadly white supremacist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va., calling it part of a battle "for the soul of our nation.""T...

Candidates on presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's list of potential running mates were reportedly asked what they thought President Trump would nickname them if they were given the gig.

Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) said Wednesday she will keep her "options open" regarding a potential appointment to a Senate seat if Democrats defeat President Trump in November and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) becomes...

Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) said Wednesday she will keep her “options open” regarding a potential appointment to a Senate seat if Democrats defeat President Trump in November and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) becomes vice president. Presumptive...

House Republicans are raising concerns that a controversial candidate’s primary win in Georgia could hurt the party in other races, with some saying GOP leaders should have done more to defeat Marjorie Taylor Greene.Greene handily won a runoff...

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday asked the Treasury Department to answer “significant questions” raised by President Trump’s executive order allowing a deferral of payroll taxes.In a Wednesday letter to Treasury Secretary Steven...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-N.Y.) second-grade teacher offered the New York congresswoman words of encouragement ahead of her speech at the virtual Democratic National Convention next week.Ocasio-Cortez, rea...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) second-grade teacher offered the New York congresswoman words of encouragement ahead of her speech at the virtual Democratic National Convention next week.Ocasio-Cortez, reacting to reports that she would be...

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Administration is going out of its way to avoid buying American when it purchases its next round of Metro railcars.Procurement may not be the first thing that springs to mind when thinking about the...

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke by phone Wednesday, but appeared to make no progress toward breaking the impasse on a fifth coronavirus relief package.The call — initiated by Mnuchin, according...

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) appeared for the first time as running mates at an event in Delaware on Wednesday, where they vowed to defeat President Trump, lead t...

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) leads primary challenger Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.) by double digits, according to a UMass/Amherst poll released Wednesday.Markey leads Kennedy among Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters 51 percent to 36 percent in...

A campaign spokesperson for President Trump took aim at a GOP congressman on Wednesday after the lawmaker dismissed the QAnon conspiracy theory in a Twitter post.Matt Wolking, deputy communications director for Tru...

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Wednesday his campaign set a single-day record for fundraising after he announced Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate. "I ...

A Ronald McDonald House in Chicago was damaged amid looting in the city early Monday morning, according to multiple reports. The facility, located in the city’s Streeterville neighborhood near the Lurie Children’s Hospital, provides resources...

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday shot back after President Trump complained that Biden's running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), was "nasty" to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday shot back after President Trump complained that Biden's running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), was "nasty" to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh."Donald Trump has...

President Trump and his campaign team are grasping for the most effective strategy to target Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), hitting the presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee with a number of scattered and sometimes contradictory...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Wednesday said he has already received a number of pitches from people who are seeking to fill Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris's Senate seat if she and Joe Biden win...