Новости за 31.08.2020

A House committee will investigate the White House over contract negotiations related to the COVID-19 pandemic response after the federal government abruptly canceled a $646 million contract for ventilators on Monday....

Democrats are outpacing Republicans in new voter registrations in four key battleground states, according to figures from the Democratic data firm TargetSmart.Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania have...

Twitter flagged a short clip tweeted by the Trump campaign of a brief segment of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's speech Monday as "manipulated media." The campaign tweeted a 3-secon...

A federal judge on Monday said Georgia absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day must be counted, adding a new wrinkle to ongoing discussions about mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic.The decision from...

President Trump on Monday accused Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden of "blaming the police far more" than those behind recent violence in American cities, criticizing the former vice president after Bid...

President Trump on Monday accused Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden of “blaming the police far more” than those behind recent violence in American cities, criticizing the former vice president after Biden placed responsibility for fomenting...

There is a growing gap between what markets are expecting and a likely wave of defaults among struggling companies before summer 2021, according to an analysis by S&P Global published Monday.The report by Nick...

The Iowa Democratic Party and several affiliated groups have sued Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate (R) after he blocked county auditors from sending pre-filled absentee ballot request forms to voters.The party, al...

A Florida man known as "the Antifa hunter," who launched online harassment campaigns against those who disagreed with white supremacy, was sentenced on Monday to three years and five months in prison. ...

Trump administration officials for months privately warned several states they were becoming "red zones" of coronavirus spread while publicly downplaying the severity of the outbreak, according to documents released by House Democrats on Monday.The...

The COVID-19 pandemic’s economic and societal disruptions have highlighted an important truth: child care is essential to our return to work and our nation’s recovery.Parents heal our sick, stock our shelves, design our products, and run our...

President Trump is set to hold a news conference on Monday at the White House.The event is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. EDT.Watch the live video above.

"Last Week Tonight" host John Oliver promised during his Sunday show to give $55,000 to local charities if a Connecticut city follows through on its joking threat to name its sewage treatment plant after him.Danbury, Conn., Mayor Mark...

House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) on Monday announced her plans to subpoena Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for documents related to recent reforms to the U.S. Postal Service that have raised concerns nationwide...

Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon and three co-defendants are scheduled to stand trial in May over charges that they scammed hundreds of thousands of donors into contributing to a fundraising campaign purportedly to build a private...

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday blamed President Trump for escalating violence at protests in cities across the country, while condemning the destructive elements of the racial justice demon...

The House will likely need to pass a short-term, stopgap funding bill when it returns in mid-September to avert a government shutdown at the end of next month, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) wrote to colleagues on Monday.“By September 30th...

Republican Rep. Jim Banks (Ind.) has introduced legislation that would bar individuals from receiving federal unemployment assistance if they are convicted of a crime during a protest.The Support Peaceful Protest Act, which was introduced last...

Kanye West will appear on the Iowa presidential ballot this November after state election officials threw out two challenges to his application Monday.A news release from the Iowa secretary of state's office indicated that West, who announced his...

The late Herman Cain's Twitter account, now supervised by family and friends, tweeted Sunday that the coronavirus which killed Cain in July is "not as deadly as the mainstream media made it out to be." ...

President Trump does not want to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell protests in U.S. cities, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Monday, after he had previously floated the possibility amid persistent demo...

President Trump does not want to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell protests in U.S. cities, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Monday, after he had previously floated the possibility amid persistent demonstrations against...

A federal appeals court in Washington on Monday dismissed a Democratic-led House committee lawsuit for the testimony of former White House counsel Don McGahn, finding the lawmakers lack legal grounds to enforce their subp...

A federal appeals court in Washington on Monday dismissed a Democratic-led House committee lawsuit for the testimony of former White House counsel Don McGahn, finding the lawmakers lack legal grounds to enforce their subpoena in court.The 2-1 ruling...

Rwandan officials have arrested Paul Rusesabagina, whose protection of over 1,200 people during the country’s 1994 genocide were the basis of the film “Hotel Rwanda,” on terrorism charges.Officers announced charges against the 66-year-old Monday,...