Новости за 10.03.2021

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday lambasted increased security around the Capitol, calling it "overdone" and an overreaction."I think we've overdone it. ... There have been no serious threats against the Capitol. I think we're...

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Tuesday, along with seve...

Michael Cohen, former President Trump's ex-lawyer, met with the Manhattan district attorney's office on Wednesday for the seventh time as part of a criminal investigation into the former president's finances.The me...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) on Wednesday called for ethics investigations into GOP Reps. Lauren Boebert (Colo.), Paul Gosar (Ariz.) and Mo Brooks (Ala.) over what she described as their involvement in “instigating and aiding” the Jan. 6 riot...

Fox News has set a date for the debut of Greg Gutfeld's new late-night show and officially given it a new name.The new show will be called "Gutfeld!" and will begin airing on the cable outlet on April 5 at 11 p.m....

The Texas Rangers plan to allow 100 percent attendance for their April 5 home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays, the team announced on Wednesday.The Rangers became the first major professional team to declare plans to permit 100 percent...

The Biden administration is rushing to contain the situation at the border as a surge of migrant children threatens to become a humanitarian crisis with no easy solutions in sight.Thousands of migrants have crossed the border in President Biden’s...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) moved on Wednesday to end a five-year waiting period that convicted felons previously faced after their release before regaining their voting rights....

Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, which the House passed on Wednesday, is being cheered by some industries while others say they're being left empty-handed.The legislation, which largely helps American families...

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Merrick Garland to be President Biden's attorney general, a U-turn from a 2016 stalemate that kept him stuck in Senate limbo.Senators voted 70-30 on Garland's nomination to lead th...

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) warned her constituents Wednesday that a decision to not wear a mask despite the rescission of a statewide mandate could cost them their lives. "Do not have a 'remove mask' party tonight, because you...

Not a single Republican in the House or Senate voted for the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package now awaiting President Biden's signature, marking the first measure to address the pandemic that made its way through Congress entirely along party...

Beyoncé sent a message of support to Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, this week following her tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey in which she detailed the harassment from tabloids she experienced as well as her mental health struggles as a working...

Progressive activist groups are suing the facial recognition company Clearview AI in California over allegations that it obtained photos for its database in violation of the state's laws. Mijente, NorCal Resist and local activists filed...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for the second year in a row is backing a bill that would give him control over various agency and state personnel rules, shifting it from the state Cabinet.The bill, which was filed earlier this month by state Rep....

The House on Wednesday approved President Biden's sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package in a starkly partisan 220-211 vote, sending the legislation to the White House and clinching Democrats' first big legislativ...

President Biden plans to sign the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill at the White House on Friday, press secretary Jen Psaki announced Wednesday as the House was on the verge of passing the mammoth relief package.“I can...

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) are trading shots over the 2009 stimulus bill — the latest example of bad blood between the two. Collins knocked Schumer on Wednesday, after the...

A key House committee voted Wednesday to consider a challenge from the Democratic candidate in a contested race for a House seat in Iowa. The House Administration Committee voted by a 6-3 margin to table Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’s (R-Iowa...

Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) fired back this week at an oil company executive during an argument about tax breaks for the industry.“Please don’t patronize me by telling me that the oil and gas industry doesn’t have any special tax provisions....

The former attorney general of Alabama on Tuesday joined a chorus of former prosecutors and judges in urging that a death row inmate’s murder conviction be set aside in light of facts “that point to the outright innocence of the defendant.”Bill...

An elderly Asian American man was reportedly robbed and shoved to the ground in Oakland, Calif., in what residents are saying is the latest example of violence and discrimination against the community amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Oakland police...

Piers Morgan maintained his opinion about Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, on CBS News. “On Monday, I said I didn’t believe Meghan Markle in her Oprah interview. I’ve had time to reflect on this opinion, and I still don’...

Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) on Wednesday blasted Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) for saying on the House floor that Black Lives Matter “doesn't like the old-fashioned family” and called for his remarks to be stricken from the record....

Arrests made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fell by more than 60 percent in February following President Biden’s orders to rein in the agency.The number of immigrants taken into custody by ICE as well as the number of deportations fell...