Новости за 27.04.2021

A designated survivor will not be chosen for President Biden’s joint address to Congress on Wednesday, and several Cabinet members will not attend the speech in person amid the ongoing pandemic.Usually, presidents designate a high-ranking...

Arizona GOP Rep. Andy Biggs on Tuesday asked President Biden to revoke the security clearance of special envoy for climate John Kerry after allegations that Kerry revealed Israeli military secrets to Iran.The Biden...

President Biden has not made a decision yet on whether to support a waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents that backers say would help increase global access to vaccines, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday.Biden has been under pressure...

President Biden is tapping a Houston-area sheriff to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), again turning to local law enforcement beyond the Beltway to lead a major agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).Ed Gonzalez...

Organizers announced on Tuesday that Burning Man, the annual festival focused on art, community, self-reliance and self-expression held in the Black Rock Desert, would be canceled for the second year in a row due to the ongoing coronavirus...

President Biden will scale back his own use of masks when outdoors in accordance with updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday.Biden delivered remarks on the North...

A House Republican says he barricaded himself in a bathroom with a sword during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as a mob of former President Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol complex.Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) told The New York Times...

The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Janet McCabe as the No. 2 official at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).McCabe was confirmed in a 52-42 vote, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and Lisa Murkowski (...

A Tennessee-based CEO has lost his job after a viral video showed him ridiculing a teen for wearing a dress to his prom, ...

Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams on Tuesday tweeted a nearly six-minute video that continued her list of objections to Georgia's new controversial voting law after she was cut off by a GOP senator during a Senate Judi...

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) says he will wait for a recommendation from bipartisan commission before saying whether he supports expanding the Supreme Court to 13 seats.Schumer is staying neutral at the moment on court expansion,...

President Biden and other top White House officials will fan out across the country later this week and next week in an effort to educate and persuade the public about his two newest legislative proposals.Biden will begin traveling after...

President Biden said Tuesday that it is his “hope and expectation” to share coronavirus vaccine doses with India and other countries in need but did not lay out a timetable for when his administration would begin sharing doses.Biden noted that he...

Former North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley (D) launched her campaign for the Tarheel State's open Senate seat Tuesday.In an announcement video, Beasley touted her legal career, stretching from...

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) signaled on Tuesday that Republicans were unlikely to support a stand-alone bill for "dreamers"— immigrants brought into the country as children — without addressing a surge along the border. "Well...

President Biden on Tuesday tapped a trade policy expert and former union official to lead his administration's "Buy American" effort.Biden announced Celeste Drake will serve as the director of Made in America, a fi...

President Biden on Tuesday tapped a trade policy expert and former union official to lead his administration's "Buy American" effort.Biden announced Celeste Drake will serve as the director of Made in America, a first of its kind role...

The Biden administration announced Tuesday it's loosening COVID-19 travel restrictions on international students attempting to enter the U.S. for schooling, according to the ...

The FBI is launching an investigation into the shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr., which happened in North Carolina on April 21.“Agents will work closely with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina and the Civil Rights...

An Atlanta-area sheriff has been accused of violating the civil rights of multiple people whom his department arrested, ordering them to be strapped to a chair and left alone for several hours.

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla says that an oral drug for COVID-19 could be ready next year. "If all goes well, and we implement the same speed that we are, and if regulators...

A former Obama White House aide was arrested Tuesday and is accused of stealing more than $200,000 from a charter school network he founded.Seth Andrew, 42, who served as a senior adviser in the Obama administration, was charged with one count...

Former President Trump is railing against the Academy Awards, mocking the annual Hollywood gala's record-low TV ratings and slamming the ceremony as too "politically correct and boring."ABC's ratings for Sunday's 93rd annual Oscars, held amid the...

Supreme Court justices on Tuesday pressed lawyers on the meaning of the word “extension” in arguments that could have major implications on whether small oil refineries need to blend a certain amount of biofuels into their products.At issue in the...

A new COVID-19 vaccine by Novavax, a small U.S. drug company that has never before brought a product to market, is preparing to file a request for U.S. authorization to become a fourth vaccine to be used in the coun...