Новости за 24.05.2021

Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee accused the Biden administration on Monday of allowing the Federal Reserve system, which regulates the nation's money supply, to pursue a "highly politicized social agenda" as the threat of inflation looms.

Former President Donald Trump says his supporters will be "very happy" with his decision on a 2024 bid for the White House.

Police reforms remain a key concern among elected leaders in the Washington area, 12 months after the death of George Floyd, who died in the custody of Minnesota police last year on May 25. 

Scott Brooks said he wants the Wizards to be tough. 

But as Washington prepares for Wednesday’s Game 2 against the Philadelphia 76ers, toughness doesn’t just mean imposing a physical presence.  The Wizards were hands on in Sunday’s 125-118 loss — but overly so. They fouled Philadelphia 24 times, resulting in ...

Finally, a true armed insurrection inside the U.S. Capitol.

An unnamed armed insurgent operating inside the Capitol last week penned a letter on official U.S. Capitol Police letterhead demanding that elected members of Congress vote for a partisan “investigation” into the January 6 riot.

“It is inconceivable that some of ...

The White House is now dismissing President Trump’s Abraham Accords between Arab states and Israel — after candidate Joseph R. Biden in 2020 effusively praised the deals and took credit for laying the diplomatic groundwork.

Former President Barack Obama, addressing what was probably one of the smallest online audiences of his career, urged Hispanics and Blacks to set aside justifiable concerns about their immigration status and historic exploitation in medical experiments to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers wasn’t present for the first day of organized team activities Monday, according to a person familiar with the situation.

The Department of Veterans Affairs was born of war.

In the most biblically righteous inaugural address ever delivered by an American president, an exhausted Abraham Lincoln called upon his countrymen to care for those who had taken up arms in defense of the nation — risking their all in battles ...

Conservative activist group Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit Monday demanding police and medical examiner investigations into the death of Ashli Babbitt, who was fatally shot by a U.S. Capitol Police officer during the Jan. 6 riot.

When Sean Doolittle clutched his side and motioned to the dugout that September night in 2020, the left-handed reliever didn’t realize it would be his final moment on the Nationals Park mound as a member of the home team.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem catapulted onto the list of conservative politicians favored by former President Donald Trump with her libertarian approach to the pandemic. With the virus waning, she may be seeking to stay there by picking some legal fights sure to please the right.

The Biden administration is leveraging rosy projections and a bit of budget trickery to make the math work on the president’s $4 trillion-plus economic agenda, which is getting bogged down on Capitol Hill as lawmakers eye the typically sleepy summer months.

MADISON, Wis. — Municipal clerks have referred nearly 30 people to prosecutors for voting illegally in the presidential election out of 3.3 million votes cast, according to data from the Wisconsin Elections Commission, undermining former President Donald Trump's claims that rampant voter fraud cost him the state.

I wonder what that meeting was like back in June of 2018 between Ted Leonsis and his men of intelligence, empathy and compassion.

Property owners across the country, including struggling mom-and-pop operators, are asking the nation's courts why landlords are expected to take a financial hit while nonpaying tenants are protected by ongoing eviction moratoriums.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez revealed in a new interview that she's attending therapy to help herself cope with the "extraordinarily traumatizing" events that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration on Monday rescinded a rule that limits restaurant tables to no more than six people, a day after she apologized for violating the COVID-19 regulation while gathering with friends at an East Lansing bar.

The Supreme Court has grappled in recent years with laws barring public funds from going to religious schools, but an upcoming case could give the court’s conservative majority a new opportunity to tackle animus toward Catholics and private schools.

Space Force Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier, who was sacked from his command following a book he wrote and comments he made about a growing influence of what he called “neo-Marxist-based” race and diversity programs in the military, has a powerful new ally on Capitol Hill: the senior Republican on the ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed legislation to impose financial burdens on tech platforms such as Twitter and Facebook that ban candidates for statewide office. Critics of the Florida legislation say the bill is unconstitutional and will not survive legal challenges.

Should all able-bodied adults take whatever jobs are available? At the moment, there are more job openings than there are people willing to take them. Many of these jobs do not require specialized training and could be filled by unemployed people — yet they go begging.

In outlining the goal for winning the Persian Gulf War against Saddam Hussein for invading and occupying Kuwait in 1991, Gen. Colin Powell, then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, “Our strategy to go after this army is very, very simple. First, we’re going to cut it ...

We need to have a serious analysis of this issue of race in America. This is because the progressive socialist left is using the tactics of Marxism to divide us not by economic class, but, rather, racial composition. Is it any wonder that this faux organization with the trendy title ...

In late April, the Supreme Court announced it would hear New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Corlett during its next term, which begins in October. With a ruling due by June 2022, it will be the court’s first major Second Amendment decision since 2010 and perhaps its most ...