Новости за 24.06.2021

Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin said he will take aim at Virginia’s growing human-trafficking problem with a plan to increase prosecutions and penalties as well as hold tech companies accountable for activity on their platforms.

Paolo Espino could look around the Washington Nationals’ bullpen and do the math. Manager Dave Martinez had already used six relief arms in Wednesday’s slugfest, and with Brad Hand unavailable, the Nationals didn’t have another option for the bottom of the ninth against the Philadelphia Phillies — apart from Espino.

Congressional Democrats and Republicans who’ve been trying to strike a bipartisan deal on overhauling policing in the nation said Thursday they have agreed to the framework of an agreement. 

Rep. Anthony Gonzalez is a political lemon.

That’s the assessment of Max Miller, the Republican who launched a primary challenge against Mr. Gonzalez after former President Trump called for the scalps of GOP lawmakers that supported impeachment following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Mr. Miller says voters in ...

The Cajun wings at the Penn Hotel Sports & Raw Bar had always been a big favorite on Yelp. Now, it seems, all anyone wants to talk about is politics.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ripped the bipartisan group of senators who reached an infrastructure deal Wednesday, saying their lack of diversity "perfectly" conveys the need for more "inclusive" lawmaking.

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — The University of Rhode Island decided not to revoke an honorary degree bestowed upon Michael Flynn, an alumnus who briefly served as President Donald Trump's national security adviser and who has remained an ardent supporter of the former president since his election loss.

A transgender hurdler has been ruled out of the U.S. Olympic trials after failing to meet the testosterone standard set by World Athletics, the international governing body for track and field.

The Army said Thursday it will not reprimand a decorated chaplain for comments he posted on Facebook questioning Biden administration proposals to change the military’s policy on transgender troops.

According to reports this week, more than 150 workers either resigned or got fired from the Houston Methodist hospital system after refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. This is not the only health care organization facing this issue. Many hospitals and healthcare facilities across the country are requiring their employees ...

Earlier this month, a disturbing incident of over-policing on the boardwalk of Ocean City, Maryland was caught on video. Police tasered a Black teenager and arrested at least two others for vaping in violation of a city public smoking ban. Regardless of what one thinks of the law’s merit, the ...

It is becoming painfully obvious that many of the loudest voices who whine about “disinformation” in the public square are often among the worst abusers themselves.

In December 2015, doctors discovered a lime-sized tumor in the right frontal lobe of my brain. A few weeks later, pathology confirmed the worst. I was diagnosed with a grade 4 glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive cancer, with only a 5.5% chance of survival after five years, according to ...

Negotiations are said to be going well in Vienna to get the U.S. to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran (the JCPOA) and convince Iran to reverse steps it took to back out of the agreement in response to former President Trump’s 2018 withdrawal. They could result in an ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Promises to build a wall. Descriptions of American homes “invaded” by immigrants and a trail of “carnage." Plans to arrest border crossers and haul them to jail.

America would be better if fathers played a larger and more positive role in the lives of their children — and government less of a role. I posted this statement on Father’s Day and got a remarkable amount of reaction. 

By the time the umpires approached Max Scherzer for the third time within the first four inning Tuesday night, the Washington Nationals starter was visibly frustrated. He dropped his hat and glove to the ground, then began to unbuckle his belt.

NEW YORK (AP) – A judge on Thursday postponed until July 9 the sentencing of Michael Avenatti for the once high-profile lawyer's conviction in an extortion case involving sportswear giant Nike.

With the Tokyo Olympics less than a month away, Japan’s Emperor Naruhito is uneasy about the games continuing with the possibility of COVID-19 infections rising. 

British folk-rocker Winston Marshall announced Thursday he's leaving Mumford & Sons after his praise of conservative journalist Andy Ngo sparked a left-wing backlash more than three months ago.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Mike Pompeo, former secretary of state under President Donald Trump, sat on stage at the National Religious Broadcasters conference outside Dallas and openly declared that without God, without faith, without his Christian upbringing and continued adherence to biblical teachings — his high-ranking West Point, congressional, CIA, White ...

President Biden says the prospect of patriots taking on a future tyrannical government in the U.S. would be grim unless they procured "F-15s and nuclear weapons."

Americans could soon see coronavirus-sniffing dogs at airports and other venues as the U.S. eases pandemic restrictions and enters a “new normal.”

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse apologized Wednesday for "failing to address" the lack of diversity in a sailing club to which he belongs after he came under fire earlier this week for his family's membership in another exclusive beach club.

Flanked by our military’s wokest ranks, President Biden gave a rundown of his G7 schedule upon arriving in Europe last week, climaxing with, “Then to meet with [President] Putin, to let him know what I want him to know.” The uniformed crowd erupted in cheers.