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The parent company of Allegiant Air faced calls for an inquiry into its safety record and a sharp drop in its stock price after a report by CBS News' 60 Minutes alleged the US budget airline suffers a high number of mechanical problems. The 60 Minutes segment, which aired Sunday, found more than 100 "serious mechanical incidents" on the ultra-low-cost carrier between January 2016 and October 2017.
In his first televised interview since being fired by the U.S. President Donald Trump, the former FBI director James Comey spoke on wide-ranging topics. In an interview with George Stephanopoulos broadcast on ABC, Comey declared that he believed Donald Trump was "morally unfit to be president."
The top Senate Democrat is using marijuana's informal holiday to announce a change of heart about the drug, another sign of the growing political acceptance of pot. New York Sen. Chuck Schumer said Friday he'll introduce a bill taking marijuana off the federal list of controlled substances - in effect decriminalizing its use.
After waiting for months to get enough votes to win confirmation, Senate Republicans have decided to press ahead this week with the nomination of Rep. Jim Bridenstine to lead NASA, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took the first procedural step on Monday evening to force a final vote on President Trump's pick to lead the space agency by late in the week. "Congressman Bridenstine was encouraged to see a cloture petition filed in regard to his nomination as NASA Administrator," said his spokeswoman Sharyl Kaufman, referring to a Senate effort to end debate, and spur a vote on Bridenstine, who was nominated in September.
FILE PHOTO: Sen. John McCain speaks at a press conference in Washington, U.S., October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/File Phot WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John McCain underwent surgery in an Arizona hospital on Sunday to treat an intestinal infection and was in stable condition on Monday, his office said in a statement.
U.S. senators announced long-awaited legislation on Monday to provide congressional authorization for campaigns against militant groups in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere, as lawmakers push to take back authority over the military from the White House. A group led by Senators Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Tim Kaine, a committee Democrat, proposed an Authorization for the Use of Military Force that would authorize "all necessary and appropriate force" against al-Qaida, the Taliban, Islamic State and associated forces.
What do President Trump and Senate Democrats have in common? The surprising answer is: A willingness to break up businesses simply because they are large, and to change American antitrust law, if necessary, to do it. Two recent examples show this disposition of the Trump administration.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Arizona Sen. John McCain underwent surgery during the weekend to "treat an intestinal infection related to diverticulitis," his office said on Monday.
Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 on corruption charges [JURIST report], including one count of attempting to sell the US Senate seat vacated by then-president Barack Obama. This is the second time Blagojevich has petitioned the Supreme Court to take his case.
"The movement and struggle to win rights for corporations," says UCLA Law School Professor Adam Winkler, is "one of the least well-known yet most successful civil rights movements in American history." An important chapter in that history came in 2010, when the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to keep corporations from spending money on political ads right before an election.
The New York Times and The New Yorker won the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for breaking the Harvey Weinstein scandal with reporting that galvanized the #MeToo movement and set off a national reckoning over sexual misconduct in the workplace. The Times and The Washington Post took the national reporting award for their coverage of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential race and contacts between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russian officials.
If the President dies, resigns or is removed from office, the vice president takes over. But if the vice president can't assume the role, who's next? The Presidential Succession Act was passed in 1772, but the line of succession as we know it today was solidified in the Presidential Succession Act of 1947.
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In this March 14, 2012, file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to the media outside his home in Chicago as his wife, Patti, wipes away tears a day before he was to report to a prison after his conviction on corruption charges. On Monday, April 16, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal and let stand the convictions and 14-year prison term that Blagojevich is serving.
"Civilizations" provides one more reason to respect art museums. This ambitious docuseries examines history through the cave drawings, sculptures and paintings created by our ancestors with leading academics serving as tour guides.
President Donald Trump arrived in Miami early this afternoon for the latest in a series of events put on by the White House to promote the GOP 's tax cuts passed late last year. Add Donald Trump as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Donald Trump news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
The "Frontline" episode praises John McCain's independence, but says his choice of Sarah Palin as vice president helped pave the way for Donald Trump. What is John McCain's legacy? PBS 'Frontline' offers a look The "Frontline" episode praises John McCain's independence, but says his choice of Sarah Palin as vice president helped pave the way for Donald Trump.
Republican Governor Sam Brownback of Kansas, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, US, February 23, 2017. Photo: Reuters Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom of the United States Sam Brownback arrives here on Wednesday on a two-day official visit to discuss religious freedom with government officials, civil society representatives and others concerned.
Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, who has has been undergoing treatment for a brain cancer diagnosis in his home state since late last year, is hospitalized in stable condition after undergoing surgery for an intestinal infection, his office said Monday. In a statement, his office said, "On Sunday, Senator McCain was admitted to Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona, and underwent surgery to treat an intestinal infection related to diverticulitis."