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ABC's Designated Survivor is one of the most highly-anticipated new dramas premiering this fall. The political thriller explores what happens when a low-ranking cabinet member, Tom Kirkland , becomes the President of the United States after the Capitol is blown up during the State of the Union Address.
A 22-year-old Ohio man who plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol during the president's State of the Union address pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to kill government employees, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Christopher Lee Cornell, of Green Township, Ohio, attempted to travel to Washington, D.C. and planned to carry out the attack during President Obama's address to Congress on Jan., 20, 2015, according to a plea agreement cited in a U.S. Department of Justice statement.
Donald Trump Jr says he'd love to run for New York mayor against Bill de Blasio 'as service to my country' Donald Trump Jr said on Sunday he would "love" to run for mayor of New York City against the Democratic incumbent, Bill de Blasio, "if I could do that as a service to my country". Trump Jr was appearing on CNN's State of the Union as a surrogate for his father, the Republican nominee for president.
Is Putin trying to 'weaponize' Wikileaks to get Trump into the White House? Clinton campaign claims hackers linked to Russian government leaked DNC emails Clinton's campaign says the move comes after Trump showed last week a pro-Russian stance regarding dealing with NATO allies Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook on Sunday laid the blame at Vladimir Putin's doorsteps for the trove of some 19,252 emails leaked from the Democratic National Committee. 'What's disturbing to us is that experts are telling us is Russian state actors broke into the DNC, stole these emails and other experts are now saying that the Russians are releasing these emails for the purpose of actually helping Donald Trump,' Mook said on CNN 's 'State of the Union.'
Kiefer Sutherland is heading back to your television screens, this time as the President of the United States. He stars as the titular Designated Survivor in the upcoming ABC drama, which had an early screening at San Diego Comic-Con in anticipation of its Sept.
The unusual and apparently unprecedented battle of words between a justice of the Supreme Court and a presumptive presidential nominee continued Tuesday. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made clear that her criticism of Republican Donald Trump was not the result of an unguarded moment.
The suspect in the deadly attack on Dallas police taunted authorities during two hours of negotiations, laughing at them, singing and at one point asking how many officers he had shot, the police chief said Sunday. Micah Johnson, a black Army veteran, insisted on speaking with a black negotiator and wrote in blood on the wall of a parking garage where police cornered and later killed him, David Brown told CNN's "State of the Union."
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is now referring questions about whether he is being vetted as a potential running mate for Hillary Clinton to her campaign -- a shift from as recently as two weeks ago, when he flatly denied he was in the running for the job. "I'm just referring questions about the vice presidency to the woman who is going to have to make this decision," Booker told CNN's Brianna Keilar in an interview that aired Sunday on "State of the Union."
Sen. Cory Booker assured CNN State of the Union guest host Brianna Keilar that Hillary Clinton did nothing wrong in her e-mail scandal, and that there was nothing improper about Bill Clinton's meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Asked by Keiler whether Hillary Clinton could still "technically" be indicted despite rumors to the contrary, Booker said: "Technically, you or I could be as well."
"Donald Trump is a bigot. Donald Trump is a racist. Donald Trump is in fact making fascist appeals," the former Maryland governor said in a heated panel appearance on CNN's "State of the Union."
Sen. Jeff Sessions said Sunday that he would consider compromise gun legislation being hammered out by moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine but has concerns about the constitutional rights of people placed on the federal terrorist watch list. "The problem is, you have got indications on this list of people who might be involved in terrorism," Sessions told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union."
The U.S. government will release partial transcripts of Orlando, Florida, shooter Omar Mateen's talks with police negotiators as he killed 49 people in a gay nightclub, the worst massacre in modern U.S. history, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said. The "limited transcript,'' to be released Monday, will reveal what Mateen told negotiators as events unfolded inside the Pulse nightclub in the early hours of June 12, Lynch said.
Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican facing a tough re-election bid, tamped down previous comments that he would endorse the Republican nominee, saying Sunday that he was only prepared to "support" Donald Trump. "To me, 'endorsement' is a big embrace.
All three - yes, three - party nominees are set for the Sunday shows this morning as the primaries wind down. Hillary will be on "This Week" and "State of the Union" to beg Democrats in California not to send her off with a humiliating loss to Bernie Sanders en route to being nominated.
After his failed presidential campaign, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is not running for re-election, he doesn't plan on running for governor of Florida in 2018, and he does not want to be Donald Trump's pick for vice president. But Mr. Rubio said it's a "safe assumption" that he will run for public office again at some point in the future.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld is standing by a recent comment he made likening Donald Trump's vow to deport undocumented immigrants from the U.S. to Kristallnacht, an infamous incident during the Holocaust. Weld, who is seeking to become the Libertarian Party's vice presidential candidate, told The New York Times on Thursday that Trump's plan to remove the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants from the U.S. reminded him of Kristallnacht, or the "Night of Broken Glass."
Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders announced in an interview released late Saturday that he would be backing Tim Canova, the progressive challenger running to unseat incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz in the congressional race for Florida's 23rd district. Wasserman Schultz has been a highly controversial chair of the DNC this primary season, and is widely perceived by many Sanders supporters as rigging the primary to bolster establishment candidate Hillary Clinton over Sanders' progressive campaign.
My friend, the author and scholar Harvey J. Kaye , delivers this missive on BillMoyers.com for the 4th of July, reminding us that social democratic principles are, contrary to right wing rhetoric, not "leftist extremism," but at the very heart of the creation and evolution of America's political purpose. Social democracy is 100 percent American.
At Tuesday's State of the Union address, President Barack Obama discussed the importance of education at all levels and after putting emphasis on early education and job training for high schoolers, he asked colleges and universities to work to make higher education more affordable for students. "Through tax credits, grants, and better loans, we have made college more affordable for millions of students and families over the last few years," Obama said.
Remember switchgrass? Made famous in President George W. Bush's 2006 State of the Union address, he boasted of increased federal funding for new ethanol feedstocks, including wood chips, stalks and yes, switchgrass. Cellulosic ethanol--created from feedstocks such as corn cobs and husks, sawdust and chips, and "energy grasses" such as switchgrass--has been hyped as heir apparent of corn-based ethanol for several years.