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Elijah Cummings: White House officials using personal accounts to do official work – CNN
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Crashed Boeing jets lacked key safety features that were add-ons – CNBC
<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Airlines Published 2 Hours Ago Updated 13 Mins Ago CNBC.com Boeing jets in Ethiopia and Indonesia lacked two safety features in their cockpits because the company charged extra to install them. The features could have helped pilots detect erroneous readings, which some experts believe might be connected to the planes’ failures, The New York Times reports. Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302,…
New Zealand prime minister announces ban on ‘military-style semi-automatic weapons’ after mosque attack – Fox News
Video New details surface in New Zealand terror attack on Christchurch mosques New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday announced the country was immediately banning “military-style semi-automatic weapons” after last week’s attack that killed 50 people at two mosques. Speaking to reporters, the prime minister said the weapons would be banned in addition to “all assault rifles,” among other firearms. Ardern said that legislation is currently being drafted and she…
Meghan McCain ‘doesn’t expect decency’ from Trump’s family – ABC News
An “emotionally exhausted” Meghan McCain again defended her father against President Trump Thursday on “The View,” saying she doesn’t “expect decency” from his family. “I don’t like coming here every day and having to do this, as all of you know. It’s extremely emotionally exhausting,” she said at the top of the show. “I don’t expect decency from the Trump family,” she added. During an official White House event at…
LGBT Groups Want Pete Buttigieg to Be More Than the ‘Gay Candidate for President’ – The Daily Beast
Why Trump suddenly says public should see Mueller’s report – CNN
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New Zealand bans military type semi-automatic weapons used in mosque massacre – Reuters
CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) – New Zealand will ban military-style semi-automatic and assault rifles under tough new gun laws following the killing of 50 people in its worst mass shooting, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday. In the immediate aftermath of last Friday’s shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch, Ardern labeled the attack as terrorism and said New Zealand’s gun laws would change. “On 15 March our history…
Assault rifles to be banned New Zealand in aftermath of massacre, Prime Minister announces – CNN
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Ethiopian Airlines Installed Max 8 Simulator, but Pilot on Doomed Flight Didn’t Get Training – The New York Times
The pilots on the doomed Lion Air flight did not appear to understand why the jet was tipping downward and how to correct that problem. One flipped through a technical manual, and the other began to pray, according to the cockpit voice recording. An investigation is still underway to determine what caused the crash in Ethiopia. A possible fault in the MCAS system is part of the inquiry, and the…
Your guide to the end of the Mueller probe – POLITICO
The world awaits the final product of special counsel Robert Mueller. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Legal Answering, as best we can, your pressing questions: When will the investigation be over? Is anyone else going to be indicted? When’s the Mueller report coming out? By DARREN SAMUELSOHN and JOSH GERSTEIN 03/20/2019 06:34 PM EDT Updated 03/20/2019 07:18 PM EDT 2019-03-20T07:18-0400 It’s a moment nearly two years in the making, and it’s…
A Museum Tackles Myths About Jews and Money – The New York Times
By the 19th century, Jews were regularly portrayed as beggars or poverty-stricken peddlers — the exhibition describes how most Jews in England at that time were economic migrants with limited financial means who were forced to scrape together a living any way they could. Conversely, Jews were also portrayed as greedy bankers. One of the financiers who came in for much negative representation was Nathan Mayer Rothschild, who arrived from…
Harvard is sued over use of photograph of slave – The Boston Globe
To Tamara Lanier, the image of the white-haired black man, emaciated, stripped of his clothing, and staring unflinchingly into the camera, is Papa Renty — a South Carolina slave who learned to read and held clandestine Bible classes despite the dangers on the plantation. To Harvard University, the image is part of its collection of daguerreotypes, among the oldest known pictures of enslaved people in the United States. They were…
Trump Backs Public Release Of Mueller Report – NPR
President Trump says he looks forward to seeing the report of special counsel Robert Muller, who has been looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP President Trump says he looks forward to seeing the report of special counsel Robert Muller, who has been looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Amid signs that special counsel…
Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 was reportedly saved by off-duty pilot day before deadly crash in Indonesia – Fox News
Video Ethiopian official reports ‘clear similarity’ between deadly Boeing jet crashes The flight control system on the Boeing 737 Max 8 is being eyed in Ethiopia crash investigation; Doug McKelway reports on the details. The day before a brand new Lion Air jet crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Indonesia‘s capital city last fall — likely due to an equipment malfunction — an off-duty pilot reportedly helped save the…
$1.3 trillion and 7,000 finance jobs are leaving Britain because of Brexit – CNN
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Supreme Court Justices Seem Incredulous At Repeated Racial Bias In Jury Selection – NPR
People line up to enter the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP People line up to enter the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP The U.S. Supreme Court signaled strongly on Wednesday that it is likely to rule for a death-row inmate in Mississippi who was prosecuted six times for the same crime by a prosecutor with a history…
Watch Live: Trump Speaks In Ohio About U.S. Manufacturing Jobs | NBC News – NBC News
President Trump delivers remarks at the Lima Army Tank Plant in Lima, Ohio regarding a surge in manufacturing jobs. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC» Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News is a leading source of global news and information. Here you will find clips from NBC Nightly News, Meet The Press, and original digital videos. Subscribe to our channel for news stories, technology, politics, health, entertainment, science, business,…
Capt. Sullenberger: 737 MAX crashes reveal ‘cozy’ relationship between Boeing, FAA – Washington Examiner
“Miracle on the Hudson” pilot Chesley Sullenberger says the two recent crashes of a new Boeing passenger jet show the federal government has lost the ability to effectively regulate the company. Sullenberger said the Federal Aviation Administration has been underfunded for “too many years.” That reality has forced the FAA to outsource the work of approving aircraft to the manufacturers themselves. “This, of course, has created inherent conflicts of interest,…
Beto, Biden and Bernie: The B-Boys and the media’s dangerous, self-fulfilling prophecy – The Washington Post
Margaret Sullivan As amorous embraces go, few could be more ardent than the one Beto O’Rourke got this month from Vanity Fair magazine. The perfectly timed cover treatment was the full monty: Rugged-glam photo by the legendary Annie Leibovitz, the former Texas congressman’s earnest Kennedy-esque gaze, and the ripe-for-parody headline including this immortal quote: “I’m just born to be in it.” Most Americans wouldn’t see the magazine itself, of course,…
Border Patrol Confirms Fourth Migrant Death Since December – TIME
(EL PASO, Texas) — Immigration officials say a Mexican migrant died Monday after his arrest near an urban border crossing. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the death Tuesday, saying agents arrested the 40-year-old man early Sunday for re-entering the country illegally. His identity wasn’t released. He died at an El Paso hospital after receiving treatment for flu-like symptoms and liver and kidney failure. He’s the fourth migrant to die…