Nation Sep 05 Plane quarantined at New York's JFK airport amid reports of sick passengers The Emirates flight landed around 9:10 a.m. Wednesday. The airline says about 10 passengers were sick and were getting medical attention "as a precaution."…
Politics Sep 05 WATCH: Senators unhappy by absence of Google executive While executives from Facebook and Twitter are testifying before Congress today, there's an empty chair in place for Google's parent Alphabet, which has refused to send its top executive.
Politics Sep 05 WATCH: Sheryl Sandberg says Facebook has made progress on fighting election meddling Facebook's No. 2 executive has told a Senate committee that Facebook has made progress in addressing the issue of meddling by foreign interests in U.S. elections. But Sheryl Sandberg also says security efforts to combat such threats are never finished.
Politics Sep 05 Ballots in tight Massachusetts House race are ordered sealed The Massachusetts secretary of state has ordered all ballots in a congressional primary race sealed and locked away so they can't be tampered with in anticipation of a recount in the too-close-to-call election.
Politics Sep 04 Read Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's full opening statement Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh stressed his judicial independence in the opening statement of his confirmation hearing Tuesday, saying that a judge must "not be swayed by public pressure," and that the court "must never be viewed as a partisan…
Politics Sep 04 Parkland victim's father approaches Kavanaugh during confirmation hearing Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jamie died in the February 2018 attack, approached Kavanaugh after he rose from the witness table for a lunch break. He put out his hand to Kavanaugh, who paused for a moment before turning away as…
Politics Sep 04 WATCH: Cruz accuses Democratic senators of using Kavanaugh hearing to relitigate 2016 election Cruz said Democrats have gotten “extreme and radical” in their attempts to appoint a justice that would rule against religious liberty and the Second Amendment.
Politics Sep 04 WATCH: Former Sen. Jon Kyl appointed to fill John McCain's seat Kyl, a Republican, is expected to be a placeholder, not running in 2020, when voters will get to decide who fills the remainder of McCain's seat through 2022. Then the seat will be up again for a full six-year term.
Politics Sep 04 WATCH: Kavanaugh's record shows he's willing to disregard precedent, Feinstein says California Sen. Dianne Feinstein says Kavanaugh has been quoted as saying the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a woman's constitutional right to an abortion is "settled law." But she says the question is whether he believes it "is…
Politics Sep 04 WATCH: Senate committee shouldn't 'rush to judgement' on Kavanaugh, Feinstein says Feinstein said during the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh that the process is taking place under unique circumstances, namely, the number of legal problems facing President Donald Trump as part of the Russia investigation.