By David Shepardson and Rajesh Kumar Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Delta Air Lines plane carrying nearly 300 passengers suffered an engine fire after pushing back from the gate at Orlando International Airport in Florida on Monday, forcing the passengers to evacuate using slides, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The Airbus A330 was set to …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Pete Hegseth wanted to make waves at the Pentagon. But less than 90 days since being sworn in as U.S. defense secretary, he appears put off balance by the very turbulence he himself created. An ex-Fox News host, Hegseth on Monday accused his former trusted advisers of …
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By Luc Cohen (Reuters) -A U.S. judge expressed skepticism on Monday that the notice the Trump administration pledged to give Venezuelan migrants before deporting them under a wartime law complied with the U.S. Supreme Court’s order that they be given a chance to challenge their removals in court. U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney said during …
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By Steve Holland, Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Monday that he stood behind U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, after reports that he shared details of a March attack on Yemen’s Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer. The revelations that Hegseth used …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Nadine Menendez, the wife of former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, was convicted on Monday of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of bribes in exchange for her husband doing favors for Egypt and New Jersey businessmen. Nadine Menendez, 58, was found guilty on all 15 counts she faced, …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it plans to deploy a new pilot messaging database by September after a series of outages have raised safety concerns. The FAA said it had selected CGI Federal to work on modernizing the “Notice to Airmen” system that provides pilots, flight crews and …
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By Rich McKay (Reuters) – The gunman who killed 23 people and injured 22 others in a 2019 mass shooting aimed at Latinos at a Texas Walmart pleaded guilty to murder on Monday and was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole, prosecutors said. At the hearing on Monday, El Paso’s District Attorney …
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By John Kruzel, Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday considered the legality of a provision of the Obamacare law, formally called the Affordable Care Act, that helps ensure that health insurers cover preventive care such as cancer screenings at no cost to patients. The court heard arguments in the federal government’s …
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By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The Trump administration may withhold environmental approvals for Manhattan transportation projects if New York state does not end congestion pricing, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Monday. Duffy told New York Governor Kathy Hochul she must respond by May 21 and said the department could start taking actions on May …
By Valerie Volcovici and Virginia Furness WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. non-profit organizations that focus on climate change are getting ready to fight a possible move by the Trump administration to revoke their tax exemptions as soon as this week. Groups that work on climate change have been circulating memos over the last few days outlining rumored …
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