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US Senate panel OKs action against Steward Health Care CEO for defying subpoena

Sep. 19, 2024 15:57 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Members of a U.S. Senate committee looking into the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care adopted two resolutions Thursday designed to hold CEO Ralph de la Torre in contempt — one for civil enforcement and another for criminal contempt — for not testifying before the panel. ...

Bernie Sanders preparing resolutions to block $20B in US arms sales to Israel

Sep. 18, 2024 11:05 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders is preparing several resolutions that would stop more than $20 billion in U.S. arms sales to Israel, a longshot effort but the most substantive pushback yet from Congress over the devastation in Gaza ahead of the first year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas...

Man who appeared intent on killing Trump wrote a book urging Iran to assassinate the ex-president

Sep. 16, 2024 20:16 PM EDT

KAAAWA, Hawaii (AP) — Ryan Wesley Routh portrayed himself online as a man who built housing for homeless people in Hawaii, tried to recruit fighters for Ukraine to defend itself against Russia, and described his support and then disdain for Donald Trump — even urging Iran to kill him. ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders said he is set to pursue contempt charges against Steward CEO

Sep. 11, 2024 16:34 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he is prepared to pursue contempt charges against Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre if he fails to show up at a hearing Thursday despite being issued a subpoena. Sanders said de la Torre needs to answer to the...

Today in History: September 8, Ford pardons Nixon

Sep. 08, 2024 00:03 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Sunday, Sept. 8, the 252nd day of 2024. There are 114 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 8, 1974, one month after taking office, President Gerald R. Ford granted a “full, free, and absolute pardon” to former...

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Sep. 07, 2024 12:55 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.; Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Ark. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.; Gov. Doug Burgum, R-N.D. ___ ...

Steward CEO says he won't comply with Senate subpoena on hospital closings

Sep. 04, 2024 20:31 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre won't comply with a subpoena to appear before a U.S. Senate committee that is investigating the hospital company's bankruptcy, his lawyers said Wednesday. De la Torre needs to remain silent to respect an ongoing hospital...

Movie Review: Quaid looks (and sounds) the part, but ‘Reagan’ is more glowing commercial than biopic

Aug. 29, 2024 11:58 AM EDT

“Is there anything worse than an actor with a cause?” asks an annoyed Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan’s first wife, early in “Reagan,” the new biopic starring Dennis Quaid. Well, after watching two more hours of this story, an adoring look back at the man who served two terms as...

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Aug. 23, 2024 19:46 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee; Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. ___ CBS’...

Obamas close DNC's second night with rousing Harris endorsement and pointed warnings about Trump

Aug. 21, 2024 00:36 AM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Warning of a difficult fight ahead, former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama on Tuesday called on the nation to embrace Kamala Harris in urgent messages to the Democratic National Convention that were at times both hopeful and ominous. “America, hope is...