Long before the grounding of the 737 Max, the F.A.A. faced scrutiny over its longtime practice of giving manufacturers the authority to help certify their own planes.
The special counsel’s decision not to take a position on whether President Trump’s norm-shattering actions constituted obstruction means future presidents will feel entitled to make similar moves.
The California senator and 2020 presidential candidate had raised large sums for other Democrats. Now she’s deploying her formidable online following for herself.
A Justice Department motion to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act gave Democrats an opening to press their health care agenda and move beyond the Mueller report.
The administration had previously said only that the Affordable Care Act’s pre-existing conditions provisions should be struck down, leaving parts like Medicaid expansion intact.
Democrats will set aside “Medicare for all,” at least for now, in favor of an incremental set of proposals to protect people with pre-existing conditions and expand coverage.
For Democrats, Robert S. Mueller III’s finding that the president did not collude with Russia will only enhance the emphasis on viability as they choose a candidate for 2020.
President Trump and his allies went on the offensive, vowing to pursue those responsible for the Russia investigation. President Trump called some of them “treasonous.”
The end of the special counsel’s investigation without findings of collusion with Russia fortified the president for the battles to come, including his campaign for re-election.