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Juliana Stratton ad with anti-Trump expletive draws attention in Democratic primary race for US Senate
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Juliana Stratton unveiled her campaign’s first TV ad Thursday, a controversial half-minute spot that includes six people, including incumbent U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, hurling an expletive at President Donald Trump.

The ad begins with three people repeating the phrase, “F−−− Trump. Vote Juliana,” followed by Stratton, the current two-term lieutenant governor, saying, “They said it. I didn’t.”

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In her U.S. Senate campaign’s first TV commercial, Juliana Stratton features six people — including U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth — exclaiming “F— Trump,” as Stratton, Illinois’ lieutenant governor, runs in the March 17 Democratic primary. Gov. JB Pritzker, who endorsed Stratton, makes a cameo in the ad. (Juliana for Illinois)

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Then in the ad, Stratton speaks about how she will stand up to Trump in Washington, D.C., and closes with another three people, including Duckworth, saying, “F−−− Trump,” before Gov. JB Pritzker appears briefly to say, “Vote Juliana.”

The campaign said a version of the ad that bleeps out the “F” word was being sent for broadcast TV stations to air. But an unredacted version was sent to reporters and appears on the campaign’s “YouTube” website. The campaign did not say if the unbleeped version would be used on cable or digital platforms.

The ad is the first produced and paid for by Stratton’s own campaign, though her candidacy has been bolstered by millions of dollars in ads from an allied political action committee largely funded by Pritzker, the billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune.

While potentially attention-grabbing for its shock value, its use of repeated profanity raises questions about how effective it will be with Democratic voters in the March 17 primary as she faces two main rivals, U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Schaumburg and Robin Kelly of Lynwood.

U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly, from left, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton debate for the U.S. Senate Democratic nomination at WGN-Ch. 9, Feb. 19, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

All three candidates have sought to portray themselves as the strongest contender to take on the Trump administration if elected in November. But Krishnamoorthi, a prolific fundraiser, has spent millions on advertising since July and had the TV airwaves to himself until the Stratton-aligned Illinois Future PAC began advertising in mid-January. Kelly has not aired any TV ads and has been relying on social media.

Federal Communications Commission rules and communications law generally prevent licensed broadcast TV stations from editing or censoring political advertising content from legally qualified federal candidates unless it is legally obscene or violates a felony statute.

The new ad served as the backdrop for the latest debate among the three Democratic contenders vying for the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin in January. The hour-long debate, hosted by WGN Ch.-9, was also broadcast statewide on Nexstar-owned stations in Champaign, Rockford, Peoria, the Quad Cities, St. Louis and the Terre Haute, Indiana, market.

Stratton defended the ad in the debate, saying, “It captures exactly what people are feeling right now.”

“They feel like, look at Washington. People aren’t happy with what’s happening in Congress. They’re wondering why nothing is changing in their lives,” she said. “Everything is getting more expensive and here they are wondering, ‘When are we going to stand up and not let this president just get away with what he’s doing?’”

Asked by moderator Micah Materre what happened to former First Lady Michelle Obama’s 2016 admonition that “when they go low, we go high,” Stratton responded, “Well, we’re not talking about a normal president. We’re not even talking about a normal person.”

Kelly, in her 13th year in the House, added her own colorful language to the debate as she explained to voters she was running to make life more affordable.

“Frankly, it pisses me off that Donald Trump and his billionaire, millionaire friends have only gotten richer, while others have struggled and are being squeezed. It also pisses me off to be seeing millionaires and billionaires are trying to buy this election and that should piss you off too,” she said.

All three of the candidates said they would support efforts to see Trump impeached for a third time.

“When the president said the other day that the only thing that’s holding him in check is his own morality, we know that we’re in trouble,” Krishnamoorthi said. “He doesn’t have morality. He doesn’t have a moral compass. He’s about himself. He’s about putting his private, personal interests above those of the public.”

Kelly said her decision to push for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over her leadership of Trump’s aggressive federal immigration enforcement policies was “a way of getting to” Trump.

“We can start working on his secretaries, whether it’s (Attorney General) Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, (Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.) Kennedy — all the incompetent leaders that he has surrounded himself with,” Kelly said. “But yet, he definitely is worthy of impeachment because of all the things that he’s doing.”

Kelly and Stratton said they supported efforts to enact Medicare-for-All legislation, with the lieutenant governor saying she wanted to make sure “people understand that health care is a way that we can address affordability and we need to be bold and courageous in pushing to make sure that happens.”

Krishnamoorthi said Medicare-for-All was “an excellent goal” and would vote for it if a bill were presented but said there was a more immediate need in restoring Trump cuts in Medicaid funding and the elimination of tax subsidies for people under the Affordable Care Act.

“Right now we have a five-alarm fire that’s consuming our health care system that we need to address,” he said, citing the eventual loss of health care insurance for 17 million people.

On foreign policy, Kelly was the only one of the three who said she believed the killing of Palestinians by Israeli military forces in their effort to remove Hamas after the group’s deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack constituted genocide.

“It may not have started off being like that, but I believe that is what it turned into,” Kelly said.

Stratton said what happened in Gaza was “horrific and the devastation and the suffering that we have seen is terrible.” Krishnamoorthi said he feared that supporting a resolution to label the Palestinian deaths “genocide” could “get in the way of progress right now in this fragile ceasefire.”

“If that gets in the way of progress, then we’re going to go back to war and we can’t let that happen,” Krishnamoorthi said. “That would be the worst outcome right now.”

All three agreed a Trump military strike in Iran over that nation’s nuclear program would be illegal without the invocation of the War Powers Act by Congress.

“I actually feel like he’s looking for trouble and that he wants to get us into some type of arms issue, because it’s a distraction for the things that he’s not doing in his own country,” Kelly said. “American people are sick of our soldiers dying overseas.”

Prior to the debate, Kelly announced the backing of several congressional colleagues, including U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey.

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February 19, 2026

Illinoisans react with both hope, dread after Venezuelan president ousted

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When Ana Gil García heard about the United States’ capture of Venezuela’s president, she felt a sense of cautious optimism.

But the cofounder of the Illinois Venezuelan Alliance said she knows the future of the country and her son who lives in Caracas hang in the balance. She’s also wary of a foreign government intervening in the South American country. Venezuelans should decide their own destiny, she said.

“We don’t know what could be the immediate consequences to the country,” Gil said. “What we know is that we cannot accept civilians being killed … we are against any intervention in which civilians will suffer more than what they have already suffered.”

The Trump administration’s capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife early Saturday morning brought up complicated emotions for some Venezuelan community leaders. Some groups and elected officials categorically opposed the stunning operation, calling it government overreach. Others, like Gil, said there’s some hope in being rid of a leader most human rights organizations describe as a dictator.

The U.S. flew Maduro out of Venezuela in an extraordinary military operation that plucked a sitting leader from office. Maduro and his wife arrived in New York to face prosecution by the Justice Department after a grand jury indicted them on narco-terrorism conspiracy charges.

President Donald Trump insisted the U.S. government would run the country at least temporarily and would tap Venezuela’s vast oil reserves to sell “large amounts” to other countries. The legal authority for the operation was not immediately clear, though the Trump administration described it — and earlier deadly strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea — as necessary to stem the flow of dangerous drugs.

Gov. JB Pritzker, however, called it an “unconstitutional military action” in a statement, and said Trump is putting troops in danger with “no long-term strategy.”

“The American people deserve a President focused on making their lives more affordable,” he said.

Meanwhile, hundreds gathered downtown Saturday evening to protest the operation. Carrying signs that said, “No War on Venezuela,” and chanting, “No war, no coup, Donald Trump shame on you,” protesters criticized American “forever wars.” They also said it’s immoral for the government to profit from Venezuelan oil.

“Every single time the United States attacks another country, regardless of what the political color of that regime in power, the people of those countries suffer immeasurably,” activist Andy Thayer said.

“However impoverished they were before, they were greatly more impoverished afterwards,” he added.

Demonstrators gather for a protest against the U.S. military strike in Venezuela, at Chicago’s Federal Plaza, Jan. 3, 2026. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

In addition to Pritzker, several local elected officials condemned the action. U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth called it “reckless and unconstitutional,” while Mayor Brandon Johnson said it “violates international law” and “dangerously escalates the possibility of full-scale war.”

“As we have said for the past two years, the dehumanization of migrants from Venezuela, and of immigrants generally, by the Far Right has laid the groundwork for military action in Central and South America,” Johnson said in a statement.

About 50,000 Venezuelan migrants have arrived in Chicago over the last several years as they fled political turmoil and extreme poverty in their home country. The Supreme Court last year allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections for thousands of these migrants, some of whom were arrested in recent immigration enforcement operations.

Gil said, if anything, she hopes the military action helps people understand why swaths of immigrants fled Venezuela for better opportunities in the United States.

“When we left the country, we didn’t leave because we wanted to,” Gil said. “The people were forced to.”

Several Republicans had a more favorable reaction to the operation. Adam Kinzinger, a former congressman from Illinois, for example, said Maduro was never a “legitimate president” and that removing him without a massive military occupation is “how it should be done.”

“This was the right call,” he said on social media. “May Maduro face justice and the people of Venezuela be free.”

Luciana Díaz, the CEO of Panas en Chicago, a nonprofit that supports Venezuelan migrants, also said in a statement that they’re “deeply hopeful and encouraged for our community and for our country, after 28 years of dictatorship that forced thousands of Venezuelans many of whom are now asylum-seekers to rebuild their lives in cities like Chicago.”

“We have witnessed firsthand the human impact of this prolonged crisis. We trust that this moment will mark the beginning of a transition toward democracy, justice and the reunification of Venezuelan families,” Díaz said.

“God is with us. We continue to wait for a peaceful and genuine transition,” she added.

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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January 3, 2026

U.S. unveils new female crash test dummy, says it could be used for federal safety testing

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The U.S. Department of Transportation introduced a new female crash dummy as it seeks to step up safety for women, who face a higher injury risk in car crashes than men.

The U.S. government has used a dummy model for decades that is based almost entirely on male proportions.

The new dummy, known as THOR-05F, is more human-like and contains female-specific proportions, according to the Transportation Department. The new model could potentially replace the Hybrid III dummy, which has previously been utilized for crash testing.

“Advances in technology now make it possible to more accurately account for the biological differences between male and female anatomy in crash testing,” the Department of Transportation said in a statement Thursday.

Women are 73% more likely to be injured in a head-on crash, and they are 17% more likely to be killed in a car crash, than men.

Transportation officials will consider using the new dummy in the government’s vehicle crash test five-star ratings once a final rule is adopted, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Thursday in a news release.

The department also noted that THOR-05F will be available to manufacturers to build models and to the automotive industry, which can begin testing the model in their vehicles.

The road to THOR-05F

The standard crash test dummy used in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration five-star vehicle testing was developed in 1978 and was modeled after a 5-foot-9 (175-centimeter), 171-pound (78-kilogram) man.

The female dummy is smaller and has a rubber jacket to represent breasts. It’s routinely tested in the passenger or back seat but seldom in the driver’s seat, even though the majority of licensed drivers are women.

But the change is not guaranteed to happen. Some American automakers have been skeptical and a group representing auto insurers has already said it thinks the current crash test dummies are fine.

The new female dummy endorsed by the department more accurately reflects differences between men and women, including the shape of the neck, collarbone, pelvis, and legs. It’s outfitted with more than 150 sensors, the department said.

Maria Weston Kuhn, a law student at New York University, started lobbying members of Congress to pass a law requiring the new female dummy after surviving a 2019 crash in Ireland in which her seat belt slid off her hips and ruptured her intestines. She welcomed Duffy’s support but said she won’t celebrate until NHTSA incorporates the new model into its testing — a step that has been delayed numerous times.

“I fear that with this announcement everybody will throw up their hands and say we’ve won,” Kuhn said Friday. “But we are far from crossing the finish line.”

Some American automakers have been skeptical, arguing the new model may exaggerate injury risks and undercut the value of some safety features such as seat belts and airbags.

Despite Duffy’s announcement, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a research arm funded by auto insurers, continues to advocate for the current line of dummies used to represent women and has seen dramatic improvements in safety as a result, spokesperson Joe Young said.

“Certainly, we are going to continue to monitor the new tools and perhaps do some additional research,” Young said. “But for now, our researchers are content and confident that the dummies we’re using are doing a good job.”

Lawmakers and transportation secretaries from the past two presidential administrations have expressed support for new crash test rules and safety requirements, but developments have been slow.

U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer, a Republican from Nebraska, and Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat from Illinois, both released statements welcoming the female crash test dummy announcement.

“Any progress here is good because there’s simply no good reason why women are more likely to be injured or die in car crashes,” Duckworth said.

Fischer introduced legislation, the She Drives Act, that would require the most advanced testing devices available, including a female crash test dummy. Duckworth is a co-sponsor.

“It’s far past time to make these testing standards permanent, which will help save thousands of lives and make America’s roads safer for all drivers,” Fischer said.

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November 21, 2025

While Trump threatens controllers, US flight cancellations will drag on even after shutdown ends

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Air travelers should expect worsening cancellations and delays this week even if the government shutdown ends, as the Federal Aviation Administration rolls out deeper cuts to flights at 40 major U.S. airports, officials said Monday.

The fourth day of the flight restrictions saw airlines scrap over 2,300 flights Monday and more than 1,000 flights set for takeoff Tuesday. Unpaid for more than a month, some air traffic controllers have begun calling out of work, citing stress and the need to take on second jobs.

President Donald Trump took to social media on Monday to pressure controllers to “get back to work, NOW!!!” He called for a $10,000 bonus for those who’ve stayed on the job and suggested docking pay for those who haven’t.

Rep. Rick Larsen, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, ranking member of the Senate’s Aviation Subcommittee, condemned the president’s remarks, saying controllers deserve appreciation and support — not attacks.

The head of the controllers union says its members are being used as a “political pawn” in the shutdown fight.

Meanwhile, the Senate passed legislation Monday to reopen the government, though the bill also needs to clear the House and final passage could be days away. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made clear last week that flight cuts will remain in place until the FAA sees staffing levels stabilize at its air traffic control facilities.

And because the flight disruptions are widespread and ongoing, many planes aren’t where they’re supposed to be, which could also slow the airlines’ return to normal operations even after the FAA lifts the order, said Mike Taylor, who leads research on airports and airlines at J.D. Power.

“If you think about it, there’s all these aircraft that didn’t fly where they were supposed to on a normal route,” Taylor said, noting airlines will need to track down all their planes, figure out where each needs to be, and find pilots and cabin crew for those flights.

Since Friday, airlines have canceled about 8,000 flights under orders to drop 4% of flights at 40 of the nation’s busiest airports. That will rise to 6% on Tuesday and 10% by week’s end, the FAA says.

One in 10 flights nationwide were scratched Sunday — the fourth worst day for cancellations in almost two years, according aviation analytics firm Cirium.

Controller shortages also led to five-hour delays Monday evening at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, where wintry weather added to the disruptions earlier in the day, and the FAA warned that staffing at over a dozen towers and control centers could cause delays in cities including Philadelphia, Nashville and Atlanta.

That leaves travelers growing angry.

“All of this has real negative consequences for millions of Americans, and it’s 100% unnecessary and avoidable,” said Todd Walker, who missed his mom’s 80th birthday when his flight was canceled over the weekend.

The FAA also expanded flight restrictions Monday, barring business jets and many private flights from using a dozen airports already under commercial flight limits.

Airports nationwide have seen intermittent delays since the shutdown began because the FAA slows air traffic when it’s short on controllers to ensure flights remain safe.

The shutdown has made controllers’ demanding jobs even more stressful, leading to fatigue and increased risks, said Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. He said the number who are retiring or quitting is “growing” by the day.

During the six weekends since the shutdown began, an average of 30 air traffic control facilities had staffing issues. That’s almost four times the number on weekends this year before the shutdown, according to an Associated Press analysis of operations plans sent through the Air Traffic Control System Command Center system.

Tuesday will be the second missed payday for controllers. It’s unclear how quickly they might be paid once the shutdown ends — it took more than two months to receive full back pay after the 35-day shutdown that ended in 2019, Daniels said.

The latest shutdown and money worries have become regular “dinnertime conversations” for Amy Lark and her husband, both Washington, D.C., area air traffic controllers.

“Yesterday, my kids asked me how long we could stay in our house,” Lark said. Still, she said controllers remain “100% committed.”

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Yamat reported from Las Vegas and Funk from Omaha, Nebraska. Associated Press writers Christopher L. Keller in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Ken Sweet, Wyatte Grantham-Philips and Michael R. Sisak in New York; Stephen Groves and Kevin Freking in Washington; and John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio, contributed to this report.

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November 12, 2025

Face the Nation: Schumer, Duckworth, Hodges

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Missed the second half of the show? Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Ret. Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges join “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”

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October 5, 2025

Sen. Tammy Duckworth says Trump

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Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that President Trump “essentially just declared war” on Chicago as he has signaled he wants to send the National Guard to the city. However, Duckworth said she visited the Great Lakes Naval base, and that there are no “indications” that troops are getting ready to be sent into Chicago.

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September 7, 2025

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

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WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.; Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.

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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y, and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich.

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CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio; Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky.; Anne Milgram, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee.

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CNN’s “State of the Union” — Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.; Govs. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., and Chris Sununu, R-N.H.

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“Fox News Sunday” — Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, Republican vice presidential nominee; Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.

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August 18, 2024

Sen. Tammy Duckworth on effort to free medical workers trapped in Gaza

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth on effort to free medical workers trapped in Gaza – CBS News

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Israeli forces forged deeper into Rafah on Tuesday, raising fears of more civilian casualties in the Israel-Hamas war. Apprehensions of a more intense military push come amid word that a team of international doctors, including several Americans, are trapped in a hospital near the city. Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth joins “America Decides” to discuss.

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May 14, 2024

Boeing 737 Max engine issue will take up to a year to fix, company tells lawmakers

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Boeing told lawmakers its planned fix for an engine issue on all 737 Max jets will take up to a year, delaying certification of the 737 Max 7 and Max 10 airliners.

In written responses to questions from Sen. Tammy Duckworth, chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, obtained exclusively by CBS News, Boeing says it has assembled a team of technical experts to “quickly drive forward a safe and compliant solution” to an issue that could cause the 737 Max engine anti-ice system to overheat and damage the engine.

Boeing officials had previously indicated they were aiming for a fix to be ready in nine to 12 months.

“For the safety of the flying public, I’m relieved that Boeing committed to fixing the known safety defect on-board its 737 MAX 10 before attempting to certify and put yet another flawed aircraft into commercial service. I’m also appreciative that Boeing took my concern with the MAX 7 to heart and agreed to prioritize fixing this safety defect in all MAX aircraft within the next year rather than its original 2026 timeline,” Duckworth said in a statement to CBS News. “When it comes to the safety of passengers and crew, this fix cannot come soon enough—and I will be closely monitoring Boeing’s efforts to ensure it stays on track to permanently address this safety defect and keep the flying public safe.”

Boeing received a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration to continue operating the 737 Max 8 and 9 variants that are already certified and in service until a fix was developed and implemented in 2026. The company was seeking a similar waiver for the Max 7, which was nearing final FAA certification prior to a door panel blowing out of an Alaska Airlines flight midair in January.

The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which was forced to make an emergency landing, is seen during an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board in Portland, Oregon, Jan. 7, 2024.

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Following demands from Duckworth that the FAA deny the Max 7 a safety waiver, Boeing withdrew the request. The company will not seek to fully certify the Max 7 or Max 10 until the issue is resolved.

The company told Duckworth the work to fix the anti-ice issue is complicated.

“Small changes made to the engine inlet can change the behavior of the air as it enters the engine, impacting engine performance. The solution selection process for the potential overheat issue will require a full understanding of safety and compliance impacts on all systems,” the company said.

On Tuesday, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said the Chicago-based carrier told Boeing to stop building the 737 Max 10 planes they have on order and instead focus on producing 737 Max 9 planes.

“I think it’s impossible to say when the Max 10 is going to get certified,” Kirby said at a J.P. Morgan investor conference. “If and when the Max 10 gets certified, we’ll convert them back to Max 10s, but Max 10 is out for us until it’s certified.”

Kirby acknowledged United is also weighing an order with rival Airbus for its A321neo aircraft. Any A321 order would likely lead to a corresponding order cancellation at Boeing.

“If we get a deal … to work, then we’ll do something, and if we don’t, then we won’t, and we’ll wind up having more Max 9s,” Kirby said.

Southwest Airlines is feeling the impact of the certification delays of the 737 Max 7. The airline announced this week it would have to cut its 2024 capacity plans and reevaluate its earnings expectations for the year because it will receive fewer Max deliveries this year than expected. Southwest flies an all-737 fleet and has hundreds of Max 7s on order.

A number of grounded Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft are shown parked at Victorville Airport in Victorville, California, March 26, 2019.

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In August 2023, the FAA issued an Airworthiness Directive, a regulation designed to address the issue on the Max 8 and 9 airplanes, that “was prompted by a report indicating that use of engine anti-ice (EAI) in dry air for more than five minutes during certain environmental and operational conditions can cause overheating of the engine inlet inner barrel beyond the material design limit, resulting in failure of the engine inlet inner barrel and severe engine inlet cowl damage.”

The FAA approved Boeing’s guidance to mitigate the problem on the existing fleet of Max aircraft while Boeing engineered a fix by May 2026. The FAA told airlines that pilots should limit the use of the anti-ice system to less than five minutes until Boeing’s fix was available.

While the issue has never occurred in-flight, Boeing determined it was theoretically possible under specific weather conditions, and in a worst-case scenario, could result in components breaking off.

Captain Dennis Tajer, spokesman for the Allied Pilots Association, the union representing American Airlines pilots, shared a photo of a Post-it note he uses as a reminder when flying a 737 Max about the temporary operating procedures for the anti-icing system.

Captain Dennis Tajer, spokesman for the Allied Pilots Association, uses a Post-it note as a reminder when flying a Boeing 737 Max plane about the temporary operating procedures for its anti-icing system.

Captain Dennis Tajer

The 737 Max 7 is the smallest of the four 737 Max variants, while the Max 10 is the largest. Boeing has a backlog of more than 4,000 737 Max jets.

Boeing’s 737 Max line has been at the center of multiple tragedies, scandals and close calls since being put into service.

Two 737 Max 8 crashes, one in 2018 and one in 2019, led to the entire fleet being grounded. Investigations determined those crashes, which killed a total of 346 people, were the result of false readings causing an automated system on the planes to pitch the noses of the aircrafts down.

The entire Max fleet was grounded for months following the second crash. All Max 9 aircraft in the U.S. were temporarily grounded a second time following January’s door panel incident.

An aerial photo shows Boeing 737 Max airplanes parked on the tarmac at the Boeing Factory in Renton, Washington, March 21, 2019.

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March 15, 2024

Democrats Push Reality as Republicans Try to Gaslight Country About IVF

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Democrats are not just sitting by as Republicans try to gaslight Americans about the inevitable consequences of their anti-abortion laws.

It wasn’t just Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) who took down the Republican attempts to backtrack on their attacks on IVF and reproductive rights.

Senator Tammy Duckworth tied Republican attacks on IVF to their anti-abortion rhetoric that led to the overturning of Roe.

On ABC’s This Week, @SenDuckworth reminded viewers that attacks on IVF are possible because of the elected Republican war on Roe v. Wade and reproductive freedom pic.twitter.com/GCWFfaM4z7

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— Robyn Patterson (@RMPatterson46) February 25, 2024

“I’ve been talking about this since 2018 when it was very clear that Republicans were working to eliminate women’s reproductive rights,” Duckworth said on ABC’s This Week. “I said, if Neil Gorsuch gets put on the Supreme Court, if Amy Coney Barrett gets put on the Supreme Court, we’re gonna have an erosion of Roe v. Wade. And even back in 2018, I said IVF is next. They’ve said they’re coming for IVF. So unfortunately, I wasn’t surprised.”

Jen Klein, Director of the White House Gender Policy Council, wasn’t having it either. “Women in this country are being denied access to emergency rooms when they’re in the middle of having an emergency, whether they need an abortion or they’re having a miscarriage,” Klein said on MSNBC’s The Weekend.

“What just happened in Alabama is fertility clinics are now closed. They are unsure what to do. And these are people who desperately want a family, who desperately want a child – and now are unsure if that is legal to do in their state,” Klein added.

On @TheWeekendMSNBC:

The White House’s Jen Klein made clear that despite Republican claims about supporting IVF, women across red-states are being denied access to care, fertility clinics are closing, and Americans who want families are scared it isn’t legal in their states. pic.twitter.com/GEacB6OQQs

— Robyn Patterson (@RMPatterson46) February 25, 2024

How we got here:

Problems for Republicans started when a survey “found that 86% of all respondents supported access to IVF, with 78% support among self-identified ‘pro-life advocates’ and 83% among Evangelical Christians.

After the strong reaction against the Alabama ruling against IVF based on the Republican argument used to overturn Roe v Wade by a conservative Supreme Court, Republicans were told to get out there and deny deny deny. They were told to express support for IVF.

The Senate Republican campaign arm memo urging members to come out in support of IVF came just “three days after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos used in IVF are children and have legal protections under the state’s ‘personhood’ laws.”

And Republicans are doing just that, ignoring their own records to do so.

Here’s how that’s going: Rep. Byron Donalds says IVF is important because it helps couples “breed.”

Rep. Byron Donalds on Meet the Press says IVF is important to couples because it helps them “breed great families.” pic.twitter.com/WeO20BGvMk

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 25, 2024

Republicans are trying to run away from their own policies

What is behind all of this is the conservative notion of “personhood” attributed, but only when convenient, to embryos. There are many obvious ramifications from this unfounded belief, which Republicans have been well aware of for at least 20 years, so denial at this point beggars belief.

The bottom line is if “life begins at conception” as they argue, then embryos are human beings. The Alabama ruling allowed parents to sue for wrongful death of their frozen embryos.

This caused several fertilization clinics to cease their work, out of concern that they “could be held liable for embryos that are destroyed or lost.” The Alabama AG then tried to reassure everyone that he won’t prosecute IVF clinics and families.

However, the Alabama Supreme Court referred to IVF cryotanks where embryos are stored as “cryogenic nurser(ies).” That would certainly give pause to anyone concerned about legal liability.

Logically, there is no way out of this one: It’s either one way or the other. Republicans can equivocate about in utero versus in an IVF lab, but that argument undercuts their entire premise. Either life beings at conception or it does not.

Oh, and by the way, we all saw this coming. It is the inevitable next step of their premise, which has no medical or scientific foundation. If only Republicans hadn’t overturned Roe, their illogical attacks on freedom could have flown largely under the radar.

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February 25, 2024

Politicians Try To Recall How Their Constituents Feel About A Ceasefire

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While it’s common knowledge that citizens have very little influence on elected officials, The Onion asked U.S. politicians how their constituents feel about a ceasefire in Gaza, and this is what they said.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

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“A cease what? I’ve never heard that word in my life.”

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA)

“My constituents routinely vote in favor of having blood on our hands.”

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

“Does AIPAC count as a constituent?”

Vice President Kamala Harris

“Am I a politician? Gee, that’s flattering.”

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)

“One more word about a ceasefire, and I’m ordering Israel to bomb south Brooklyn.”

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT)

“Oh, while I’m at work the nanny is the one who looks after the constituents.”

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ)

“My constituents know I have been calling for a cease-ceasefire since day one.”

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)

“Representatives are public servants. That means it’s my job to listen to what my constituents have to say, internalize it, and then do whatever I want.”

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

“I have genuinely not thought about another human being since 1998.”

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC)

“When I got elected in 2014, my campaign pitch was ‘You wanna see a dead body?’”

Gov. Gavin Newsom Of California

“Constituents…constituents… Oh, you mean the blurred shapes I sometimes see before meetups with donors?”

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)

“Hmm… What is this ‘feel’?”

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)

“My Illinois colleague Dick Durbin, who called for a ceasefire, obviously has different constituents than I do.”

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

“I don’t know. I can’t hear frequencies coming out of the mouths of people who make below $400k.”

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)

“They elected me to kill people, so that’s what I’m gonna do.”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)

“I have but one constituent, and their name is Lockheed Martin.”

Gov. Kathy Hochul Of New York

“I know what they want. I just think they are stupid and don’t respect them. Make sense?”

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)

“A ceasefire is a sacred bond between one man and one woman. Anything else is a sin.”

Former President Barack Obama

“No constituents anymore, motherfuckers! You people can’t goddamn touch me! I can say whatever the hell I want. Fuck all of you!”

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)

“My term doesn’t expire until 2068.”

Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO)

“Constituents? Oh, do you mean money? The money says to burn it to the ground.”

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH)

“I assume all my constituents were also given a full ride by the Federalist Society.”

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)

“We often think about others so much that we forget to think about our own feelings. The question is, do I want a ceasefire?”

Gov. Greg Abbott Of Texas

“Most of my constituents are guns, and they love firing. It’s the equivalent of orgasm to them.”

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November 6, 2023

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

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WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — National security adviser Jake Sullivan; former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican presidential candidate.

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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Jake Sullivan; Sens. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska.

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CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Jake Sullivan; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas; Mesa, Arizona, Mayor John Giles; IAC Chairman Barry Diller.

The national security advisers of the United States, Japan and the Philippines have held their first joint talks and agreed to strengthen their defense cooperation.

FILE - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, April 24, 2023. The White House is ready to have talks with Russia without preconditions about a future arms control framework as the last treaty between the two nuclear powers has faltered. Two senior administration officials said that Sullivan will speak of the administration's desire for talks on building a new framework during a Friday address to the Arms Control Association. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

President Joe Biden is dispatching White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan to Tokyo this week for talks with his counterparts from Japan, Philippines and South Korea.

FILE - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, April 24, 2023. Sullivan and senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Wang Yi held talks in Vienna this week, the latest in a series of small signs that tensions could be easing between the world's two biggest economies. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

An unknown man managed to slip undetected inside the home of White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, according to two people familiar with the investigation.

This is a locator map for Saudi Arabia with its capital, Riyadh. (AP Photo)

U.S. President Joe Biden’s top national security aide has met with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince amid long-standing tensions between the White House and the kingdom.

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CNN’s “State of the Union” — Jake Sullivan; Christie; Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa.

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“Fox News Sunday” — National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby; Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.

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July 14, 2023

Senate Democrats Seek To Protect IVF Ahead Of Looming Attacks In Abortion Fight

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As politicians and organizers across the country battle ongoing abortion restrictions in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s demise, many are gearing up for the next fight in the war on reproductive justice: ensuring continued access to in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments.

Democratic Sens. Tammy Duckworth (Ill.) and Patty Murray (Wash.) are anticipating that fight with the introduction of new legislation, the Right To Build Families Act of 2022. The bill, introduced in the Senate on Thursday morning, codifies protections for assisted reproductive technologies, including allowing patients to retain rights to their reproductive genetic material and protecting physicians who provide assisted fertility services. The legislation also seeks to allow the Department of Justice to pursue civil action against any state that attempts to restrict access to IVF and other fertility services.

“IVF advocates in this country today are publicly telling us, ‘We need this kind of legislation to be able to protect this,’” Murray told HuffPost by phone on Wednesday. “And here we are after the Dobbs decision where states are enacting laws and we have [anti-abortion] advocates who are now starting to talk, especially behind closed doors, about stopping the right for women and men to have IVF procedures done.”

Many people may not realize that attacks on a person’s right to abortion care also threaten a person’s right to choose to have children. Abortion care and fertility treatments like IVF are intricately linked because of how many Republican lawmakers are redefining when life begins.

IVF is a medical procedure in which an egg is fertilized by sperm outside the body and then implanted into the uterus. Sometimes, physicians will implant multiple fertilized eggs into the uterus to give the person a better chance at a successful pregnancy. Suppose this results in a multiple pregnancy (i.e., twins, triplets, etc.). In that case, people can choose a fetal reduction — lowering the number of fetuses and improving a person’s chance for a healthy pregnancy. More often, physicians will implant one fertilized egg, and if the patient becomes pregnant, they can choose to discard their other fertilized eggs or freeze them for possible future use. And usually, not all fertilized eggs are viable, leading physicians to discard some.

But many lawmakers and Catholic groups oppose IVF because they believe a fertilized egg is a human being or person. Discarding fertilized eggs is murder in the eyes of many anti-choice religious organizations, many of which are pushing to see their beliefs become law.

Lawmakers and anti-abortion advocates in Ohio, Virginia and Texas are already discussing legislation that could potentially ban IVF. Tennessee lawmakers can be heard discussing their plans to roll back access to IVF and contraception in recently leaked audio between the anti-choice politicians and Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.

“This is the part of the abortion debate that most Americans were unaware of until Roe v. Wade fell,” Duckworth said.

“This is the part of the abortion debate that most Americans were not aware of until Roe v. Wade fell.”

– Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)

The legislation is personal for Duckworth, who conceived her two daughters using IVF. When Duckworth struggled with fertility, she went to her doctor to seek answers. The physician told her she was simply too old and would never get pregnant. Thankfully, she got a second opinion and discovered she was a prime candidate for IVF. Duckworth later realized that the first doctor didn’t tell her IVF was an option because the doctor worked at a Catholic hospital, which opposed any assisted fertility treatment.

“In my case, I had five fertilized eggs, and we discarded three because they were not viable. That is now potentially manslaughter in some of these states,” she said.

“I also have a fertilized egg that’s frozen,” Duckworth added. “My husband and I haven’t decided what we will do with it, but the head of the Texas Right to Life organization that wrote the bounty law for Texas has come out and specifically said he’s going after IVF next, and he wants control of the embryos.”

Duckworth and Murray worked together last year to pass the Veteran Families Health Services Act — similar legislation that repealed Veterans Affairs’ ban on IVF and further protected access to assisted reproductive technologies for veterans. Duckworth told HuffPost she believes the Right To Build Families Act has a better chance at passing the Senate because many Republicans are already on record voting in support of protecting fertility treatments for veterans.

Murray was more reticent about her Republican colleagues’ willingness to support the Right To Build Families Act, pointing to the fact that Democrats could not get any Republicans to co-sponsor the bill.

“I know that there are people out there who don’t want to be the public face of stopping IVF but certainly don’t mind when there’s some negotiation at the end of the day, taking it off the table,” Murray said.

“I’ve seen that with veterans, and I have no doubt that those people exist behind closed doors here today. We should not just assume that they’re not going to be active about this.”

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December 15, 2022

Helping a wounded Ukrainian soldier walk again

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Helping a wounded Ukrainian soldier walk again – CBS News

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Earlier this year, while fighting to protect his country, Alexander Chaika lost his right leg to a Russian artillery shell. Last month he arrived in the U.S. to be fitted for a high-tech prosthetic leg, thanks to the charitable organization Future for Ukraine. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin talks with Chaika about recovering his mobility; with medical teams about the state-of-the-art prosthetics; and with Senator Tammy Duckworth, an American veteran who knows the hard truths of losing a limb in combat.

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November 27, 2022

First US senator to give birth in office offers heartfelt Mother’s Day message: ‘You’re what keeps this country strong’ | CNN Politics

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Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, the first sitting US senator to give birth while in office, offered a heartfelt Mother’s Day message on Sunday, celebrating moms nationwide for “growing the next generation for our nation.”

“Hang in there, sister. We’re in this together, and nobody has perfect work-life balance, everybody struggles, and so do the best that you can,” the Democrat told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.”

“You’re what keeps this country strong.”

Duckworth and her husband, Bryan Bowlsbey, are the parents of two daughters, Abigail and Maile. Abigail was born while Duckworth was serving in the US House as a Chicago-area congresswoman.

In 2018, after giving birth to Maile, Duckworth became the first US senator to cast a vote on the floor with her newborn by her side.

Her vote came just one day after the Senate changed long-standing rules to allow newborns on the chamber floor during votes. The rule change, voted through by unanimous consent, was done to accommodate senators with newborn babies and lets them bring children under 1 year old onto the Senate floor and breastfeed them during votes.

“It feels great,” Duckworth told reporters at the time. “It is about time, huh?”

The Illinois Democrat on Sunday spoke about Democratic efforts to pass legislation to address rising child care costs.

“Families spend as much as a quarter to half of their income on child care, and there’s no way for working families to survive under those burdens,” Duckworth said.

“We keep trying,” she added when asked by Bash about finding bipartisan solutions.

Duckworth is a retired Army lieutenant colonel who was a helicopter pilot during the Iraq War. She was the first female double amputee from the war after suffering severe combat wounds when her Black Hawk helicopter was shot down.

Duckworth served in the Obama administration as an assistant secretary of Veterans Affairs. She was first elected to the US House in 2012 and the Senate four years later.

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