Defense bill in danger over Confederate-named military bases
Republicans are vowing they will not send the broader bill to Trump if it includes language requiring bases named after Confederate officers to be renamed. โIt's Senate language that we want to agree to," said House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash. โSo there shouldn't be controversy here." โLook, the defense bill is really important," Smith said, expressing hope that Republicans would relent. Both the House and Senate defense measures passed by veto-proof margins but GOP leaders want to avoid the chances of a veto coming to pass. The Associated Press erroneously reported that failure to pass the legislation could hold up a pay raise for the military.
Voting throughout the years: These photos will make you realize how much has changed
(Automatic Voting Machine Co/PhotoQuest/Getty Images)A hand as it inserts a ballot into a box during the U.S. presidential election in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Nov. 2, 1948. (PhotoQuest/Getty Images)An over-the-shoulder view of an unidentified woman as she demonstrates how to use an IBM voting machine in 1966. The voter casts a ballot by punching holes in a card, which then drops into a ballot box. (Getty Images)A hand presses the switch, marking a selection in a 1970s-style voting machine. (Getty Images)A view showing empty voting booths during the Senate elections in 1986.
Missing 12-year-old Virginia boy with autism found safe
PAGE COUNTY, Va. - The Page County Sheriff's Office says 12-year-old Collin Branch has been found and he is safe. Crews are now working to get him out of the trail. ORIGINAL STORYAircraft, ground crews and K-9s are now taking part in the search for a missing 12-year-old boy with autism. The Page County Sheriff's Office is searching for Collin Branch in the area of Kennedy's Peak. Collin was last seen wearing a gray Under Armour polo, gray shorts and black and white shoes with red accents.
On this day: October 16
2004: Pierre Salinger, a White House press secretary to U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, dies of heart failure at age 79 in Le Thor, France. Following his time in the White House, he became known for his work as an ABC News correspondent, in particular for his stories on the American hostage crisis in Iran and the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. He also served in the U.S. Senate in 1964 as a vacancy appointment and was campaign manager for the Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign. He was within 10 to 12 feet of Kennedy when he was assassinated while walking through the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles in June 1968. Hide Caption