Richard Blumenthal

The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) will honor a number of US Congress members at its 46th Biennial Congressional Banquet, held at the Mayflower Hotel, in Washington DC, on May 22. 

AHEPA will present Maryland Congressman John Sarbanes with the "2024 AHEPA Socrates Award," the organization's highest honor. 

Boeing is expected to face a bruising once-over Wednesday as company critics testify at a U.S. Senate hearing, including an employee who has characterized the top-selling 787 as prone to disaster.

Federal aviation authorities are investigating claims by a Boeing engineer that the 787 Dreamliner suffers from assembly defects that threaten safety, U.S. officials have said.

Attorneys for the whistleblower, Sam Salehpour, accuse the company of putting profit over safety, and retaliating against him after he raised concerns by "involuntarily" transferring him to the 777 program.

Arizona officials saw opportunity when Uber and other companies began testing driverless cars a few years ago. Promising to keep oversight light, they invited the companies to test their robotic vehicles on the state's roads.

More than 190 Democratic lawmakers sued President Donald Trump in federal court on yesterday, saying he had accepted funds from foreign governments through his businesses without congressional consent in violation of the U.S. Constitution.