CANTON, Mass. (AP) — The mental competency of media mogul Sumner Redstone is at the center of a battle to be heard in a Massachusetts courtroom as Viacom's embattled chief executive seeks to be restored as a director and trustee to entities that control Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp.
Viacom chief executive Philippe Dauman and board member George Abrams sued Redstone after both men were stripped of their roles as trustees of the Sumner M. Redstone National Amusements Trust and as board members of National Amusements Inc., the movie theater chain.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan is proposing the first of several policy plans aimed at uniting Republicans fractured by a contentious election and Donald Trump's personality-driven politics.
Ryan's first proposal would overhaul the nation's poverty programs. The proposal would make changes to welfare, food and housing aid, among other programs, to increase work requirements, make the aid more efficient and allow states to make more decisions about how it is distributed. Ryan won't immediately translate most of these ideas into legislation, since his major points wouldn't be enacted under President Barack Obama. But the idea is to set the stage for the future if a Republican should become president.
