Kevin Hassett: Energy shocks will “affect profits for the airlines for the next quarter or so”

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that although Spirit Airlines said rising fuel prices had contributed to its demise, “energy shocks don’t have a big effect” on other airlines’ business. But he acknowledged that “certainly, that will affect the profits for the airlines for a quarter …

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Sen. Raphael Warnock says Supreme Court’s voting rights decision “poured fuel on this redistricting arms race”

Washington — Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia called the Supreme Court’s decision last week to strike down Louisiana’s congressional map and narrow the Voting Rights Act “a massive and devastating blow,” while warning of its implications for the redistricting fight. “The court, sadly, poured fuel on this redistricting arms race,” Warnock said Sunday on …

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5/3: Sunday Morning – CBS News

5/3: Sunday Morning – CBS News Watch CBS News Hosted by Jane Pauley. Featured: The effects of overtourism; horse therapy; a tool to help keep dementia in check; Sting on “The Last Ship”; a golf journalist takes over a failing golf course; a Mozart exhibition; and collecting PEZ dispensers.