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The approval to reallocate funds in the $9.6 billion budget comes as Maria left Puerto Rico devastated and entirely without power. As much as $1 billion will be reallocated in Puerto Rico's $9.6 billion budget to fund emergency relief efforts, as Hurricane Maria's devastating effects left the entire island without power Thursday.
Social media platforms are capturing a growing share of political advertising in the U.S. and the revelation that Russian interests used Facebook to influence the presidential election are stirring calls for greater transparency. Television stations, cable and satellite companies and radio stations all must keep records of and disclose who pays for political messages on their outlets, how much they paid, and when the ads aired.
The intricacies and intrigues in the Russia investigation continued to unspool on Wednesday, when it came to light that special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigated Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, as reported by Fox News. In May, Rosenstein penned a memo criticizing then-FBI Director James Comey's handling of the investigation in Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state.
Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman explains reports from CNN that the Department of Justice had wiretapped Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman on Wednesday said the Department of Justice's surveillance of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is a 'constitutional crisis.'
FBN's Lou Dobbs weighs in on the California attorney general's decision to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its push to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. 
 It is becoming increasingly clearer that the state of California has organized much of its state government and legal resources to mount a campaign of harassment and obstruction against the Trump administration.
Regulators approved a deal in which Walgreens will buy 1,932 Rite Aid stores, fewer than the companies had planned. The Medicaid program administrator slumped as Senate Republicans sought votes on a bill that would roll back President Barack Obama's health care law.
With time running out before Congress turns its attention to the 2018 mid-term elections, small-cap stocks are increasingly acting as a bellwether for the market's expectations that the Trump Administration will reach a deal to significantly cut U.S. corporate tax rates by the end of the year. For the moment at least, they're reflecting renewed optimism for progress on taxes after months of going no where as persistent bickering in Washington weighed on reform hopes.
An influential industry panel plans to vote Thursday on recommendations that the Federal Aviation Administration eliminate or scale back dozens of safety rules, including one on airline pilot qualifications. The recommendations are contained in a report to the FAA's Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee in response to President Donald Trump's directives to cut government regulations.
President Donald Trump blocked a Chinese-backed investor from buying Lattice Semiconductor Corp., casting a cloud over Chinese deals seeking U.S. security clearance and spurring a call for fairness from Beijing. It was just the fourth time in a quarter century that a U.S. president has ordered a foreign takeover of an American firm on national-security concerns.
On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a bill that would guarantee health care coverage for all Americans, a measure that already has the support of at least 15 other Democratic senators. Sanders' Medicare for All Act would allow all individuals to receive coverage by expanding the program.
Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, on Monday said that the American people should not be concerned that President Trump and his administration didn't use the terms 'radical Islamic terrorism,' during their 9/11 speeches. Conway believes the American people shouldn't be afraid that Trump is becoming politicized for not using the phrase 'radical Islamic terrorism,' but should instead focus on his legislative agenda.
Choice quotes have been seeping out for weeks, and I'll admit that I reacted to one of them - "Now I'm letting down my guard" - as if the smoke alarm had started shrieking in my living room. Why believe her? In her previous books, she measured her words with teaspoons and then sprayed them with disinfectant.
Approved by the Federal Communications Commission in 1949, this rule insisted that because the airwaves belong to all of us, every TV and radio broadcast licensee must "devote a reasonable portion of broadcast time to the discussion and consideration of controversial issues of public importance," and allow "the expression of contrasting viewpoints." Translation: When you present points of view from the right on your station, it behooves you to also present views from the left - and others - so that everyone's opinion gets a fair shake.
The tech giant announced on Thursday that it's looking to open a second company headquarters in the U.S., called Amazon HQ2, and will conduct a nationwide search to decide on the location. Amazon said the campus will cost more than $5 billion to build and operate and will involve hiring as many as 50,000 employees.
Foxconn Technology Group could appeal lawsuits directly to the conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court, skipping the state appeals court, under changes to a $3 billion incentive package the Legislature's budget-writing committee approved Tuesday. The unprecedented change to the usual judicial process drew criticism from Democrats, who also blasted the $3 billion incentives as a corporate welfare giveaway.
A Raytheon Standard Missile-6 successfully intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target at sea in a test in the Pacific, the company said in a Wednesday statement. The SM-6 shot down the target, which was fired from the USS John Paul Jones, in its final seconds of flight.
President Trump's remarks in Arizona on Tuesday night sparked renewed fears of a government shutdown, which put pressure on stocks Wednesday. "I think the speech was over the top, and I think you can now say that without worry because since the CEOs have resigned from the councils you realize there's a Trump who is coherent and a Trump who is rambling," said TheStreet's founder and Action Alerts PLUS portfolio manager Jim Cramer said in an interview.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., August 22, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts President Trump's threat to shutdown the federal government over his demand for $1.6 billion in border wall money could upend delicate negotiations on Capitol Hill to keep the government open and funded past Sept.
The emergence of Great Wall Motors as a potential partner for Jeep highlights just how much Fiat Chrysler, Jeep's owner, has looked to China to help bolster its fortunes. The New York Times notes that Fiat Chrysler has openly sought investors for two years and, as early as last year, the carmaker sent a team specializing in mergers and acquisitions to China.
Wisconsin Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca was branded as failing "on all accounts" by a fellow Democrat who was "incredibly frustrated and concerned" with his actions after Barca joined Republicans in voting for a $3 billion tax incentive package for Foxconn Technology Group. Emails obtained by The Associated Press show that Democratic state Rep. Lisa Subeck of Madison spelled out her grievances to Barca on Friday, the day after the Assembly passed the incentive package backed by Republicans designed to attract Foxconn to build a massive display panel factory in the state.