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Hurricane Harvey pummeled the Houston area with an unprecedented four feet of rain, making it the most extreme rain event in U.S. history. Cars and houses are underwater, and thousands of people have needed or await rescue.
When, right out of the starting block, President Donald Trump reneged on a key campaign vow, he inadvertently laid the foundation for a swamp of his own making just months later.
Workers begin repairs to a wall that was lost in the wake of Hurricane Harvey on Wednesday, in Rockport, Texas. A friend sent a photo to Jaime Botello's phone Wednesday that confirmed his fears: The house where his family has lived for 30 years is completely flooded.
According to the latest snapshot from the Social Security Administration , around 41.9 million retired workers are receiving a monthly benefits check, and of those workers, some 61% count on that check for at least half of their monthly income. Social Security's importance in helping seniors meet their financial obligations simply can't be overstated.
Harvey becomes a category FOUR: Strengthening hurricane now has winds of 130mph as Texans in its path are told to write their social security number on their arm before it hits in case they die 'It is getting much bigger': Trump sends several tweets from Camp David urging Americans to 'be safe' as Harvey hits - but he wrongly calls it a 'Class Three' Trump pardons controversial Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio after he was convicted of contempt for refusing to stop targeting illegal immigrants for arrest Trump signs order indefinitely banning transgender recruits from joining the military - but those already serving could be allowed to remain 'Karma is real': Chester Bennington's first wife lashes out at his widow and their family for 'disgusting' funeral in scathing Facebook post EXCLUSIVE: $758m Powerball winner split from partner of 15 years saying 'I'm moving on to a better life' - but ... (more)
The San Diego County pension system does not want to pursue a whistleblower complaint against its former portfolio strategist and other advisers and instead is asking a judge to dismiss a False Claims Act lawsuit filed earlier this year. In a 20-page pleading filed in Superior Court this week, lawyers for the San Diego County Employees Retirement Association urged the judge to close the case filed in February by Jeff Baker, a former staff investment officer for the pension system who was fired in 2011.
Fanning the flames of GOP discord, President Donald Trump is accusing Republican congressional leaders of botching efforts to avoid an unprecedented default on the national debt. "Could have been so easy-now a mess!" Trump tweeted.
A special agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement searches a vehicle heading into Mexico at the Hidalgo border crossing on May 28, 2010 in Hidalgo, Texas The second-highest ranking member of the Florida Senate pledged a legislative review of a state law that has allowed injured undocumented workers to be arrested and potentially deported rather than paid workers' compensation benefits. "Legitimate injuries shouldn't be denied just because the person was an undocumented immigrant," said Republican Sen. Anitere Flores, the president pro tempore of the state Senate and chair of the Banking and Insurance Committee.
At the end of last year's presidential campaign, a sufficient number of voters in just the right places elected Donald Trump to go shoot up Washington and fundamentally change the way it operates. In fact, 30 weeks after he took office Trump is still shooting wild words and tweets at most anyone who criticizes him, hints at criticizing him or just moves.
Plainly we don't want cities to sell them to private citizens to put up in front yards . We don't want to destroy statues due to the effort put in by the artists and, in the case of equestrian statutes, the fact that the horses depicted were not guilty of secessionist or pro-slavery sympathies.
President of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Javier Palomarez said Trump administration advisers Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller would "love to have one less hispanic with free access to the White House." "If I walk away, if I give up in frustration the only people who win are the Steve Bannons and the Stephen Millers of the world," he said on "Morning Joe" Wednesday.
Last week I heard BBC announce the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the financial crisis. This is dated to the decision by the French bank BNP Paribas to prohibit withdrawals from two hedge funds that were heavily invested in subprime mortgage backed securities.
In 2015, Social Security lifted an estimated 12.6 million women out of poverty, including 9 million women aged 65 and over. Today is Social Security's 82nd birthday.
Every family who lives in state Sen. Bob Duff's district and every business operating in Fairfield County needs to be aware of what their elected state senator just did to threaten their livelihoods last week. The labor contract agreement that just passed and will now become law is another in a long line of sweetheart deals with unions negotiated by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy that has prolonged the fiscal crisis and created the poor economic climate our families and businesses suffer in every day.
In this May 2, 2012 file photo, Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler presents arguments at the testimony table in favor of HB209, in the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. A voter fraud commission established by President Donald Trump could make it easier for hackers to get voter registration information.
Two years ago, President Barack Obama marked the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act with a White House summit on protecting and expanding the right to vote. As California's chief elections officer, I was invited to this significant event.
Mississippi's top insurance regulator and its only Democratic congressman are both ready to cede some of the federal flood insurance market to private insurers. Both Republican Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney and U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson say they're open to proposals being considered in Congress that would make it possible for private insurers to enter the market in a big way.
In Reflections on a Ravaged Century , his classic study of twentieth-century politics, Robert Conquest emphasized that democratic capitalism was far and away "the best and most hopeful arrangement available to us" in the real world . Compared with what prevailed and still prevails in Russia, China, and other communist and formerly communist states, Western democracy is a paradise of freedom and opportunity.
The U.K. economy is cooling and Brexit hasn't even happened yet. The outlook for business investment is getting worse, according to the Bank of England, while real wages are falling.