Lockheed Martin presents Gateway Center plans at ceremony

Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space Systems, left, Rep. Mike Coffman, Jay Lindell and Don Rosier break ground on the Gateway Center. Employees of Lockheed Martin, government officials and other community members gathered to celebrate the 266,000-square-foot facility.

From sugar mills to hog farms, U.S. agriculture braces for Irma

Hurricane Irma sent farmers and food companies scrambling to protect processing facilities, farm fields and animal herds in the South and Southeastern parts of the United States on Wednesday. Florida sugar and citrus processors rushed to secure rail cars and equipment that could be crushed, blocked or turned into flying projectiles.

Harvey 2 mins ago 6:21 p.m.House approves nearly $8 billion in Harvey relief funding

Congressman Blake Farenthold supported the funding and said FEMA would have run out of money this week and is glad the bill was passed. "This will primarily be used for emergency individual assistance and the things that FEMA is doing right now," Farenthold said by phone Wednesday.

Where President Trump was right on Charlottesville: Gleb Tsipursky

Both Democratic and Republican leaders roundly denounced President Donald Trump's statement last month putting "blame on both sides" about the violence at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. However, while I personally find reprehensible various forms of white nationalism, racism, and neo-Nazism, Trump's statements that both sides deserve a degree of blame have some validity.

‘It Really Was All Hands on Deck.’ How Federal Health Officials Responded to Hurricane Harvey

This Jan. 24, 2017 file photo shows Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. in Capitol Hill, Washington Among the federal agencies looking to help the city bounce back is the Department of Health and Human Services, which is doing everything from to helping run pop-up hospital units to moving patients from the storm's path.

House overwhelmingly passes $7.9 billion Harvey aid bill

The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed $7.9 billion in Hurricane Harvey disaster relief as warring Republicans and Democrats united behind help for victims of that storm as an ever more powerful new hurricane bore down on Florida. The 419-3 vote sent the aid package - likely the first of several - to the Senate in hopes of sending the bill to President Donald Trump before dwindling federal disaster reserves run out at the end of this week.

Continue reading Trump overrules GOP with deal on spending, debt, Harvey aid

President Donald Trump overruled congressional Republicans and his own treasury secretary Wednesday and cut a deal with Democrats to fund the government and raise the federal borrowing limit for three months, all part of an agreement to speed money to Harvey relief. In the course of a relatively brief negotiating session at the White House, Trump largely sided with Democratic leaders as they pushed for the three-month deal.

Toohil out of House race

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15 states, DC sue Trump administration over ending DACA

Fifteen states and the District of Columbia sued Wednesday to block President Donald Trump's plan to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation -- an act Washington state's attorney general called "a dark time for our country." The lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of New York.

15 states, D.C. sue Trump administration over ending DACA

Dreamers from left; Isaac Montiel, 28, of NYC, Monica Camacho, 23, of Bethesda, Md., and Cynthia Toyco, 33, of Rogers, Arkansas, hold their pictures, during the House and Senate Democrats, news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017.

Trump overrules GOP with deal on spending, debt, Harvey aid

A day after they returned to work from their summer recess, congressional leaders met with President Trump at the White House Wednesday on issues from tax reform to hurricane Irma preparedness and disaster aid for Harvey affected areas. WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump overruled congressional Republicans and his own treasury secretary Wednesday and cut a deal with Democrats to fund the government and raise the federal borrowing limit for three months, all part of an agreement to speed money to Harvey relief.

Fifteen states, D.C. sue Trump administration over plan to end DACA

Fifteen states and the District of Columbia on sued Wednesday to block President Donald Trump's plan to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation - an act Washington state's attorney general called "a dark time for our country." The lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of New York.

Trump Agrees To Fund The Gov’t, Raise The Debt Ceiling

President Donald Trump agreed Wednesday afternoon to raise the debt limit and fund the federal government through mid-December, allowing members of Congress to deal with the federal budget in the coming months. "In the meeting, the President and Congressional leadership agreed to pass aid for Harvey , an extension of the debt limit, and a continuing resolution both to December 15, all together," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in a statement Wednesday.

Trump sends Marino’s drug czar nomination to Senate for confirmation

President Trump has forwarded to the Senate his nomination of Pennsylvania Congressman Thomas A. Marino to be the next drug czar. Marino's can be confirmed by a simple majority of the Senate, said Daniel C. Bucheli, press secretary for the office on National Drug Control Policy.

Personality, not policy, set to define Hawaii governor race

In this Aug. 2, 2017, file photo, Hawaii Gov. David Ige talks at a groundbreaking ceremony for Hawaii's first public hydrogen fueling station in Honolulu. U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii plans to challenge Gov. David Ige in the gubernatorial race.