The Latest: Florida cancels football home opener for Irma
High winds and rain sweep through the streets of the Matelnillo community during the passage of hurricane Irma, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017.
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Most Awkward Dinner Ever: Trump To Dine With Ryan Day After Siding With Dems On Debt Ceiling
President Donald Trump will host Speaker Paul Ryan at the White House residence Thursday evening, according to the president's daily schedule, the day after Trump took a deal that may favor the Democrats on debt ceiling negotiations. Trump met with congressional leaders of both parties Wednesday, and decided to back a three-month lift of the debt ceiling, combined with funding for Hurricane Harvey relief and a continuing resolution to fund the government.
U.S. Jobless Claims Soar by 62,000 on Hurricane Harvey
Disruptions from Hurricane Harvey sent U.S. jobless claims soaring by 62,000 last week, the most since November 2012. Bloomberg's Alix Steel and Troy Gayeski, senior portfolio manager at SkyBridge Capital examine the data on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas."
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The eye of Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record, damaged or destroyed 95 percent of the French portion of the island of St. Martin according to one local official -- "an enormous catastrophe." The island of Barbuda has been reduced to " literally rubble ," reports Prime Minister Gaston Browne.
Widow struggles with leaving hurricane-hit home
As Hurricane Harvey's floodwaters recede, 80-year-old Frances French is left clinging to five decades of memories made in her modest Pearland, Texas, home. She recalls family gatherings, her children playing in the sunny front yard and the dream she had of growing old there with her late husband.
Hurricane Irma brings death, destruction to the Caribbean
High winds and rain sweep through the streets of the Matelnillo community during the passage of hurricane Irma, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017.
Irma looms as FEMA still focused on responding to Harvey
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Steve Chapman: Harvey reveals limits of limited government
Texans are great believers in free enterprise, private property and small government.
Roy Exum: Fall Turns To Spring
With the early-morning air dipping into the 50s at daybreak yesterday, once again I marveled how quickly fall follows Labor Day.
.com | House passes $7.9bn 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.
Irma eyes Southeast as it lashes Caribbean
SEPTEMBER 06: Alexis Ramos looks out to sea at Luquillo Beach prior to the passing of Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The category 5 storm is expected to pass over Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands today, and make landfall in Florida by the weekend.
FEMA still focused on responding to Harvey as Irma looms
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is ramping up preparations for Hurricane Irma as it barrels toward the Florida coast, even as the agency continues the massive recovery effort in storm-battered Texas. The roughly $1 billion left in FEMA's Emergency Response Fund is expected to run out as soon as the end of the week, just as Category 5 Irma could be pounding Florida and less than two weeks after Hurricane Harvey caused massive flooding in Houston.
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.
‘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.
Nebraska task force returns from Harvey duty
Friends and family greeted members of the Urban Search and Rescue Nebraska Task Force 1 upon the force's return to Lincoln.
House to vote on $7.9B Harvey relief bill
In this Sept. 5, 2017, photo, a worker walks past a pile of debris outside a business damaged by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Spring, Texas.
The Latest: Bahamas to evacuate islands in path of ‘Irma’
4, 2017, satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Irma nearing the eastern Caribbean. Hurricane Irma grew into a powerful Category 4 storm Monday.
Five Things To Know About Hurricane Irma
In this geocolor image captured by GOES-16 and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , Hurricane Irma, a potentially catastrophic category 5 hurricane, moves westward, Tuesday morning, Sept.
Immigrants accuse Trump administration of betraying them
In a Sunday Sept. 3, 2017 photo, Michele Kessler holds a sign of support at a Defered Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA rally on Public Square in Wilkes Barre Pa.