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U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro is repeating that he has no plans to run for Texas governor despite the state's Democratic Party chairman insisting last week that the congressman's still considering it.
The 37-year-old , red-headed congressman from Brookline, heir apparent to the thinning Kennedy political dynasty, is quickly emerging as a player in a Democrat Party bereft of leaders. He recently gave a rip-roaring speech in Texas that tore into President Donald Trump and had Texas Democrats clamoring for more.
President Donald Trump returns to the storm-swept American South on Thursday, this time to the Gulf coast of Florida where Hurricane Irma raged last weekend. In the Naples and Fort Myers area, Trump is expected to receive updates on recovery efforts from state and local authorities as well as view damage caused by the monster storm.
A Round Rock attorney resigned after posting a controversial tweet Friday that caused a firestorm on Twitter. The tweet, which was posted by Robert Ranco, a partner with the Carlson Law Firm, read, "I'm not wishing for itbut I'd be ok if #BetsyDevos was sexually assaulted.
Watching the chaotic cacophony that passes for Trump foreign policy makes me recall the most skilled presidential foreign policy operation I ever covered - that of George H.W. Bush. So, last week, when I traveled to the Texas A&M University campus to speak at a symposium, I made a point of visiting the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum.
The newly crowned Miss America isn't worried that she may start her reign in a Twitter war with President Donald Trump, who she says shouldn't have pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord. While the U.S. contends with the destruction caused by two ferocious hurricanes in three weeks, Americans also are marking the 16th anniversary of one of the nation's most scarring days.
The newly crowned Miss America isn't worried that she may start her reign in a Twitter war with President Donald Trump, who she says shouldn't have pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord. While the U.S. contends with the destruction caused by two ferocious hurricanes in three weeks, Americans also are marking the 16th anniversary of one of the nation's most scarring days.
President Donald Trump stepped into a hot church-state dispute Friday night, tweeting support for Texas churches that were damaged by Hurricane Harvey and now want assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to rebuild. Trump's tweet came after three Texas churches filed a lawsuit last week challenging a policy from FEMA that excludes houses of worship from disaster relief grants, and as Hurricane Irma barreled toward the southeastern United States.
Texas health officials say the Federal Emergency Management Agency will use military planes to spray chemicals near Houston to help control disease-carrying mosquitoes following Hurricane Harvey. Texas Health and Human Services spokesman Chris Van Deusen says spraying begins Saturday evening east of Houston, in Jefferson, Orange and Chambers counties.
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The five living former U.S. presidents said Thursday they would team up to create the "One America Appeal" to raise money for storm recovery as Texas and Louisiana seek to regroup from Harvey and Florida and the Atlantic coast brace for Hurricane Irma. The hurricane recovery effort was announced by former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter.
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday tapped a veteran Democrat to lead the state's recovery effort after Harvey, which is shaping up to be among the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history. John Sharp is chancellor of Texas A&M University and doesn't plan to leave that job while heading the new Governor's Commission to Rebuild Texas.
Harvey's record-setting rains created heaps of ruined possessions that now line entire neighborhoods, nearly up to the rooftops of the homes that were swamped. All that sodden drywall, flooring, furniture, clothing and toys adds up to an estimated 8 million cubic yards in Houston alone, enough to fill up the Texans stadium two times over.
Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it would build a $US5 billion second headquarters in North America, kicking off a competition between cities and states to offer tax cuts and incentives that could bring 50,000 new jobs. The largest e-commerce company said it intended to create "HQ2", a headquarters that would be a "full equal" to its Seattle office, Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said in a statement.
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.