Trump looks to frame tax reform debate Wednesday
President Donald Trump won't be diving deep into details as he makes his opening pitch on tax reform Wednesday in Springfield, Missouri. Instead, he'll be looking to frame the debate.
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Political fights loom over cost of Harvey recovery
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott praised the federal response to Harvey on Monday, saying he'd spoken "on multiple occasions" to President Trump and members of his Cabinet. Federal resources have already begun flooding into Texas: 2 million liters of water, 2 million meals and tens of thousands of tarps -- all at the direction of FEMA Director Brock Long.
California congressman lauds Trump with profane comment
Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter used a profane seven-letter term for part of the human anatomy to describe the president in remarks to a group of party members last week. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Monday that the remark at a Murrieta, California, sports bar Friday was received mostly favorably by the Riverside County Young Republicans.
Lawyers urge Texas homeowners to file Harvey claims before law change
Attorneys and a Texas lawmaker are urging homeowners to try and file claims for property damage inflicted by Hurricane Harvey before Friday, when a new insurance law goes into effect. The law will impact policyholders who file a lawsuit against their insurance company for failing to pay enough in claims or repaying claims too slowly.
Top StoryStatue of Martin Luther King Jr. unveiled in his hometown
The daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. stood beside her father's newly unveiled statue Monday, just a few blocks from where he grew up, handing out hugs and telling each well-wisher: "It's about time." The statue paying tribute to King made its public debut Monday on the Georgia Capitol grounds in front of around 800 people including Gov. Nathan Deal, many other state political leaders and several members of the King family.
U.S. interior secretary Zinke urges mining ban near Yellowstone
A herd of bison appears in Yellowstone National Park's Lamar Valley in Montana on Aug. 26, 2016. U.S. officials plan to block new mining claims outside Yellowstone National Park as the Obama administration races in its last days to keep industry out of pristine and environmentally sensitive areas.
Warren: Racism stymies economic fairness for all Americans
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Evacuees, rescues by the thousands as Texas struggles to grasp Harvey’s devastation
The rescuers came Monday in dump trucks, kayaks and bass fishing boats; plucking the weary flood survivors from Harvey's deluge throughout Houston to any available shelter. And as flash flooding continued for a wide swath of the area Monday night, evacuees arrived by the thousands at makeshift shelters in convention centers, suburban high school gyms and a minor league ballpark.
Anarchist rampage in Berkeley renews free speech debate
" Hundreds of masked, black-clad anarchists who overwhelmed a peaceful California protest and assaulted at least five perceived political enemies have reignited the debate over ensuring free speech while protecting public safety in the city where the U.S. free speech movement was born in the 1960s. After planned weekend rallies were violently disrupted or canceled, supporters of President Donald Trump and other politically conservative activists complained their free speech rights were blocked by liberal politicians who they say incited left-wing extremists.
Pelosi: DOD Spent 5 Times More on Viagra Than It Would on – Transition-Related Care’ for Transgenders
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says that the Department of Defense is spending five times more on Viagra than it would on "transition-related care" for transgenders had President Donald Trump not ordered the Pentagon to bar transgenders from the military. "A study commissioned by the Department of Defense itself found that the cost of providing medically necessary care for transgender troops would be miniscule," Pelosi said in a press release put out Friday .
Arpaio opens door to return to public office, after Trump pardon
Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who received the first presidential pardon of the Trump administration last week, is considering getting back into the "political field," he told Fox News on Monday. "When I left office, I said I'm probably going to be done with politics, but I'm back in the political field again-whatever that means, I don't know," Arpaio, 85, told Fox News.
Ny Gop Rep. Peter King Swipes at Ted Cruz Over Hurricane Sandy Vote
Ted Cruz & Texas cohorts voted vs NY/NJ aid after Sandy but I'll vote 4 Harvey aid. NY wont abandon Texas.
Price Gougers Are Heroes! [Podcast]
"Price gougers are heroes," says Reason's Katherine Mangu-Ward. When "people who go into disaster zones, we generally praise them," but when their motivations include "mak[ing] money...suddenly they're villains."
How TV Became Art
The visionary in question was a man named Philo T. Farnsworth. Farnsworth was born in 1906 and grew up working his family's potato farm; in 1927, he built the one of the first working television cameras.
Trump rolls back limits on military gear for police
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order reviving a program that provided local police departments with surplus military equipment such as high-caliber weapons and grenade launchers, despite past concerns that armored vehicles and other gear were inflaming confrontations with protesters. The directive Trump signed Monday repeals Obama-era limitations on police agencies' access to camouflage uniforms, bullet-proof vests, riot shields, firearms, ammunition and other items.
Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. unveiled in his hometown
The daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. stood beside her father's newly unveiled statue Monday, just a few blocks from where he grew up, handing out hugs and telling each well-wisher: "It's about time." The statue paying tribute to King made its public debut Monday on the Georgia Capitol grounds in front of around 800 people including Gov. Nathan Deal, many other state political leaders and several members of the King family.
The Latest: Harvey drifting ‘erratically’ back toward Gulf
The National Hurricane Center says Harvey is drifting "erratically" back toward the Gulf Coast after having moved inland since making landfall late Friday. An advisory Monday afternoon from the center says life-threatening flooding continues for Houston and the broader southeastern Texas region.
Mission mayor supports modified anti-border wall resolution
As President Donald Trump threatens to shut down the U.S. government if congress doesn't include funding to construct additional walls between the U.S. and Mexico - including 11 miles in Mission - Mission Mayor Norberto "Beto" Salinas said he plans to support a resolution against building new fencing along the Rio Grande River but not the resolution a citizen's activist group has submitted. During the council's Aug. 14 meeting a group of five area residents submitted a draft resolution titled, "Denouncing the Border Wall," and asked the mayor and city council to put its adoption on their Aug. 28 council meeting agenda for approval.
President Trump retweets false facts about Obama pardons
Trump on Monday morning retweeted a message from a conservative journalist that included two false facts about pardons granted under former President Barack Obama. Trump retweeted the bogus claim as a defense for his controversial pardon of Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff who was set to serve a jail sentence for his discriminatory policing.
Bill and Hillary Clinton relax with Hamptons friends
'Please send help!' Thousands are trapped on their roofs in flooded Houston as cops ask ANYONE with a boat to help rescue them amid warnings Harvey's destruction could be as bad as Katrina REVEALED: New York real estate executive who shot his wife and daughter then killed himself in double murder suicide was being SUED for stealing money from his clients Homeless man who was paid $5 to pour hot coffee on himself in a viral video dies in a New Jersey car crash 'Our country will not pay, under any circumstances, for a wall': Mexico insists it won't fund Trump's border barricade in response to the President's tweet Ready to burn: Thousands flock to Nevada for the annual Burning Man Festival where larger-than-life art installations take over the desert Navy and Marine Corps divers recover the bodies of all ten sailors killed in the USS John S McCain's collision with an oil tanker Forget ... (more)