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It has been six months since Hurricane Harvey hit and devastated the lives of hundreds of thousands of Houston-area residents. But new information shows that survivors-including African American families-have received more than $12 billion to help them recover from the catastrophic storm in August.
In this Jan. 26, 2012 file photo, Dana Boente, then First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, speaks outside federal court in Alexandria, Va. Boenete, an understated career federal prosecutor, has found himself at the epicenter of several of the Trump administration's biggest controversies.
The White House says it supports Senate passage of a budget deal that would funnel an additional $300 billion to the Pentagon and domestic programs over the next two years. The White House budget office says the agreement lays the groundwork for full funding of the military, a top priority for President Donald Trump.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is surrounded by reporters after leaving the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., just before the announcement of an agreement in the Senate on a two-year, almost $400 billion budget deal that would provide Pentagon and domestic programs with huge spending increases, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. WASHINGTON - Two influential Republican senators have injected new information into the partisan dispute over the government's secret surveillance of a former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump, revealing more details about how the FBI and Justice Department used research compiled by a former British spy whose work was funded by Democrats.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer leaves a closed-door meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 6 as they work on a plan to keep the government open for six more weeks. Eight months after Democrats began to release their "Better Deal" agenda, they're on the cusp of passing some of it into law - by tucking it into this week's must-pass spending bill.
GOVERNOR'S EDUCATION BUDGET: Governor Rick Snyder proposes a large increase in the per-pupil funding for Michigan schools. The MiWeek team debates whether this is enough money and looks at how it is being spent.
House Republicans have launched their first salvo of the coming political battle over funding to repair the Washington-area Metro system, offering a plan on Thursday that would cover about two-thirds of Virginia's share of the estimated annual cost to restore the deteriorated transit system over the next decade.
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Chris Smith, who hasn't received less than 60 percent of the vote in his last 17 elections, has just been added to the House Democrats' list of 2018 targets . Thursday's announcement by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee means that the party is now focusing on every Republican-held seat in New Jersey.
I'll bet you're a little bit like me. As you draw nearer your last trip around the sun, your coma glows brighter and a tail of brilliant ideas strings out behind you in the firmament-ideas which you have neither the time nor the resources to implement.
The White House communications director, Hope Hicks, has come under fire as she emerges at the center of a pair of major news stories - the kinds she had eluded in her nearly three years at the top levels of President Donald Trump's orbit. Late last month, The New York Times reported that Mark Corallo, a former spokesman for the president's legal team, planned to tell Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russia's election interference, about a previously undisclosed phone call involving Trump and Hicks.
White House officials knew about Porter's abuse allegations and scrambled to protect him - Senior aides to President Donald Trump knew for months about allegations of domestic abuse levied against top White House staffer Rob Porter by his ex-wives, even as Porter's stock White House Reportedly Knew About Porter Abuse Allegations Before Reports - When White House staff secretary Rob Porter announced Wednesday that he would resign following allegations of domestic abuse, the White House was still circulating statements defending Porter.
Palm oil has become the most popular edible oil in South Korea, according to a Feb. 7 Global Agricultural Information Network report from the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture . The report said that while soybean oil and corn oil was used predominantly in South Korea during the 1970s and 1980s, the industry has shifted to meet the changing demands of the country's cosmetic, food and biofuel industries.
On Friday, there are just 100 days to go, including the day itself, until the Queen's grandson and American star Ms Markle marry in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on Saturday May 19. US president Donald Trump is not expecting a coveted invite to arrive in the post, but some of those who might be include former American leader Barack Obama, tennis star Serena Williams and Ms Markle's Suits co-stars Sarah Rafferty, Patrick J Adams and Wendell Pierce. In 2011, Prince William and Kate Middleton's invites - traditional white cards, gilded along their edge with gold, with the royal cypher - were sent out around 10 weeks before their wedding.
White House faces huge questions on Rob Porter exit - Senior White House officials are in a state of shock, and facing huge questions about their handling of the crisis, over the resignation of Staff Secretary Rob Porter after his two former wives went on the record to allege physical abuse: Texts From 2016 Show FBI Employees Preparing Obama Briefing on Russia - Exchange doesn't relate to Clinton email probe, as a Republican senator suggests - Text messages from 2016 show preparation to brief Barack Obama about Russia's interference in that year's election Trump's military parade draws bipartisan rebuke - Members of Congress from both parties joined retired military leaders and veterans in heaping scorn Wednesday on President Donald Trump's push to parade soldiers and weaponry down the streets of the nation's capital - calling it a waste Pelosi's Dreamers protest leaves some Democrats ... (more)
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow says it's too bad that court officers stopped a Michigan man from punching disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar. Stabenow says she "would have liked five minutes" with Nassar, a reference to what Randy Margraves told a judge last week before sheriff's deputies stopped him from rushing at the serial sexual abuser.
Since the end of the Great Recession, two things have been true of the American solar industry: It was growing like gangbusters, and basically everyone liked it. From 2010 to 2016, the number of solar jobs in the United States nearly tripled, roaring from about 93,000 to more than 260,000.
White House officials knew about Porter's abuse allegations and scrambled to protect him - Senior aides to President Donald Trump knew for months about allegations of domestic abuse levied against top White House staffer Rob Porter by his ex-wives, even as Porter's stock In new statement, Kelly says he was 'shocked' by Porter allegations and condemns abuse - More than 24 hours after issuing a statement defending staff secretary Rob Porter amid abuse allegations, White House chief of staff John Kelly said in a second statement that he was 'shocked' and condemned domestic abuse.
A federal appeals court has upheld a $41.5 million verdict against a private Connecticut boarding school that was sued by a former student who became ill and suffered brain damage on a school trip to China. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal by the Hotchkiss School on Tuesday.
Early childhood education proponents are proclaiming a big win now that the House of Representatives has approved a measure to pull more funds from the state's $17.5 billion Land Grant Permanent Fund to pay for prekindergarten programs. But House Joint Resolution 1, as the measure is known, will soon have to navigate its way through the choppy waters of the Senate Finance Committee before it goes to the full Senate for debate and a vote.