Strong words from Trump, San Juan mayor over recovery pace
29, 2017, in Washington. . Acting Homeland Secretary Elaine Duke, left, talks to first responders during her visit Friday, Sept.
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Disaster Recovery Center to Open in Islamorada for Florida Survivors
A Disaster Recovery Center will open Sunday, Oct. 1, in Monroe County to help Florida storm survivors. The DRC will be open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week until further notice.
Business owner meets president
Amy Gannon heard around the office the White House was looking for local small businessmen to interview ahead of President Donald Trump's Indiana speech. John Gannon, owner of Custom Wood Fencing of Greenfield, shared his thoughts on tax reform about a week before Trump stepped off Air Force One at the Indianapolis International Airport.
Military Prep Superintendent Tells Students to Treat Others with Respect or Get Out
Summary : The superintendent of an Air Force Academy made it clear to those at the academy that racial slurs would not be tolerated. When racial slurs were found scrawled across the doors of the black students at the U.S. Air Force Academy's preparatory school, Superintendent Lt.
Tillerson in China as US presses North Korean economic squeeze
The United States sees China as critical to averting a military confrontation with Pyongyang, which is fast advancing toward its goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the United States. U.S. officials say Beijing appears increasingly willing to cut ties to North Korea's economy by adopting U.N. sanctions, after long accounting for some 90 percent of its neighbor's foreign trade.
Why high tax-state Republicans should support the elimination of the state and local tax deduction
Senator Bob Casey tweeted, "Cutting taxes for the super-rich won't create jobs or grow incomes for middle class families." Nancy Pelosi tweeted, "The GOP Tax Plan isn't tax reform.
Isn’t opioid abuse still emergency?
The latest is the one that President Donald Trump declared Aug. 10: "The opioid crisis is an emergency, and I am saying, officially, right now, it is an emergency. It's a national emergency.
Aid flows to Puerto Rico but many still lack water and food
Thousands of Puerto Ricans were finally getting water and food rations Friday as an aid bottleneck began to ease, but many remained cut off from the basic necessities of life and were desperate for power, communications and other trappings of normality in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. There were many people across the island, especially outside the capital, unable to get water, gas or generator fuel.
Poll: 41 Percent Believe It’s Appropriate for Athletes to Protest
The number of people who think it's appropriate for professional athletes to protest racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem is rising, a Fox News poll shows. In a poll released this week, 41 percent of respondents thought it was appropriate for athletes to take the knee during the Star Spangled Banner rather than stand; 55 percent thought it was inappropriate.
Costs and Climate Be Damned, Rick Perry Seeks to Prop Up Coal, Nuclear Plants
The administration is "shamelessly trying to force electricity customers to pay billions of dollars to prop up old, dangerous, and uneconomic coal and nuclear plants," says Sierra Club's Mary Ann Hitt. U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry's proposal to ensure "a reliable, resilient electric grid" by propping up nuclear and coal power plants is being met with condemnation by environmental advocacy groups who says it's based on an erroneous argument and spells bad news for customers and the climate alike.
Air Force Academy Racial Slurs Decried
Racial slurs were written on dormitory message boards outside the rooms of black cadet candidates at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, earlier this week, Newsweek reported . One of the cadet's mother exposed this when she posted a photo to Facebook depicting a derogatory slur written on the whiteboard outside her son's room.
Jim Jordan: ‘Any Tax Cut Should Actually Cut Taxes’
Rep. Jim Jordan praised President Donald Trump's tax plan Friday, telling Newsmax TV that "any tax cut should first actually cut taxes." "This is what we said at the Freedom Caucus," the Ohio Republican and a founder of the group of conservative party members, told Miranda Khan on "America Talks Live" in an interview.
Ship in San Diego Bay continues to burn
Flames spread through a docked commercial fishing and research ship near Seaport Village Friday, posing a challenging daylong firefight for emergency personnel unable to safely brave the furnace-like interior of the burning vessel. The blaze erupted for unknown reasons inside the 120-foot Norton Sound about 9:30 a.m., sending thick plumes of dark-gray smoke billowing over San Diego Bay, according to the city Fire-Rescue Department.
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden Gets Bypassed On Taxes By Trump
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden has authored two bipartisan plans to revamp the tax code, including one with a member of President Donald Trump's cabinet. "You'll have to ask them why," Wyden said in a telephone interview Thursday.
Colin Kaepernick donated $25,000 to group named after convicted cop…
Colin Kaepernick donated $25,000 to group honoring convicted cop-killer - Colin Kaepernick started out taking a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality, but his activism has since expanded to encompass a wide range of leftist causes, including a group named after a convicted cop-killer.
Trump’s breaking point with Price
Price's future in serious jeopardy - The president tells reporters he'll make a decision 'tonight' on Price amid private jet furor. - Tom Price's future in the Trump administration was in serious jeopardy on Friday, despite the Health and Human Services secretary's last-ditch efforts to save his job
Turning back the clock with Roy Moore
Roy Moore and his wife Kayla after hearing the Nov. 13 verdict that stripped Moore of his position as Alabama Chief Justice. See RNS-COMMANDMENT-JUDGE, transmitted Nov. 13, 2003.
Appeals court panel overturns verdict against guardrail firm
Three appeals court judges have overturned a $663 million fraud verdict against a company that makes guardrails found along many U.S. roads and highways. The panel of judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Friday threw out a 2014 jury verdict against Trinity Industries Trinity was accused of fraud for failing to tell regulators about changes it made to guardrails, which critics said made them more dangerous when hit by cars at certain angles.
After criticism, acting homeland security chief admits humanitarian…
"I am proud of the work that's being done," Duke told a press conference in San Juan this afternoon upon arriving in the U.S. territory. "Clearly, the situation here in Puerto Rico after the devastating hurricane is not satisfactory."
Did Trump win the NFL fight?
We've got enough data and anecdotes now to make an early call on whether President Donald Trump's fight over NFL players kneeling during the National Anthem was a political winner for him. With a small and probably irrelevant caveat, it was.