Panel: U.S. Lacks a Grand Strategy to Counter China

An experimental Navy catamaran is fighting Hurricane Michael in the bay of Panama City, Fla., unable to take to sea to avoid the Category 4 storm that made landfall early afternoon on Wednesday. The 950-ton Sea Fighter is at double anchor in the bay, "engines running and nose to the wind" with a minimal crew aboard, Office of Navy Research spokesman Robert Freeman told USNI News on Wednesday.

US increases pressure on Saudis over writer’s disappearance

President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting to discuss potential damage from Hurricane Michael, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting to discuss potential damage from Hurricane Michael, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018.

The Latest: Trump says Fed ‘has gone crazy’ after stock drop Source: AP

President Donald Trump is kicking off a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, by telling everyone in the path of Hurricane Michael that the nation's thoughts and prayers are with them. Trump says the storm that reached landfall on Florida's panhandle Wednesday afternoon is one of the biggest the country's ever seen.

Storm offers exposure, risk to Democrat in governor’s race

Tallahassee Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, speaks during a briefing on Hurricane Michael in Tallahassee, Fla., Wednesday Oct. 10, 2018. In the days before Hurricane Michael made landfall, Gillum blanketed the national airwaves, sounding much like the man he wants to replace, Gov. Rick Scott, who constantly urged residents to seek shelter and take the massive storm seriously.

Storm offers exposure, risk to Democrat in governor’s race Source: AP

Days before it came ashore, Hurricane Michael whirled into the Florida governor's race, and one of the beneficiaries could be Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee who spent days in the storm's path. While the state waited for Michael to make landfall, Gillum seemed to blanket the national airwaves, sounding much like the man he wants to replace, Republican Gov. Rick Scott, who constantly urged residents to seek shelter and take the massive storm seriously.

Want election results? On West Coast, patience is required

Johnson wants to occupy a potent... 2016 presidential candidate Gary Johnson is steering back into the eye of the Washington political storm with a bid to join the Senate as a Libertarian swing vote. . This March 2017 photo provided by Johns Hopkins University shows therapy dog Winnie at the university's hospital in Baltimore, Md.

Monstrous’ Hurricane Michael heads towards Florida

A fast and furious Hurricane Michael sped towards Florida on Tuesday night with 120mph winds and a potential storm surge of 13 feet, giving tens of thousands of people little time to get out or board up. Drawing energy from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the storm strengthened rapidly into a potentially devastating Category 3. It was forecast to blow ashore around midday on Wednesday near Panama City Beach, along a lightly populated stretch of fishing villages and white-sand beaches.

How Hurricane Maria exposed long ignored human rights concerns in Puerto Rico

Driving around San Juan, the sight of blue tarpaulins is almost inescapable. Nailed over people's roofs, the tarps continue to provide the only shelter for tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans one year after Hurricane Maria tore through the island, causing extensive damage to homes, hospitals and schools.

Rebuilding conundrum: For some Florence flooding victims, answer is unclear

Dee and Rory Barror stood Thursday night outside of the RV they're living in with their daughter and two dogs, their faces lit up by headlights of cars turning into the grassy field that's their front yard and a distribution point for Hampstead's devastated Cross Creek community.

Trump signs off on bill with ‘duplication of benefits’ fix, other disaster relief changes

President Donald Trump put the final touch on new federal legislation designed to clear a number of bureaucratic and regulatory hurdles that were making it difficult for 2016 Louisiana flood victims to receive federal aid. The bill Trump signed Friday, two days after Congress passed it overwhelmingly, will give flooded homeowners who took out low-interest Small Business Administration loans access to Restore Louisiana grants and ease recovery for local governments and school districts.

Both parties should prioritize savings

As the North Carolina General Assembly gathered for its October 2 special session on Hurricane Florence relief, the state's rainy-day fund stood at $2.01 billion. There was another $737 million in reserves earmarked for other purposes along with an unreserved credit balance in the General Fund of $1.2 billion.

FEMA is about to send a ‘Presidential Alert’ to millions of U.S. phones

Millions of Americans were sent a "Presidential Alert" to their phones today as a test to simulate a real message from the president in a national emergency. At 2:18pm ET, the Federal Emergency Management Agency began sending the alert, saying: "THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System.

Missed deadlines cost millions in potential disaster aid

As the floodwaters recede and the recovery begins, communities swamped by Hurricane Florence soon will be on the clock to document the billions of dollars in damage it caused if they want to be reimbursed by the federal government. A missed deadline could be costly, even if it's not directly the fault of the affected community, according to an Associated Press analysis of recent appeals decided by top officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency.