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Disruptions from Hurricane Harvey sent U.S. jobless claims soaring by 62,000 last week, the most since November 2012. Bloomberg's Alix Steel and Troy Gayeski, senior portfolio manager at SkyBridge Capital examine the data on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas."
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in Washington.
The Dutch defence ministry has taken shocking pictures and footage that show the devastation that Hurricane Irma has caused to St Martin. It is hard to find a single building that hasn't suffered some kind of damage as a result of the 185mph winds that are crashing their way across the Caribbean at the moment.
As Hurricane Harvey's floodwaters recede, 80-year-old Frances French is left clinging to five decades of memories made in her modest Pearland, Texas, home. She recalls family gatherings, her children playing in the sunny front yard and the dream she had of growing old there with her late husband.
Hurricane Irma has blacked out much of Puerto Rico as the dangerous Category 5 storm raked the U.S. territory with heavy wind and rain while staying just out to sea. Officials in the island chain south of the Florida mainland are expected to announce mandatory evacuations as Hurricane Irma moves west through the Caribbean toward the state.
As Hurricane Irma bears down on Florida, an Associated Press analysis shows a steep drop in flood insurance across the state, including the areas most endangered by what could be a devastating storm surge. In just five years, the state's total number of federal flood insurance policies has fallen by 15 percent, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency data.
Some of the oldest and largest Confederate statues in the U.S. tower over Monument ... . This Tuesday Aug. 22, 2017, photo shows a view of part of the Confederate President Jefferson Davis on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va.
High winds and rain sweep through the streets of the Matelnillo community during the passage of hurricane Irma, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017.
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The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed $7.9 billion in Hurricane Harvey disaster relief as warring Republicans and Democrats united behind help for victims of that storm, as an ever more powerful new hurricane bore down on Florida. The 419-3 vote sent the aid package - likely the first of several - to the Senate in hopes of sending the bill to President Donald Trump before dwindling federal disaster reserves run out at the end of this week.
SEPTEMBER 06: Alexis Ramos looks out to sea at Luquillo Beach prior to the passing of Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The category 5 storm is expected to pass over Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands today, and make landfall in Florida by the weekend.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is ramping up preparations for Hurricane Irma as it barrels toward the Florida coast, even as the agency continues the massive recovery effort in storm-battered Texas. The roughly $1 billion left in FEMA's Emergency Response Fund is expected to run out as soon as the end of the week, just as Category 5 Irma could be pounding Florida and less than two weeks after Hurricane Harvey caused massive flooding in Houston.
Hurricane Irma sent farmers and food companies scrambling to protect processing facilities, farm fields and animal herds in the South and Southeastern parts of the United States on Wednesday. Florida sugar and citrus processors rushed to secure rail cars and equipment that could be crushed, blocked or turned into flying projectiles.
6, 2017 in New York. . Brooke Shields attends the 2017 Couture Council Award Luncheon honoring Fashion Designer Thom Browne at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, Sept.
The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history has made its first landfall in the islands of the northeast Caribbean. Future of Kentucky's last abortion clinic is at stake as federal trial opens in lawsuit stemming from the state's attempts to revoke the facility's license.
This Jan. 24, 2017 file photo shows Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. in Capitol Hill, Washington Among the federal agencies looking to help the city bounce back is the Department of Health and Human Services, which is doing everything from to helping run pop-up hospital units to moving patients from the storm's path.
The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed $7.9 billion in Hurricane Harvey disaster relief as warring Republicans and Democrats united behind help for victims of that storm as an ever more powerful new hurricane bore down on Florida. The 419-3 vote sent the aid package - likely the first of several - to the Senate in hopes of sending the bill to President Donald Trump before dwindling federal disaster reserves run out at the end of this week.
Opening statements are set to begin in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and a wealthy friend. Opening statements are set to begin in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and a wealthy friend.