Canada preparing to deliver aid shipments for Texas hurricane victims

The federal government and the governments of Ontario and Quebec are readying relief supplies, including baby formula and cribs, for victims of hurricane Harvey. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the governments are working with the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency to co-ordinate the help.

Haughty Harwood Huffs: Republicans Lack ‘Maturity’ to Govern

According to a snide John Harwood, Republicans lack the "maturity" to govern, handle taxes and raise the debt ceiling. The CNBC editor appeared on MSNBC, Friday, to complain about Trump and the GOP: "This is the kind of thing that ought to be easy but what we've seen in the last few years is that the Republican Party has not shown the maturity to govern effectively in a consistent way."

Gutfeld: Harvey Response Shows Americans ‘Aren’t What the Media Says We Are’

On Wednesday and Thursday nights, FNC's The Five co-host Greg Gutfeld offered moving commentaries about how the liberal media's attempts to indict the American people as perpetually divided have utterly failed as exhibited by the Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts. Gutfeld also discussed how Harvey has shown that the basic safety of each and every person in the face of death is what matters and not petty debates like replacing Columbus Day and taking down Confederate Statues.

Washington Post Painfully Admits That FEMA Isn’t Failing – For Now

It must be a painful admission for the Washington Post Editorial Board that FEMA is doing a good job, since they, and so many Democrats, were hoping it would fail, because they hate Trump. No matter that it would harm Americans, the hatred runs strong THE GULF of Mexico coast is just coming to grips with the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, the remnants of which continued to pelt inland areas Thursday.

Hurricane fuels gas-price hike as reserves tapped

Damage to energy supplies from Hurricane Harvey combined with the traditional increase in Labor Day travel is already leading to higher gas prices in Massachusetts, and U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry is tapping into the nation's strategic reserves as part of the federal government's response to the massive storm. In an interview Thursday, a AAA Northeast official told the News Service she would not be surprised to see a double-digit increase in per-gallon prices when the organization's latest survey is released next Tuesday.

Hurricane Harvey Brings America Together Like 9/11

In awe at the destruction 50 inches of rain did to East Texas and our fourth-largest city and in admiration as cable television showed countless hours of Texans humanely and heroically rescuing and aiding fellow Texans in the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Yet the destruction will not soon be repaired.

Trump Pardoning Arpaio Threatens Constitution

With all eyes focused, rightly, on Texas and the victims of Hurricane Harvey, it is easy to overlook the grave threat to constitutional democracy the president issued when he pardoned former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio last week. On its surface, the pardon looks like just another nod to rabid anti-immigration forces.

Acting Homeland Security boss brings experience to Harvey role

As thousands of flood victims in Texas face the harsh reality and devastation left behind by Hurricane Harvey, the focus now shifts to relief efforts -- including how the federal government will respond. One key player is Elaine Duke, acting head of the Department of Homeland Security, who is just one month into her new role.

Trump mulling ending DACA, but will make decision with a big heart,a Pence says

As President Donald Trump considers whether to end the deferred action for childhood arrivals policy that allows immigrants who were brought into the U.S. in their youth to remain in the country and obtain work permits, his vice president says that the determination is one that Trump will make with "big heart." ABC News reported last week that the president was leaning toward terminating the program launched under President Barack Obama in 2012.

US Sen. Pat Toomey takes shots at Trump on election, pardon

John Coffey, center, of Hatfield, PA joins protesters outside the studios of PBS-39 as Sen. Pat Toomey holds a town-hall meeting in Bethlehem, Pa., Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, after months of public pressure from liberal opponents of President Trump that the senator has been hiding from his constituents. Attendance was limited to 54 people.

WashPost: Trump Texas Appearance Turns Into Rally

A Tuesday appearance by President Donald Trump in a community near Corpus Christi, Texas became more of a Trump rally, according to a report Thursday in The Washington Post . Reporter Abby Phillip detailed the visit from the president, who was in the state addressing Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath.