The American flag files at half-staff at the White House, Monday afternoon, Aug. 27, 2018, in Washington. Two days after Sen. John McCain's death, President Donald Trump says he respects the senator's "service to our country" a... .
Disaster Recovery Centers offer in-person support to individuals and small business owners. Recovery specialists from the Federal Emergency Management Agency , the U.S. Small Business Administration and the State of Florida are available to provide assistance to anyone filling out their applications or updating their status.
Jacksonville, Fla., sheriff's officials said on Twitter that 356 people were rescued from flooding on Monday as Hurricane Irma moved over Florida. They tweeted some advice for them: "We hope the 356 people who had their lives saved yesterday will take evacuation orders seriously in the future."
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events President Trump announced that transgender troops won't be allowed to serve in the military on July 26, reversing the Pentagon's 2016 decision to lift the ban. President Trump's tweets announcing his new policy to ban transgender people from service in the U.S. military came with a justification that will sound familiar to several other groups: that allowing transgender people to serve would disrupt unit cohesion, a fundamental building block of combat effectiveness.
With veteran politicians' jobs on the line and Mayor Lenny Curry pushing a plan to pay off the city's long-standing pension debt, many voters had a chance to deliver a sea change to Jacksonville's political landscape. When the polls closed, voter turnout barely broke 29 percent.
Fast moving airport security lines at the start of the Memorial Day weekend could bode well for return travelers Monday. Travelers reported moving quickly through airport checkpoints Friday after authorities opened extra screening lanes and used bomb-sniffing dogs to give some passengers a break from removing their shoes.