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Ryan, McConnell Pledge to Quickly Approve Trump’s Harvey Aid Request

September 2, 2017 Focus Washington

Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that Congress will “act quickly” on President Donald Trump’s request for a $7.85 billion down payment for disaster relief in the aftermath of […]

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White House Asks for over $14bn in Emergency Harvey Aid

September 2, 2017 Focus Washington

The White House on Friday requested an initial $7.85 billion in emergency relief funding from Congress, followed by a request for another $6.7 billion as the Trump administration races to respond to the devastation left […]

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Trump to Visit Storm Victims of Texas and Louisiana

September 2, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump will meet with victims and of Texas and Louisiana affected by Hurricane Harvey on Saturday, The Hill reports. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said on Friday that Trump will “visit with […]

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House to Vote Next Week on Hurricane Harvey Funding

September 1, 2017 Focus Washington

House Republicans could vote on a short-term funding bill to support disaster response efforts for Hurricane Harvey as soon as next week, congressional sources tell CNN. Leaders on Capitol Hill are still awaiting a specific […]

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Post-Harvey Fuel Shortage Hampers Labor Day Travels

September 1, 2017 Focus Washington

Travelers and fuel suppliers across the United States braced for higher prices and shortages ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend as the country’s biggest fuel pipelines and refineries curb operations after Hurricane Harvey, Reuters […]

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Treasury Watchdog Reviews Steve Mnuchin’s Eclipse Trip

September 1, 2017 Focus Washington

A federal watchdog is reviewing the circumstances surrounding a controversial flight taken by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife to Kentucky, where he spoke to business leaders and viewed the solar eclipse, Reuters reports, […]

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Trump’s Would-Be Russian Partner Faces Homebuyers’ Fury

September 1, 2017 Focus Washington

Demonstrators plan to gather Saturday beneath a thicket of concrete apartment towers rising from the mud in the unfashionable eastern outskirts of Moscow. Their families are supposed to be living inside but are among the […]

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NTSB Seeks Video to Document Mysterious Transit Rail Crashes

September 1, 2017 Focus Washington

U.S. safety investigators, frustrated by engineers who can’t recall their actions prior to several recent rail accidents, are seeking crash-proof video recorders on all trains used on transit systems, Bloomberg reports. The National Transportation Safety Board […]

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‘Texas Will Be back Tomorrow’ Trump Says in Tweet

September 1, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump tweeted out Friday morning that he will return to Texas Saturday and praised “all of the great men & women who have been working so hard” after Harvey wreaked devastation there, Newsmax […]

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Sanders: It’s ‘Pretty Dumb’ Not to Ask about Climate Change after Harvey

September 1, 2017 Focus Washington

Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders said that the unparalleled rainfall which resulted in floods from Hurricane Harvey should spark a debate about climate change. “I think it is pretty dumb not to ask some hard questions […]

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Donald Trump Demands Initial $6bn in Aid for Harvey

September 1, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump has announced his plan to request an initial $5.95 billion in relief following Hurricane Harvey, The Hill reported Friday. The president said that he was planning on attaching the emergency relief request […]

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Mattis Calls Reports He Contradicted Trump on North Korea ‘Ludicrous’

September 1, 2017 Focus Washington

Defense Secretary James Mattis said Thursday that calling his recent comments on North Korea contradicting to President Donald Trump is “ludicrous”, The Hill reported. President Trump said in a tweet that the United States “has […]

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Week after Harvey Hurricane, 44 Dead, 1 Million Displaced

September 1, 2017 Focus Washington

Large pockets of land remained under water, one week after Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas shore, one of the costliest and worst natural disasters that ever hit the United United States, Reuters reported. The hurricane […]

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McCain Returning to Senate Next Week

August 31, 2017 Focus Washington

Senator John McCain is returning to the Senate next week after undergoing treatments for brain cancer in Arizona over the August recess, several news outlets have reported. The Arizona Republican will join the rest of […]

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Vandals Behead Christopher Columbus Statue in Yonkers

August 31, 2017 Focus Washington

Vandals reportedly beheaded and demolished a statue of Christopher Columbus in Yonkers, New York, Newsmax reports. The two-foot plaster statue in Yonkers’ Columbus Memorial Park was knocked off its pedestal and split in two, according […]

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Harvey One of Most Expensive Storms in U.S. History

August 31, 2017 Focus Washington

Harvey may be one of the most expensive natural disasters in the history of the United States, however, putting an exact figure on the costs is difficult, Newsmax reports. According to a NBC News report, […]

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Turkey Slams U.S. Indictment of Erdogan`s Security Officials

August 31, 2017 Focus Washington

Turkey has blasted a U.S. court decision to indict 19 people, including 15 Turkish security officials, accused of assaulting protesters during a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Washington in May, The Associated […]

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Russian Lobbyist Testifies Before Special Counsel` Grand Jury

August 31, 2017 Focus Washington

A Russian lobbyist who attended a meeting between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer, testified before Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s grand jury, according to a report by The Financial Times. Rinat Akhmetshin, a former […]

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OIG Ends Probe into Zinke’s Alleged Threats towards Alaskan Senators

August 31, 2017 Focus Washington

The Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) is closing its investigation into Secretary Ryan Zinke’s alleged threats against an Alaska senator during an ObamaCare fight last month, after the lawmaker and her in-state colleague […]

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Freedom Caucus Won’t Push for October Shutdown over Wall

August 31, 2017 Focus Washington

The conservative House Freedom Caucus will not push for border wall funding as part of the expected stopgap funding bill next month, The Hill reports. “In talking to a number of my members, if there […]

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Trump Warns Congress ‘Not to Disappoint’ on Tax Reforms

August 31, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged both Republicans and Democrats in Congress to support his plans regarding tax reforms, The Hill reports. “This is our once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver real tax reform for everyday hardworking […]

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Mueller Teams up with New York Attorney General in Manafort Probe

August 31, 2017 Focus Washington

Special Counsel Robert Mueller and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman have teamed up in the ongoing probe into former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s and his transactions, Politico reports. Manafort is being investigated for […]

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Federal Judge Blocks Texas Ban on ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Policy

August 31, 2017 Focus Washington

A Texas federal judge has temporarily blocked a state immigration law that would have outlawed sanctuary cities and punished local officials who do not cooperate with federal deportation efforts, The Washington Post reports. U.S. District […]

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Harvey Hits Western Louisiana, Makes New Landfall

August 30, 2017 Focus Washington

Western Louisiana residents prepared for more wind and water early Wednesday as Tropical Storm Harvey made its second landfall after the record rainfall on Texas, The Associated Press reports. The storm came ashore just west […]

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Rubio Asked DHS to Grant Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelans

August 30, 2017 Focus Washington

Back in March, Senator Marco Rubio asked the hen-Department of Homeland Secretary John Kelly to grant temporary protected status to Venezuelans that have fled Nicolas Maduro’s regime to stay in the U.S., the McClatchy DC […]

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Military to Have a Bigger Role in Texas Recovery Efforts

August 30, 2017 Focus Washington

The U.S. military’s role in Harvey recovery efforts could soon expand to a larger extent, a senior National Guard officer said Tuesday, The Associated Press reports. Air Force Major General James Witham, who is the […]

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Houston Mayor Enforces Citywide Curfew to Restrain Looting

August 30, 2017 Focus Washington

Houston mayor Sylvester Turner has imposed an indefinite overnight curfew to restrain looting in the wake of intense flooding that has hit southeast Texas following Hurricane Harvey, The Hill reports. The citywide curfew will last […]

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Trump Jr. to Have Private Interview with Senate Judiciary Committee

August 30, 2017 Focus Washington

Donald Trump Jr. will have a private interview with the Senate Judiciary Committee, CNN reported Tuesday. The date for the interview has not been set yet, but what is known is that senior committee staff […]

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DHS Warned Virginia Authorities about Potential Violence Ahead of Charlottesville Rally

August 30, 2017 Focus Washington

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned Virginia law enforcement officials several days ahead of a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville that turned violent, Politico reports. According to Politico, The DHS Office of Intelligence and […]

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Former Trump adviser Gorka Says `GOP Leadership Has Lost Credibility`

August 30, 2017 Focus Washington

In a wide-ranging interview with The Hill, former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka stresses that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s “credibility is lost and unrecoverable.” According to Gorka, major […]

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