Tag: Texas

The devastation of extreme situations like Hurricane Harvey requires a more compassionate assessment of desperate people taking desperate measures to survive; it runs afoul of decency to condemn them for "looting" food. Sam Speights exits a window of his home that was destroyed in the wake of Hurricane Harvey on Monday in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Beltway Confidential

When ‘looting’ is OK

Becket Adams · August 29, 2017 9:31 pm

John Murray attaches a U.S. flag to a sign reading "Bet They Blame Trump" at his business damaged in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Rockport, Texas. Murray created the sign in hopes President Donald Trump would visit Rockport during his Texas visit, but he did not expect him to make the trip. AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Washington Secrets

Mainstream Media Scream: Hurricane Harvey was Trump’s fault

Paul Bedard · August 29, 2017 9:23 pm

President Trump joked during a briefing at an emergency operations center in Austin, Texas, that Harvey, the moniker given to the storm slamming the Gulf Coast, sounds like a pleasant name. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: ‘Harvey sounds like such an innocent name … but it’s not’

Anna Giaritelli · August 29, 2017 9:22 pm

Cruz and Cornyn won't be guilty of hypocrisy until they try using Hurricane Harvey as political cover to sneak through non-emergency funding without proper oversight. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Beltway Confidential

The media is totally misrepresenting where Ted Cruz and John Cornyn were on Hurricane Sandy funding

Philip Wegmann · August 29, 2017 9:18 pm

We should not have laws against price-gouging, because such variability in price is part of the solution to disaster-induced shortages. (@kenklippenstein/Twitter)

Texas AG uses social media to target price gougers in Harvey aftermath

Sean Langille · August 29, 2017 7:47 pm

President Trump's trip to Texas on Tuesday is being used by environmental groups to slam his repeal of an Obama administration climate change order aimed at hardening buildings against flooding and sea-level rise. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

Environmentalists attack Trump for climate policies amid Texas visit

John Siciliano · August 29, 2017 7:46 pm

CNN on Tuesday was forced to cut short an interview with a victim of Hurricane Harvey after she ripped the reporter for interviewing her just after she was recently rescued from devastating flooding. (Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)

Harvey victim trashes CNN during live interview: WATCH

Sean Langille · August 29, 2017 6:25 pm

A University of Tampa professor tweeted his way to unemployment this week. As Hurricane Harvey ravaged southeast Texas on Sunday, University of Tampa Adjunct Sociology Professor Ken Storey, safe in central Florida, had a remarkably mean-spirited take on the tragedy. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Beltway Confidential

University fires professor who blamed Republican supporters in Texas for Hurricane Harvey, said Republicans elsewhere ‘deserve’ similar fate

Emily Jashinsky · August 29, 2017 6:05 pm

President Trump, flanked by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and first lady Melania Trump speaks during a briefing on Harvey relief efforts in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump wants Texas to set the standard for disaster relief: ‘This is the way to do it’

Melissa Quinn · August 29, 2017 5:28 pm

In an email sent to campaign supporters Tuesday, Donald J. Trump for President Inc. encouraged people to donate to the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, United Way, SPCA of Texas, SPCA of Louisiana, Houston Humane Society, and the Louisiana Humane Society. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Trump’s re-election campaign calls for donations to help Hurricane Harvey victims

Melissa Quinn · August 29, 2017 5:22 pm

President Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, waves as they arrive in Corpus Christi, Texas, for briefings on Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Melania Trump wears hat that says ‘FLOTUS’ while in Texas

Caitlin Yilek · August 29, 2017 4:51 pm

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters on the way to Corpus Christi, Texas, Tuesday that President Trump would be going to "a different part of the state" on Saturday. He's scheduled to visit Corpus Christi and Austin, Texas on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House confirms Trump will return to Texas Saturday

Kyle Feldscher · August 29, 2017 4:44 pm