Natural Disasters

Net interest on the national debt, which must be paid to keep the federal government from defaulting, is estimated to be $316 billion. (iStock)

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A real government shutdown

February 7, 2018 5:01 am

Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, (pictured above, standing) Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and several other people in Congress signed a letter to the Food and Drug Administration asking it to do more about the shortage of IV saline fluid after Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico, a major manufacturer of the product. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Healthcare

Lawmakers demand FDA fix IV shortage

Robert King -

February 2, 2018 6:55 pm

President Trump delivered his first State of the Union address Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

Opinion

Making America strong again

Washington Examiner -

January 31, 2018 5:49 am

Donnie Cardenas recovers from the flu at the Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, Calif. The San Diego County resident said he was battling a heavy cough for days before a spike in his temperature sent him into the emergency room on Jan. 10. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Healthcare

Congress looks to reauthorize pandemic program as flu cases swell

Kimberly Leonard -

January 30, 2018 5:01 am

San Juan, Puerto Rico Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz feuded with Trump in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

News

Kirsten Gillibrand bringing San Juan mayor who feuded with Trump to State of the Union

Caitlin Yilek -

January 29, 2018 2:48 pm

Four months after Hurricane Maria rolled across the center of Puerto Rico, power is still out for nearly 30 percent of people as the work to restore miles of transmission and distribution lines grinds on. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Energy and Environment

Puerto Rico to privatize bankrupt power utility

Josh Siegel -

January 22, 2018 10:55 pm

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said enough members of the caucus opposed a short-term spending bill as written Wednesday to prevent Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., from passing it on a party-line vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Healthcare

White House scrambles to avoid government shutdown as immigration talks stall

Sarah Bedford -

January 18, 2018 5:01 am

Puerto Rico authorities said that nearly half of power customers in the U.S. territory still lack electricity more than three months after Hurricane Maria. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

National Security

Watch: Kids, teachers rejoice when power returns to Puerto Rico school after 112 days in the dark

Anna Giaritelli -

January 17, 2018 2:23 pm

Gov. Ricardo Rossello of Puerto Rico said reports that President Trump called certain foreign nations

Immigration

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello: Trump’s ‘shithole’ remarks are ‘unacceptable,’ ‘surreal’

Naomi Lim -

January 13, 2018 5:38 am

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her family's Clinton Foundation is still blamed by many Haitians for the subpar disaster relief efforts after the 2010 earthquake there. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Hillary Clinton is the last person who should be talking about Trump’s remarks on Haiti

Becket Adams -

January 13, 2018 5:21 am

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Tag: Natural Disasters

Lawmakers demand FDA fix IV shortage

Making America strong again

Congress looks to reauthorize pandemic program as flu cases swell

Kirsten Gillibrand bringing San Juan mayor who feuded with Trump to State of the Union

Puerto Rico to privatize bankrupt power utility

White House scrambles to avoid government shutdown as immigration talks stall

Watch: Kids, teachers rejoice when power returns to Puerto Rico school after 112 days in the dark

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello: Trump’s ‘shithole’ remarks are ‘unacceptable,’ ‘surreal’

Hillary Clinton is the last person who should be talking about Trump’s remarks on Haiti

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