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Elaine Duke, who was nominated last January as Homeland Security deputy secretary and was confirmed to that position in March, announced Friday evening she will retire in April from her role. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

National Security

Former acting DHS Secretary Elaine Duke to retire in April

Anna Giaritelli -

February 23, 2018 10:42 pm

Congress is considering a budget deal that would implement $17 billion in retroactive, temporary tax breaks. Separate from the tax cuts President Trump signed in December, the Joint Committee on Taxation, Congress' tax experts, estimated Thursday that the cuts would cost just under $17 billion altogether. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Economy

Budget deal includes $17 billion of retroactive tax breaks

Joseph Lawler -

February 9, 2018 12:04 am

The Department of Housing and Urban Development told states receiving funding for hurricane recovery to

Energy and Environment

HUD tells states to consider sea level rise when rebuilding from storms

Josh Siegel -

February 7, 2018 10:08 pm

Afternoon Links: FEMA’s War Dogs, 12 Rules for Life, and a Wawa Shabbawa?

Magazine

Afternoon Links: FEMA’s War Dogs, 12 Rules for Life, and a Wawa Shabbawa?

Jim Swift -

February 6, 2018 10:00 pm

$FEMA granted the contract to Tribute Contracting LLC, owned by Atlanta entrepreneur Tiffany Brown, on Oct. 3. But the contract was terminated by FEMA 20 days later after the company delivered just 50,000 meals, a fraction of what it was supposed to provide, according to documents obtained by Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.$

News

FEMA awarded contract for 30 million meals for Puerto Rico to one-woman firm, which delivered 50K

Melissa Quinn -

February 6, 2018 5:14 pm

A U.S. Coast Guard vessel moves past a cargo ship near the Isla Grande Port in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Sept. 27. President Trump ordered the Jones Act to be waived for shipments to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico at the request of Gov. Ricardo Rossello. (Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg)

Infrastructure

The Jones Act, a century-old maritime law, proves tough to sink

Diana Stancy Correll -

February 6, 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

Puerto Rico’s new revised fiscal plan is business as usual

Op-Eds

Puerto Rico’s new revised fiscal plan is business as usual

Washington Examiner -

February 2, 2018 5:01 am

The Illinois Democrat said the president failed to bring together lawmakers on both sides of the immigration debate, particularly regarding the future of Dreamers, and bemoaned that Trump and Congress will fail to reach an agreement enshrining into law legal protections for those who were brought to the United States as children. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Immigration

Rep. Luis Gutierrez on State of the Union: Trump is an ‘outwardly, explicitly racist American president’

Melissa Quinn -

January 31, 2018 4:51 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

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