Slow-moving summer storms capable of extreme rain are poised to drench the East Coast Monday, threatening millions from North Carolina to New England with even more dangerous flash flooding.
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Relentless rains have been pounding Central Texas with life-threatening floods for more than a week. Meteorologists anticipate they will cease by midweek, but predict a new weather danger shifting into the region—posing renewed challenges for those battered by the floods.
Also See: Texas is still facing more floods. When will rains finally end?; Flood warning issued for Laredo and South Texas; Kerr County search and rescue operations paused again on Monday due to rainWhat does it mean to Harris County that FEMA missed nearly two-thirds of calls after central Texas floods?
Cuts made to the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Trump administration severely impaired its ability to respond to the devastating floods in central Texas and could spell similar catastrophe in Harris County, Harris County Commissioner Lesley Briones said in a statement posted to X Saturday.
The Trump administration on Monday took another step to make it harder to find major, legally mandated scientific assessments of how climate change is endangering the nation and its people.
Supreme Court gives Trump go-ahead to gut Department of Education
The Trump administration may move forward with firing hundreds of employees in the Department of Education as part of President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday.
Also See: How Trump cuts to FEMA and HUD could impact Houston disaster recovery efforts this hurricane seasonTrump administration says it won't publish major climate change report on NASA website as promised
The Trump administration on Monday took another step to make it harder to find major, legally mandated scientific assessments of how climate change is endangering the nation and its people.
Supreme Court gives Trump go-ahead to gut Department of Education
The Trump administration may move forward with firing hundreds of employees in the Department of Education as part of President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday.
Also See: Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees
The Trump administration has withheld grant funding that states expected for after-school activities and other programs.
Student loan update: Gen Z hit with highest payments
Millions of Americans with federal student loans have seen a sharp rise in monthly payments, with Gen Z borrowers now facing the steepest costs.
Student loan update: Gen Z hit with highest payments
Millions of Americans with federal student loans have seen a sharp rise in monthly payments, with Gen Z borrowers now facing the steepest costs.
Also See: Trump to end student loan payment pause: Borrowers have ‘a short window’ to act, advocate saysTrump promised to lower energy costs – his tax bill will raise them for people in red states the most
The cost of electricity is poised to surge across the US in the wake of Republican legislation that takes an axe to cheap renewable energy, with people in states who voted for Donald Trump last year to be hardest hit by the increase in bills.
Schumer demands RFK Jr. declare measles emergency, saying he 'walked' US into outbreak
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declare a nationwide emergency over spiking measles cases, accusing him of fueling the outbreak by dismantling public health and undermining trust in vaccines.
Arizona resident dies from pneumonic plague, health officials say
A person has died from pneumonic plague in Coconino county, Arizona, the first such death there since 2007 – though officials are saying the death is unrelated to a recent die-off of prairie dogs in the area that may also be plague-related.
Schumer demands RFK Jr. declare measles emergency, saying he 'walked' US into outbreak
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declare a nationwide emergency over spiking measles cases, accusing him of fueling the outbreak by dismantling public health and undermining trust in vaccines.
Arizona resident dies from pneumonic plague, health officials say
A person has died from pneumonic plague in Coconino county, Arizona, the first such death there since 2007 – though officials are saying the death is unrelated to a recent die-off of prairie dogs in the area that may also be plague-related.
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