With flag-waving optimism, President Donald Trump answered Harvey’s wrath Tuesday by offering in-person assurances to those in the storm zone that his administration will work tirelessly to help the region recover from the massive flooding and storm-inflicted destruction.
Echoes of the war that U.S. forces fought and won against Nazi Germany rang out in Reno on Wednesday. This time, it was a culture war waged against hate with protests, Twitter hashtags and chants. Along the way, memories of fathers and grandfathers who fought more than seven decades ago were invoked.
According to projections released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the reservoir east of Las Vegas will have enough water in it on Jan. 1 to stave off a first-ever federal shortage declaration.
President Donald Trump endorsed a measure to reduce the number of legal immigrants admitted into the country with the goal of increasing American workers’ wages – a move that brought acrimony into the White House briefing room by afternoon’s end.
