South Florida residents assess damage after heavy rainfall floods homes Aventura residents clean up and prepare for another wave of storms after a tropical disturbance brought a rare flash flood emergency to much of southern Florida earlier in the week. (AP Video/Cody Jac ... 06/14/2024 - 6:50 am | View Link
Florida governor says damage was light to homes from heavy rain and flooding Gov. Ron DeSantis says damage to homes from heavy rain and flooding in South Florida is unlikely to be severe enough to trigger a federal disaster declaration. 06/14/2024 - 6:37 am | View Link
See dramatic images from flash flood, flooding in South Florida, including Fort Lauderdale FHP Lt. Indiana Miranda said in an email: "This closure will remain until further notice and water drains from the Interstate." The severe weather also caused meteorologists to issue a ... 06/13/2024 - 10:55 am | View Link
'It's a state emergency!' Dramatic images show severe damage caused by flooding in Florida Heavy rain, flooding caused Florida Gov. DeSantis to declare a 'major state of emergency.' See striking images from damage across the Sunshine State. 06/13/2024 - 10:18 am | View Link
‘Exceedingly rare’ flash flood emergency issued in South Florida. What that means Life-threatening rainfall pummeling South Florida that’s closed Interstate 95 and caused major delays at the region’s two largest airports Wednesday is now being considered a flash flood emergency — ... 06/12/2024 - 12:59 pm | View Link
Donald Trump’s campaign has sent North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to at least 10 different states to campaign with or for the former president, Axios reports.
Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), the veteran Oklahoma Republican and chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee, fended off a primary challenge on Tuesday from a well-funded right-wing businessman, putting him on track to win a 12th term, the Washington Post reports.
“Democratic lawmakers in battleground states are worried that their long-running support from union voters may be the latest casualty of a political realignment that’s threatening President Biden’s re-election,” Axios reports.
“Republicans have made a concerted effort to court workers this year, and — even more worryingly for Democrats — the head of one of the country’s largest unions is making overtures to the GOP.”
“The fakest thing about The West Wing was that we had rational Republicans.”
— Bradley Whitford, who played fictional White House deputy chief of staff Josh Lyman on The West Wing, quoted by The Hill.
“In the summer before a tough re-election contest in 2012, President Barack Obama was losing support from Latino voters who called him ‘deporter in chief.’ Then he signed a sweeping executive order to shield hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation,” the New York Times reports.
“Twelve years later, President Biden appeared to be trying to replicate that move.”
“President Vladimir Putin of Russia met with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, in his first visit to the country in nearly a quarter-century on Wednesday, as the two autocrats vowed to build a joint front against the United States and deepen bilateral ties that Washington fears will include more arms trade,” the New York Times reports.
“Mr.