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Officials in Houston didn't order an evacuation as Hurricane Harvey bore down on Texas over the weekend, leading to hundreds of rescues.
Officials in Houston didn't order an evacuation as Hurricane Harvey bore down on Texas over the weekend, leading to hundreds of rescues.
Sources told NBC prosecutors want to know what the president knew about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russians and whether he sought to conceal its purpose.
Sources told NBC prosecutors want to know what the president knew about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russians and whether he sought to conceal its purpose.
As rescuers scramble to save people from catastrophic flooding, you can do your part without even leaving your couch.
The FDA says it seized unapproved smallpox vaccine from a San Diego clinic that was using it in bogus cancer treatments
A nursing home in Dickinson quickly became the face of the crisis after its owner took a photo of residents, some in wheelchairs, up to their chests in water.
A nursing home in Dickinson quickly became the face of the crisis after its owner took a photo of residents, some in wheelchairs, up to their chests in water.
There Is No Excusing Joe Arpaio
Bazta ArpaioGetting out the vote to stop Joe Arpaio
One of the few 2016 election victories for working families came in the defeat of then-Arizona Sheriff Joseph Arpaio. A broad coalition of working people formed the “Bazta Arpaio” (Basta is Spanish for "enough") campaign—working tirelessly to register and turn out first-time voters. In one weekend before the election, more than 500 union volunteers knocked on over 13,000 doors. One of the volunteers, Rene Cruz, an election volunteer and Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1245 organizer and steward shared his experiences on the campaign: “This is the people coming together, and this is what solidarity looks like.”
“It’s going to be a new day for Arizona,” 30-year-old realtor Dulce Matuz told ThinkProgress on election night in 2016. “We’re not just going to be known as the state that passed anti-immigrant laws, we’re going to be the state that voted against hate and xenophobia. We can finally move on and be a state that celebrates diversity.”
According to ThinkProgress, Matuz voted for the first time in November and said she was...
The Army Corps of Engineers announced that it had begun releasing water from both major Houston-area dams — something that had never been done before.
