Hurricanes

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said he was impressed with the progress of the relief effort in Puerto Rico after visiting the hurricane-stricken island. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

Ben Carson ‘extremely impressed’ with Puerto Rico recovery

Diana Stancy Correll · December 20, 2017 1:53 am

If the package is approved by Congress, the government will have spent more than $130 billion on natural disaster aid for communities affected by hurricanes and fires within the last few months. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)

House to reveal $81 billion disaster aid package

Mandy Mayfield · December 18, 2017 11:43 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has promised to block a House proposal to fund the government through Jan. 19, because it prioritizes defense over domestic spending. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Defense, health spending battle sparks new government shutdown threat

Susan Ferrechio · December 15, 2017 5:01 am

Merriam-Webster Dictionary declared Tuesday that feminism was the 2017 Word of the Year. The company said that the search for the word spiked "when Kellyanne Conway said during an interview that she didn't consider herself a feminist." (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Webster’s: Kellyanne Conway helped make ‘feminism’ the Word of the Year for 2017

Anna Giaritelli · December 12, 2017 8:37 pm

The island's weak power grid has suffered from mismanagement and systematic flaws for years. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

How to strengthen Puerto Rico’s energy grid

Mark Pischea · December 12, 2017 5:01 am

First Lady Melania Trump speaks about the ongoing rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Harvey on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, in Rockport, Texas. (Casey Jackson/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)

Melania Trump: Hurricane victims still need our help

Naomi Lim · December 10, 2017 8:13 pm

Unfortunately, the current way coal is priced in the marketplace is forcing power plants out of business, and is discouraging investments in modern, efficient coal-fired power plants. And as noted earlier, the other fuel sources aren't able to make up the difference. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Energy and Environment

Trump’s crucial step to ensure electric grid reliability

Rep. David McKinley · December 8, 2017 7:24 pm

The job gains fell short of the 190,000 new jobs forecasters expected. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Economy beat expectations with 228,000 new jobs, unemployment held at 4.1 percent in November

Joseph Lawler · December 8, 2017 1:31 pm

The first and second ladies on Wednesday made a pit stop at regional fast food chain Whataburger while visiting areas impacted by Hurricane Harvey in Texas. (screenshot)

Melania Trump and Karen Pence treat press to Whataburger lunch during Texas visit

Katie Leach · December 7, 2017 12:40 am

Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday addressed mayors from around the globe at a summit on climate change in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Obama jokingly congratulates himself for continued job creation under Trump: ‘Thanks, Obama’

Naomi Lim · December 5, 2017 11:06 pm

The first lady last visited Texas in September after Hurricane Harvey. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Melania Trump and Karen Pence to visit Texas to continue hurricane relief efforts

Caitlin Yilek · December 5, 2017 8:36 pm

Eric Hargan said President Trump's third-quarter salary donation would be used for the planning and design of a large-scale public awareness campaign about opioid addiction. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Acting HHS chief: Opioid epidemic is ‘the crisis of our time’

Salena Zito · December 4, 2017 5:01 am