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Obama request for Sandy aid could face hurdles
President Barack Obama's proposal for $60.4 billion in federal aid for states hit by Superstorm Sandy adds a huge new item to an end-of-year ...
Obama asks Congress for $60.4B in Sandy aid
President Barack Obama asked Congress Friday for $60.4 billion in federal aid for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in ...
Democrats: Obama to ask for $50 billion Sandy aid
President Barack Obama plans to ask Congress for about $50 billion in additional emergency aid for states hit by Superstorm Sandy, Democrats on ...
FEMA chief: Sandy fund should last until spring
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Tuesday there's enough money in the government's disaster relief fund for Superstorm Sandy ...
Cuomo says he's 'optimistic' on Sandy aid
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo emerged Monday from meetings with top Obama administration officials and congressional leaders "optimistic" that Congress ...
FEMA sending manufactured housing to Sandy zones
The federal government is moving manufactured housing into areas in New York and New Jersey that were hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy, the Federal ...
Obama orders fuel to be sent to areas hit by Sandy
The Obama administration is ordering the purchase of up to 12 million gallons of unleaded fuel and up to 10 million gallons of diesel fuel for ...
Gov't moves to allow oil tankers in Northeast
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Friday temporarily waived a maritime rule to allow foreign oil tankers coming from the Gulf of Mexico ...
Romney & Obama: I'm the real candidate of change
Five days before the election, Republican challenger Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama vied forcefully for the mantle of change Thursday in a ...
Gov't paying for emergency transportation in NY
For the next week the federal government will pay all of the costs to help get public transportation and power restored to parts of New York and New ...
Obama tours storm damage, Romney mutes rhetoric
President Barack Obama soberly toured the destruction wrought by superstorm Sandy on Wednesday in the company of New Jersey's Republican governor and ...
Q&A: Could Sandy postpone the election?
One week before a close election, superstorm Sandy has confounded the presidential race, halted early voting in many areas and led some to ponder ...
Sandy gains power and aims for Northeast
Hurricane Sandy wheeled toward land as forecasters feared Monday, raking cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts, flooding shore ...
Eastern US braces for dangerous superstorm
From Washington to Boston, big cities and small towns were buttoned up Monday against the onslaught of a superstorm that threatened 50 million people ...
5 reasons why Sandy is expected to be a superstorm
1. A NORTHBOUND HURRICANE Hurricane Sandy is moving slowly northeast and but is expected to turn to the north and west later Sunday and Monday, ...
Obama: Storm is 'serious and big,' and slow-moving
President Barack Obama said Sunday that the storm taking aim at the East Coast is a "serious and big storm" that will be slow-moving and might take ...
'Frankenstorm': Worse than sum of its parts
The storm that is threatening 60 million Americans in the eastern third of the nation in just a couple of days with high winds, drenching rains, ...
US superstorm threat launches mass evacuations
Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably ...
'Frankenstorm': Worse than sum of its nasty parts
The storm that is threatening 60 million Americans in the eastern third of the nation in just a couple of days with persistent high winds, drenching ...
Isaac finally leaves Gulf; uncertainty fills gap
As Isaac's drenching rains and cooling winds drifted north of the Gulf Coast, heat and humidity moved back in — along with frustration, exhaustion and ...
Isaac - when government aid is not largesse
At their convention, Republican leaders are taking the stage to push for less government and accuse President Barack Obama of profligate spending.
Tracking Isaac: The latest on the hurricane's path
Isaac began its long, slow trek inland on Wednesday, hours after it made landfall over southeastern Louisiana. Driving rains and heavy winds pelted ...
Isaac nears New Orleans, floods rural La. levee
Hurricane Isaac pushed water over a rural levee to flood some homes, knocked out power and immersed beach-front roads in Louisiana and Mississippi ...
Isaac in New Orleans for Katrina's 7th anniversary
Hurricane Isaac swallowed parts of the swamps south of New Orleans early Wednesday on its way toward the newly fortified city, as people across the ...
Hurricane Isaac makes landfall in La.
Hurricane Isaac raked the Louisiana coast and headed for a shuttered New Orleans late Tuesday, with brutal timing that made up for much of what it ...