The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) became a symbol of the government’s failure to prevent damage and save lives after Hurricane Katrina. Here, a plea spray-painted on plywood sits in front of an apartment complex on Sept. 4, 2005, in Biloxi, Miss., which was hit hard by the storm. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Hurricane …
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Burnell Cotlon is the owner of Burnell’s Lower 9th Ward Market, which one of the very few businesses still surviving in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. Many residents did not return to the area after Hurricane Katrina hit the area in 2005. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR NEW ORLEANS — Almost 20 years after Hurricane …
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NPR talks with Christopher Purdy, an Army National Guard veteran and veterans’ and democracy advocate, about Trump’s order calling for creation of a “specialized unit” of D.C. National Guard troops. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: For more on President Trump’s plan to create what he’s calling a specialized unit of D.C. National Guard troops dedicated to public safety, Christopher Purdy is on …
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Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Immigration authorities yesterday morning took Kilmar Abrego Garcia into federal custody, where he is waiting to find out how long he will remain in the U.S. The …
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A giant dust storm approaches the Phoenix metro area as a monsoon storm pushes the dust into the air on Aug. 25 in Phoenix, Az. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Parts of central Arizona were engulfed by a towering wall of dust on Monday evening — producing dramatic scenes that sent shockwaves far beyond the …
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Donna Kelce stands with her son Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift after the AFC Championship NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills on Jan. 26 in Kansas City, Mo. Ashley Landis/AP hide caption toggle caption Ashley Landis/AP Global music icon Taylor Swift is engaged to football player Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs after …
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A closed entrance to the Social Security Administration headquarters sits empty in Woodlawn, Md., on March 20. Wesley Lapointe/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Wesley Lapointe/The Washington Post/Getty Images A whistleblower says that a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to …
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Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin talks about the economy and immigration in East Los Angeles on July 30. Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin says President Trump is a “dictator-in-chief” whose agenda is “fascism …
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The Department of Justice building is seen on July 18 in Washington, D.C. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images A federal judge on Tuesday turned away a lawsuit the Justice Department filed against the entire federal court bench in the state of Maryland, reasoning that the lawsuit went against precedent and the rule of …
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This week in publishing we have new works from a number of seasoned veterans with a taste for big swings and clever premises. Here you’ll find that gothic horror, so often lurking in the dingy dark, can manifest also in the fluorescent world of the terminally online; that hell can be rather academic, really; and even that the rules of …
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