| | | Subdued by Harvey, Congress reconvenes facing fiscal tests | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Harvey devastated Texas, but could bring some fiscal order to Washington where Republicans and Democrats will need to put political differences aside in order to approve spending to repair the damage from flooding in and around Houston. |
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| | | Evacuation lifted around Arkema's flooded Texas chemical plant | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - French chemical firm Arkema SA said an evacuation zone put in place amid fears that more flammable organic pesticides at its flooded plant in Crosby, Texas, would explode was lifted on Monday after the materials were ignited in a controlled burn. |
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| | | Cleveland police to skip Browns NFL ceremony in protest | | | (Reuters) - The Cleveland police officers union will not hold the U.S. flag at the first Browns game of the new National Football League season after some of the team's players recently knelt in protest during the national anthem, the union president said. |
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| | | Trump hugs Harvey's victims in test of presidential mien | | | HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump took up the mantle of "comforter-in-chief" in a visit to storm-wracked Houston as he played with children and served up food to evacuees from Hurricane Harvey, the first major natural disaster of his eight months in office. |
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