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Trump Administration Offering $200M in STEM and IT Study Grants

The Trump administration announced Monday that it would offer at least $200 million in grant funding annually for programs that offer science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), and particularly computer science education. With 6 million job openings in the United States, administration officials said it was making the pledge to extend computer science education because of a skills gap. Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump and an adviser to the...

Trump Campaign Associates to Talk to House Intelligence Committee

The House intelligence panel will interview two of President Donald Trump's associates behind closed doors this week as congressional committees step up their investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Longtime Trump associate Roger Stone and former staffer Boris Epshteyn will talk to the House panel. Stone confirmed his interview, which will be held Tuesday. Epshteyn will also speak to the committee this week, according to a source familiar with the interview. The...

Former Congressman Weiner Sentenced to 21 Months Prison in Sexting Scandal

A disgraced former U.S. congressman whose criminal case played a pivotal role in last year's presidential election was sentenced to 21 months in prison Monday for sending a sexually suggestive picture to an underage girl. Anthony Weiner, who once represented a New York district in Congress, wept as U.S. District Judge Denise Cote handed down the sentence after he had sought probation and no prison time. He has until early November to turn himself in to authorities. The case of the...

Irma Recovery: Florida Keys Will Open to Visitors Oct. 1

Florida Keys officials say the island chain hit hard by Hurricane Irma will reopen to tourists Oct. 1. Officials made their announcement Monday, more than two weeks after the Category 4 storm made landfall in the Florida Keys. The storm destroyed an estimated 25 percent of homes on the islands. Florida Keys officials asked visitors to postpone their trips after the storm damaged power and water supplies. Florida Keys spokesman Andy Newman said power and water service...

Trump Contends Race Not a Factor in Football Players' Anthem Protest

U.S. President Donald Trump contended Monday that professional football players' refusal to stand for the country's national anthem has "nothing to do with race," even though many of the athletes themselves said it was meant to protest racism and police brutality against minorities in the United States. Hundreds of players, coaches and team owners defied Trump on Sunday by sitting, kneeling and locking arms as the "Star Spangled Banner" was played before the...

Travelers Swamp Puerto Rico's Main Airport; Dam on Verge of Collapse

Hundreds of stranded travelers filled the sweltering halls of San Juan International Airport on Monday anxious to know when they could leave and reconnect with families after Hurricane Maria devastated power and communications across the island. Fearful of checking out of hotels in case they could not get on the few flights available, worried passengers waited in long lines at Puerto Rico's main airport, struggling to get through to loved ones and airlines alike. "Everything...

VP Pence to Flex Fundraising Muscle for Republicans

Vice President Mike Pence went home to Indiana on Friday to pressure the state's lone Democratic senator to support a GOP tax overhaul. He'll bounce to Alabama on Monday, campaigning for President Donald Trump's pick in a special Senate election. And by Thursday, he's scheduled to be in Milwaukee, headlining a $35,000-per-couple fundraiser. Such is life for Pence, Trump's political utility player, whose services are increasingly in demand as Republicans brace for...