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MEXICO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — For residents of the hurricane-ravaged Florida Panhandle, everyday life is rife with fears and frustrations. Poor cellphone service leaves those most vulnerable with little information to help them get by. Unseasonably warm temperatures in the 80s are adding to the misery because so few people can cool down with air conditioning. Bottled water is plentiful at roadside aid stations, but ice is another matter.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is warning of "very severe" consequences if Saudis are found to have murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Kashoggi. Trump said Thursday it "certainly looks" as though Khashoggi is dead. As the U.S. toughened its response to Khashoggi's disappearance, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin pulled out of a major Saudi investment conference Thursday amid global pressure.
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump is accusing Democratic Sen. Jon Tester of Montana of viciously attacking Adm. Ronny Jackson, the president's pick for secretary of Veterans Affairs. Trump said Thursday at a campaign rally for Tester's Republican opponent that Tester "led the Democratic mob" in an effort to destroy Jackson's reputation. Jackson withdrew amid ethics allegations, including claims that he drunkenly wrecked a governmental vehicle. Tester's role was leading the investigation.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — As some 3,000 Hondurans make their way through Guatemala, attention turned to Mexico after President Donald Trump threatened to close the U.S.-Mexico border if authorities there fail to stop them _ a nearly unthinkable move that would disrupt hundreds of thousands of legal freight, vehicle and pedestrian crossings each day. With less than three weeks before the Nov. 6 midterm elections, Trump seized on the migrant caravan to make border security a political issue.
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump is praising a Republican congressman for body-slamming a reporter last year, saying he thinks it might have helped the lawmaker win election in Montana. At a campaign rally in Montana on Thursday, Trump lauded Rep. Greg Gianforte, who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault. Trump said: "Any guy that can do a body slam _ he's my kind of guy." The comments come amid an international furor over the apparent assassination of a journalist who was allegedly dismembered.
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