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data-timestamp="2017-08-25T16:03:00Z">9:03 a.m.</div> <a class="link-block hover-text-decoration-underline" href="/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-us-economic-sanctions-venezuela-1503676692-htmlstory.html">U.S. imposes tough economic sanctions on Venezuela</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="timeline-item"> <div class="daily-headlines relative spaced spaced-left spaced-lg spaced-right"> <div class="timeline-headline"> <div class="timestamp-recent uppercase spaced spaced-bottom spaced-xs dot-separator align-items-center absolute flex-container-column "> <i class="fa fa-circle color-gray-dark"></i></div> <div class="timestamp timestamp-recent uppercase spaced spaced-bottom spaced-xs" data-timestamp-threshold="600000" data-timestamp-units="60000" data-timestamp-type="relative" data-timestamp-loaded="false" data-timestamp="2017-08-25T16:00:00Z">9:00 a.m.</div> <a class="link-block hover-text-decoration-underline" href="/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-trump-again-bashes-the-republican-1503676822-htmlstory.html">Trump again bashes the Republican leaders in Congress he needs to pass his agenda</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="timeline-item"> <div class="daily-headlines relative spaced spaced-left spaced-lg spaced-right"> <div class="timeline-headline"> <div class="timestamp-recent uppercase spaced spaced-bottom spaced-xs dot-separator align-items-center absolute flex-container-column "> <i class="fa fa-circle color-gray-dark"></i></div> <div class="timestamp timestamp-recent uppercase spaced spaced-bottom spaced-xs" data-timestamp-threshold="600000" data-timestamp-units="60000" data-timestamp-type="relative" data-timestamp-loaded="false" data-timestamp="2017-08-25T15:01:00Z">8:01 a.m.</div> <a class="link-block hover-text-decoration-underline" href="/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-former-cia-agent-starts-gofundme-1503673128-htmlstory.html">Former 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spaced-bottom spaced-xs" data-timestamp-threshold="600000" data-timestamp-units="60000" data-timestamp-type="relative" data-timestamp-loaded="false" data-timestamp="2017-08-24T12:08:00Z">5:08 a.m.</div> <a class="link-block hover-text-decoration-underline" href="/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-joe-arpaio-appreciates-trump-s-hint-of-1503616475-htmlstory.html">Joe Arpaio appreciates Trump’s hint of a pardon, but the ex-sheriff’s opponents are not impressed</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="timeline-item"> <div class="daily-headlines relative spaced spaced-left spaced-lg spaced-right"> <div class="day-separator color-gray-dark absolute"></div> <div class="timestamp spaced spaced-bottom spaced-md">Aug 23, 2017</div> <div class="timeline-headline"> <div class="timestamp-recent uppercase spaced spaced-bottom spaced-xs dot-separator align-items-center absolute flex-container-column "> <i class="fa fa-circle color-gray-dark"></i></div> <div class="timestamp timestamp-recent uppercase spaced spaced-bottom spaced-xs" data-timestamp-threshold="600000" data-timestamp-units="60000" data-timestamp-type="relative" data-timestamp-loaded="false" data-timestamp="2017-08-24T02:45:00Z">7:45 p.m.</div> <a class="link-block hover-text-decoration-underline" href="/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-electricity-grid-1503539494-htmlstory.html">Don't forget about coal, new Energy Department report says</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="timeline-item"> <div class="daily-headlines relative spaced spaced-left spaced-lg spaced-right"> <div class="timeline-headline"> <div class="timestamp-recent uppercase spaced spaced-bottom spaced-xs dot-separator align-items-center absolute flex-container-column "> <i class="fa fa-circle color-gray-dark"></i></div> <div class="timestamp timestamp-recent uppercase spaced spaced-bottom spaced-xs" data-timestamp-threshold="600000" data-timestamp-units="60000" data-timestamp-type="relative" data-timestamp-loaded="false" data-timestamp="2017-08-23T21:22:00Z">2:22 p.m.</div> <a class="link-block hover-text-decoration-underline" href="/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-senate-leader-mcconnell-pushes-back-1503520116-htmlstory.html">McConnell pushes back on reports of discontent with Trump; Ryan doubts shutdown over border wall</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="timeline-item"> <div class="daily-headlines relative spaced spaced-left spaced-lg spaced-right"> <div class="timeline-headline"> <div class="timestamp-recent uppercase spaced spaced-bottom spaced-xs dot-separator align-items-center absolute flex-container-column "> <i class="fa fa-circle color-gray-dark"></i></div> <div class="timestamp timestamp-recent uppercase spaced spaced-bottom spaced-xs" data-timestamp-threshold="600000" data-timestamp-units="60000" data-timestamp-type="relative" data-timestamp-loaded="false" data-timestamp="2017-08-23T21:06:00Z">2:06 p.m.</div> <a class="link-block 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We don&#39;t want to do that...we&#39;ll congratulate each other when it&#39;s all finished.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/KnvmgQSllE">pic.twitter.com/KnvmgQSllE</a></p>&mdash; World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABCWorldNews/status/902581772478693376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="element element-rawhtml "> &nbsp;</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper clearfix col pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-liveblog-post" id=""> <div data-arctrack-item-content-type="in-liveblog liveblog" data-arctrack-item-slug="la-na-essential-washington-updates-trump-lands-in-texas-to-with-promise-of-1504025239" data-arctrack-item-byline="Hailey Branson-Potts,Noah Bierman" data-arctrack-item-advanced-byline="" data-arctrack-item-post-number="22" data-arctrack-item-post-content-id="94461701" data-arctrack-item-page="1" data-arctrack-item-pub-date="08-31-2017 15:55" data-arctrack-item-parent-section-name="politics" data-arctrack-item-card-added-date="08-29-2017 09:47" data-page="22" class="card liveblog-card card-border-bottom-thick card-border-bottom-dark spaced spaced-top spaced-lg"> <div class="card-content"> <div class="flex-container-row justify-space-between"> <h6 class="spaced spaced-bottom spaced-sm timestamp-recent invisible color-gray-dark " data-timestamp-threshold="86400000" data-timestamp-units="8640000" data-timestamp-loaded="false" data-timestamp-recent="9:47 a.m." data-timestamp="2017-08-29T16:47:00Z">Aug. 29, 2017, 9:47 a.m.</h6> <span class="sharebar align-right flex hidden-mobile"> <button class="button button-icon button-icon-hover-accent button-icon-accent" aria-label="share on twitter" name="twitter" onclick="window.open( 'https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Trump+lands+in+Texas+with+promise+of+help+to+residents+battered+by+Harvey&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwashington%2Fla-na-essential-washington-updates-trump-lands-in-texas-to-with-promise-of-1504025239-htmlstory.html', 'share_popup', 'height=500,width=650' ); 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Ted Cruz defends his 'no' vote on disaster relief funds for Sandy in light of damage from Tropical Storm Harvey</a></h3> <span class="sharebar spaced spaced-lg spaced-top hidden-desktop hidden-tablet hidden-desktop"> <button class="button button-icon button-icon-hover-accent button-icon-accent" aria-label="share on twitter" name="twitter" onclick="window.open( 'https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Sen.+Ted+Cruz+defends+his+%27no%27+vote+on+disaster+relief+funds+for+Sandy+in+light+of+damage+from+Tropical+Storm+Harvey&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwashington%2Fla-na-essential-washington-updates-sen-ted-cruz-defends-his-no-vote-on-1504022338-htmlstory.html', 'share_popup', 'height=500,width=650' ); return false;" role="button" data-arctrack="socialShareTwtr" data-referrer="" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <i class="fa fa-twitter "></i> </button> <button class="button button-icon button-icon-hover-accent button-icon-accent" name="facebook" aria-label="share on facebook" onclick="window.open( 'https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwashington%2Fla-na-essential-washington-updates-sen-ted-cruz-defends-his-no-vote-on-1504022338-htmlstory.html&title=Sen.+Ted+Cruz+defends+his+%27no%27+vote+on+disaster+relief+funds+for+Sandy+in+light+of+damage+from+Tropical+Storm+Harvey', 'share_popup', 'height=500,width=650' ); return false;" data-arctrack="socialShareFb" data-referrer="" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <i class="fa fa-facebook-square "></i> </button> <a class="button button-icon button-icon-hover-accent button-icon-accent" href="mailto:?subject=Sen.%20Ted%20Cruz%20defends%20his%20%27no%27%20vote%20on%20disaster%20relief%20funds%20for%20Sandy%20in%20light%20of%20damage%20from%20Tropical%20Storm%20Harvey&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwashington%2Fla-na-essential-washington-updates-sen-ted-cruz-defends-his-no-vote-on-1504022338-htmlstory.html" role="button" aria-label="share story via email" data-arctrack="socialShareEmail" data-referrer="" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <i class="fa fa-share "></i> </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card liveblog-card card-border-bottom-thick card-border-bottom-dark"> <div class="liveblog-post relative collapsible-container no-overflow"> <div data-arctrack-item-photo-credit="Elizabeth Robertson/TNS" class="card-content"> <figure class=""> <div class="full-width img-container "> <img class="b-lazy full-width" alt="" data-src="http://www.latimes.com/resizer/Uu0UrLz9Hj9WDqqK3Rw2G6njn00=/1400x0/www.trbimg.com/img-57e1756b/turbine/la-1474393597-snap-photo/600/600x338" src="/pb/resources/images/tinygif.gif"/> </div> <figcaption class="caption-text spaced spaced-top spaced-sm flex-container-row justify-space-between "> <div> (Elizabeth Robertson/TNS)</div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p>Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was among a group of Republicans who voted against&nbsp;<a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/113-2013/h23" target="_blank">a $50.5-billion relief package</a>&nbsp;for victims of 2012&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/disasters-accidents/meteorological-disasters/hurricanes-tropical-storms/hurricane-sandy-%282012%29-EVWAN00045-topic.html">Superstorm Sandy</a>&nbsp;when it came before them in January 2013. The measure passed anyway.<br/><br/>Now that his own state is likely to need a federal relief package totaling&nbsp;$40 billion or more&nbsp;due to a&nbsp;storm still pummeling the Gulf Coast around Houston, critics are calling out Cruz for what they say is hypocrisy for his decision to oppose Sandy relief while presumably supporting it now for Texas.&nbsp;<br/><br/>In an interview with <a href="https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/902261696172929024">NBC's Katy Tur</a>, Cruz defended his vote, saying the Sandy relief bill was filled with "unrelated pork."&nbsp;<br/><br/>"Two-thirds of that bill had nothing to do with Sandy. And what I said then, and still believe now, is that it's not right for politicians to exploit a disaster when people are hurting to pay for their own political wishlist," he said. &nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class=" col-print-12"> <div class="element element-oembed oembed-twitter flex-container-row justify-center"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cruz: Sandy relief bill was &quot;filled w/ unrelated pork...disaster relief needs to be focused on the victims.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/2v24IBeyFa">https://t.co/2v24IBeyFa</a></p>&mdash; Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/902261696172929024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card read-more width-100 collection-item absolute align-center"></div> <div class="collapsible hidden"></div> <div class="button-blue-div align-center"><button name="readMore" data-toggle-loaded="false" data-feature-loaded="false" data-associated-element="liveblog-card" data-associated-class="card-border-bottom" data-href="/pb/api/v2/render/feature/article/body" data-content-config-keys='_jge,canonical_url,published' data-content-config-values='content-api,/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-sen-ted-cruz-defends-his-no-vote-on-1504022338-htmlstory.html,false' data-custom-field-keys='isLiveblogBody,startAtElement' data-content-service='content-api' data-custom-field-values='true,3' data-collapse-type='load-from-feature-api' data-scroll-back='true' data-collapse-device='all' data-role="toggle-collapsible" class="button button-blue relative align-center spaced-bottom spaced-lg">Read More</button></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper clearfix col pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-liveblog-post" id=""> <div data-arctrack-item-content-type="in-liveblog liveblog" data-arctrack-item-slug="la-na-essential-washington-updates-after-north-korea-s-missile-test-over-1504007160" data-arctrack-item-byline="Associated Press" data-arctrack-item-advanced-byline="" data-arctrack-item-post-number="24" data-arctrack-item-post-content-id="94459454" data-arctrack-item-page="1" data-arctrack-item-pub-date="08-31-2017 15:55" data-arctrack-item-parent-section-name="politics" data-arctrack-item-card-added-date="08-29-2017 04:46" data-page="24" class="card liveblog-card card-border-bottom-thick card-border-bottom-dark spaced spaced-top spaced-lg"> <div class="card-content"> <div class="flex-container-row justify-space-between"> <h6 class="spaced spaced-bottom spaced-sm timestamp-recent invisible color-gray-dark " data-timestamp-threshold="86400000" data-timestamp-units="8640000" data-timestamp-loaded="false" data-timestamp-recent="4:46 a.m." data-timestamp="2017-08-29T11:46:00Z">Aug. 29, 2017, 4:46 a.m.</h6> <span class="sharebar align-right flex hidden-mobile"> <button class="button button-icon button-icon-hover-accent button-icon-accent" aria-label="share on twitter" name="twitter" onclick="window.open( 'https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Trump+says+%27all+options+are+on+the+table%27+after+North+Korea+flies+test+missile+over+Japan&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwashington%2Fla-na-essential-washington-updates-after-north-korea-s-missile-test-over-1504007160-htmlstory.html', 'share_popup', 'height=500,width=650' ); 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a memoir about&nbsp;her loss to Donald Trump.</p> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p>Clinton&rsquo;s only scheduled appearance in California is at UC Davis on Oct.&nbsp;9, although more stops could be added during her swing through the U.S. and Canada.</p> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p>The book tour map at the moment looks a lot different from, say, Clinton's campaign trail schedule one year ago, when she was hopscotching between swing states. She didn't visit Wisconsin, one factor her aides have admitted probably contributed to her loss in the state after 32&nbsp;years of Democratic presidential victories there. She lost reliably Democratic Michigan to Trump, too, in the first win for Republicans there since 1988.&nbsp;It's a safe bet she'll express regret in both states when she&nbsp;speaks in the college town of Ann Arbor on Oct. 24 and&nbsp;in Milwaukee on Nov. 9, one year and one day after the 2016 election.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="card read-more width-100 collection-item absolute align-center"></div> <div class="collapsible hidden"></div> <div class="button-blue-div align-center"><button name="readMore" data-toggle-loaded="false" data-feature-loaded="false" data-associated-element="liveblog-card" data-associated-class="card-border-bottom" data-href="/pb/api/v2/render/feature/article/body" data-content-config-keys='_jge,canonical_url,published' data-content-config-values='content-api,/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-hillary-clinton-s-book-tour-includes-a-1503954343-htmlstory.html,false' data-custom-field-keys='isLiveblogBody,startAtElement' data-content-service='content-api' data-custom-field-values='true,4' data-collapse-type='load-from-feature-api' data-scroll-back='true' data-collapse-device='all' data-role="toggle-collapsible" class="button button-blue relative align-center spaced-bottom spaced-lg">Read More</button></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper clearfix col pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-liveblog-post" id=""> <div data-arctrack-item-content-type="in-liveblog liveblog" data-arctrack-item-slug="la-na-essential-washington-updates-back-in-march-felix-sater-claimed-to-1503953853" data-arctrack-item-byline="L.A. 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Times staff</span> </span> </div> <span class="spaced spaced-right spaced-md hidden-mobile"></span> <div class="timestamp-wrapper hidden"> <span class="timestamp "> Aug 28, 2017 </span> <span class="timestamp spaced spaced-sm spaced-left spaced-right">|</span> <span class="timestamp "> 2:14 PM </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" align-items-start flex-container-column"> <div class="width-100 flex-container-column"> <h3 class=""><a href="/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-back-in-march-felix-sater-claimed-to-1503953853-htmlstory.html">Now embroiled in Trump-Russia inquiry, Felix Sater once was an FBI informant</a></h3> <span class="sharebar spaced spaced-lg spaced-top hidden-desktop hidden-tablet hidden-desktop"> <button class="button button-icon button-icon-hover-accent button-icon-accent" aria-label="share on twitter" name="twitter" onclick="window.open( 'https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Now+embroiled+in+Trump-Russia+inquiry%2C+Felix+Sater+once+was+an+FBI+informant&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwashington%2Fla-na-essential-washington-updates-back-in-march-felix-sater-claimed-to-1503953853-htmlstory.html', 'share_popup', 'height=500,width=650' ); return false;" role="button" data-arctrack="socialShareTwtr" data-referrer="" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <i class="fa fa-twitter "></i> </button> <button class="button button-icon button-icon-hover-accent button-icon-accent" name="facebook" aria-label="share on facebook" onclick="window.open( 'https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwashington%2Fla-na-essential-washington-updates-back-in-march-felix-sater-claimed-to-1503953853-htmlstory.html&title=Now+embroiled+in+Trump-Russia+inquiry%2C+Felix+Sater+once+was+an+FBI+informant', 'share_popup', 'height=500,width=650' ); return false;" data-arctrack="socialShareFb" data-referrer="" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <i class="fa fa-facebook-square "></i> </button> <a class="button button-icon button-icon-hover-accent button-icon-accent" href="mailto:?subject=Now%20embroiled%20in%20Trump-Russia%20inquiry%2C%20Felix%20Sater%20once%20was%20an%20FBI%20informant&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwashington%2Fla-na-essential-washington-updates-back-in-march-felix-sater-claimed-to-1503953853-htmlstory.html" role="button" aria-label="share story via email" data-arctrack="socialShareEmail" data-referrer="" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <i class="fa fa-share "></i> </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card liveblog-card card-border-bottom-thick card-border-bottom-dark"> <div class="liveblog-post relative collapsible-container no-overflow"> <div data-arctrack-item-photo-credit="Mark Von Holden / WireImage" class="card-content"> <figure class=""> <div class="full-width img-container "> <img class="b-lazy full-width" alt="Donald Trump, Bayrock Group founder Tevfik Arif and Felix Sater, right, in New York in 2007. " data-src="http://www.latimes.com/resizer/tWleuX6VvQsSSerAF1BsT-e9taA=/1400x0/www.trbimg.com/img-58b0c043/turbine/la-na-trump-soho-launch-party-photo-20170224/850/850x478" src="/pb/resources/images/tinygif.gif"/> </div> <figcaption class="caption-text spaced spaced-top spaced-sm flex-container-row justify-space-between "> <div>Donald Trump, Bayrock Group founder Tevfik Arif and Felix Sater, right, in New York in 2007. (Mark Von Holden / WireImage)</div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p><em>On Monday, the New York Times and Washington Post reported about Felix Sater, one of Donald Trump's business associates,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/us/politics/trump-tower-putin-felix-sater.html"> and the role he allegedly played during the presidential campaign</a>&nbsp;in connecting&nbsp;Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, to Russian government officials to facilitate approval of a proposed Trump Tower to be built in Moscow.</em></p> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p><em>The Times spoke to Sater&nbsp;earlier this year about his work with the Trump organization and his claim to also be working with the FBI.</em></p> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p>Working from a 24th-floor&nbsp;office in Manhattan&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics-government/donald-trump-PEBSL000163-topic.html">Trump</a>&nbsp;Tower,&nbsp;Felix Sater spent&nbsp;years trying to line up lucrative deals in the United States, Russia and elsewhere in Europe with Donald Trump&rsquo;s real estate organization.</p> </div> <div class="card read-more width-100 collection-item absolute align-center"></div> <div class="collapsible hidden"></div> <div class="button-blue-div align-center"><button name="readMore" data-toggle-loaded="false" data-feature-loaded="false" data-associated-element="liveblog-card" data-associated-class="card-border-bottom" data-href="/pb/api/v2/render/feature/article/body" data-content-config-keys='_jge,canonical_url,published' data-content-config-values='content-api,/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-back-in-march-felix-sater-claimed-to-1503953853-htmlstory.html,false' data-custom-field-keys='isLiveblogBody,startAtElement' data-content-service='content-api' data-custom-field-values='true,4' data-collapse-type='load-from-feature-api' data-scroll-back='true' data-collapse-device='all' data-role="toggle-collapsible" class="button button-blue relative align-center spaced-bottom spaced-lg">Read More</button></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper clearfix col pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-liveblog-post" id=""> <div data-arctrack-item-content-type="in-liveblog liveblog" data-arctrack-item-slug="la-na-essential-washington-updates-president-trump-pledges-quick-federal-1503953498" data-arctrack-item-byline="L.A. 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Times staff</span> </span> </div> <span class="spaced spaced-right spaced-md hidden-mobile"></span> <div class="timestamp-wrapper hidden"> <span class="timestamp "> Aug 28, 2017 </span> <span class="timestamp spaced spaced-sm spaced-left spaced-right">|</span> <span class="timestamp "> 1:51 PM </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" align-items-start flex-container-column"> <div class="width-100 flex-container-column"> <h3 class=""><a href="/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-president-trump-pledges-quick-federal-1503953498-htmlstory.html">Trump pledges quick federal aid to those hit by Harvey</a></h3> <span class="sharebar spaced spaced-lg spaced-top hidden-desktop hidden-tablet hidden-desktop"> <button class="button button-icon button-icon-hover-accent button-icon-accent" aria-label="share on twitter" name="twitter" onclick="window.open( 'https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Trump+pledges+quick+federal+aid+to+those+hit+by+Harvey&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwashington%2Fla-na-essential-washington-updates-president-trump-pledges-quick-federal-1503953498-htmlstory.html', 'share_popup', 'height=500,width=650' ); return false;" role="button" data-arctrack="socialShareTwtr" data-referrer="" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <i class="fa fa-twitter "></i> </button> <button class="button button-icon button-icon-hover-accent button-icon-accent" name="facebook" aria-label="share on facebook" onclick="window.open( 'https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwashington%2Fla-na-essential-washington-updates-president-trump-pledges-quick-federal-1503953498-htmlstory.html&title=Trump+pledges+quick+federal+aid+to+those+hit+by+Harvey', 'share_popup', 'height=500,width=650' ); return false;" data-arctrack="socialShareFb" data-referrer="" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <i class="fa fa-facebook-square "></i> </button> <a class="button button-icon button-icon-hover-accent button-icon-accent" href="mailto:?subject=Trump%20pledges%20quick%20federal%20aid%20to%20those%20hit%20by%20Harvey&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwashington%2Fla-na-essential-washington-updates-president-trump-pledges-quick-federal-1503953498-htmlstory.html" role="button" aria-label="share story via email" data-arctrack="socialShareEmail" data-referrer="" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <i class="fa fa-share "></i> </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card liveblog-card card-border-bottom-thick card-border-bottom-dark"> <div class="liveblog-post relative collapsible-container no-overflow"> <div data-arctrack-item-photo-credit="David J. 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