Around 70,000 Burning Man attendees are still stuck in the desert. President Biden surveys the damage in Florida from Hurricane Idalia. And “Parrotheads” nationwide pay tribute to Jimmy Buffett. Here’s the biggest news you missed this weekend. Roughly 70,000 people in Nevada for Burning Man are still stuck in the desert after Friday's advisory to “shelter in place” and conserve food and water because of heavy rain. All inbound and outbound traffic was halted and will remain so until further notice. One death has been reported and is currently under...

Joe Biden, the Vice President of the United States, has toured the damage in Florida caused by Hurricane Ida, but he has not met with Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential presidential challenger. On Saturday, after an aerial tour and briefing from local officials and first responders in Live Oak, a hamlet hit hard by Idalia, Vice President Biden extended support and sympathies to those affected by the storm. No person, he added, could deny the reality of climate change after witnessing the effects it was having on the world, such...

The White House claims they had no idea Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) would not meet President Joe Biden during his trip to Flordia to assess the damage from Hurricane Idalia. However, DeSantis made it clear he had no interest in greeting the president. On Saturday, reporters asked Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Deanne Criswell and White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre what happened since the White House previously said there was an agreed location for Biden’s visit. “There was just no indication that he was not going to be there,"...

President Joe Biden visited Florida to assess the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia, but 2024 Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis opted not to meet with him. DeSantis said he was concerned that a meeting with the president could be “very disruptive” to recovery efforts, according to the New York Post. During a press conference on Friday morning, DeSantis said that he had spoken with Biden over the phone and warned him that his visit might cause significant disruptions in the hardest-hit communities. He said his concern was primarily...

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at Gainesville Regional Airport, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, in Gainesville, Fla. The Bidens are in Florida to survey damage caused by Hurricane Idalia. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Good morning! It’s Sunday, September 3, 2023. Here’s a look at your news across the nation: 4. White House seeks to go on offense after difficult August Could rising gambling revenues be a sign of a stronger economy? Gambling is getting good again for Americans who apparently have enough cash saved up to take their...

President Joe Biden arrived in Florida for an aerial tour of Hurricane Idalia’s destruction and a firsthand look at a city recovering from the storm, but will not be seeing Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican president candidate who suggested a meeting could hinder disaster response efforts. “Our teams worked collectively to find this area. This was a mutually agreed upon area because of the limited impact,” Deanne Criswell, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told reporters as the president flew down from Washington. She said her teams “have...

LIVE OAK, Fla. — President Joe Biden on Saturday saw from the sky Hurricane Idalia's impact across a swath of Florida before he set out on a walking tour of a city recovering from the storm. Notably absent was Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate who declined to join Biden after he suggested that the Democrat's presence could hinder disaster response eff orts. Biden, when asked about his rival's absence, said he was not disappointed by the turn of events but welcomed the presence of Rick Scott, one of...

The dueling comments underscored how disaster response has become another battle in the race for the presidency, and Florida is shaping up to be a key state for several reasons. DeSantis is trailing former president Donald Trump, a Florida resident, in the Republican primary. His supporters point to his handling of the hurricane as evidence that he would be a strong executive amid national crises. Biden’s campaign, which is targeting Florida’s 29 electoral votes despite Democrats’ struggles there in recent years, has also sought to showcase the president’s disaster management...

President Biden and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) kept their distance from one another on Saturday when the president traveled to Florida in the wake of Hurricane Idalia. The two were expected to meet on the ground after DeSantis had met with Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Deanne Criswell earlier this week. But, DeSantis’ office on Friday said the governor didn’t have plans to meet with Biden, saying having the two meeting up could put strain on the state’s disaster response. DeSantis, who is seeking the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, is...

Former White House communications director Kate Bedingfield on Friday called Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s decision to forego a meeting with President Biden during his trip to the Sunshine State “small and petty.” “It is a really unfortunate time for Ron DeSantis to choose to be small, and petty,” Bedingfield said on CNN. “This is a moment where people are hurting, they want to see their leaders, they want to hear from them. It’s a moment to put partisanship aside.” Biden announced on Thursday during a surprise visit to the Federal...