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Tropical Storm Barry presents New Orleans with an unprecedented problem, according to the National Weather Service. The Mississippi River, which is usually at 6 to 8 feet in midsummer in the Big Easy, is now at 16 feet, owing to…

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Louisiana and other areas around the Mississippi River are bracing for Hurricane Barry, the first tropical storm of the season. FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com…

(Photo: Gerald Herbert, AP) Fox News says it has hired former Democratic National Committee chief Donna Brazile as a political commentator. Brazile had been let go from a similar role at CNN in 2016 after it was revealed that she had shared material about topics that would be addressed at a Democratic forum with Hillary Clinton's campaign. At Fox, Brazile will not have anything to do with any debates or town halls — if they ever happen. That's from a Fox News executive who spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because the person was not authorized to speak about contract details. Brazile says she knows she'll be criticized by progressive friends for signing with Fox, but that she believes it's important to talk with people you disagree with. She wrote about her decision to join Fox News in an editorial post, where she says the upcoming 2020 presidential election is a "consequential moment" for the country and that political debate is "hostile and disrespectful." "Will I agree with my fellow commentators at Fox News? Probably not. But I will listen," she wrote.

That’s why I am formally announcing my campaign for reelection,” Edwards said in his online message. Political observers said there was never any doubt about Edwards’ intentions, and according to FOX 8 political analyst Mike Sherman, there were few surprises in the governors' announcement. “No surprises that Gov. Edwards is running for reelection. No surprises in his messaging,” Sherman said. Jindal, a name we haven’t heard [lately] in Louisiana political circles, to try to engender those feelings of a fiscal crisis and stagnation from a few years ago. He has raised a lot of money for his war chest. His polling numbers right now look fairly good for an incumbent Democratic governor in a Republican state, so I think he’s in a very strong position,” Collins said. Both Sherman and Collins said it is very likely that more Republicans will enter the race. And for Republicans, can they recapture Louisiana’s top post.” "It would look very bad for the national Republican Party to not be able to knock off a Democratic governor in a very red state,” Collins said.

President Trump pays a visit to the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual convention while the finger-pointing in D.C. continues over the partial government shutdown. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as…

In New Orleans, Cantrell faces the twin challenges of tackling a high violent crime rate and complying with the 2012 federal consent decree, a broad slate of reforms the city agreed to implement after a scathing federal report detailed corruption, brutality and bias across the police force. Whoever Cantrell picks will be tasked with extending a decline in homicides that reached a 47-year low in 2018, while convincing a federal judge that the department has met the bar for implementing lasting reforms. He must still be approved by the Baltimore City Council for the permanent job. Her selection will be a highly personal one, said former Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who plucked Harrison from his post as commander of the sprawling 7th District in New Orleans East in August 2014, after Ronal Serpas resigned as chief. "It is really an important decision, but it’s very personal to a mayor. However, insiders are already ticking off a short list of names stocked with local candidates, most from within the department. Harrison named Thomas to lead the department’s investigations bureau last year. “You want to find that person that’s best for the department at this moment in time, and it may very well be that there’s somebody that she feels that can do it within the department,” Landrieu said. Cantrell may also need to please a constituency of one: U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan, who oversees the department’s reform agreement with the federal government. “The department is way better than it’s been,” Scharf said.

Washington – U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes began her congressional career Thursday kissing babies, casting votes to reopen the partially shuttered federal government, and keeping watch for news about a daughter who was due — at any minute — to give birth. “This is a big day for me in many ways,” Hayes said. A Democrat representing the 5th Congressional District, Hayes replaces retired Rep. Elizabeth Esty and was propelled to office by enthusiastic supporters seeking change and enamored by the energetic, optimistic can-do-ism exuded by the former national Teacher of the Year. A political neophyte, Hayes repeatedly described her first day in Congress as “surreal.” “Can you believe we’re here?” she asked the throng of supporters jammed into her congressional office. “This is okay, right?” she asked those attending her office reception, waving her arms around the room. A bus filled with 75 supporters came to Washington Thursday to witness the swearing in of the first black congresswoman to represent Connecticut. Like all of Connecticut’s House members, Hayes voted to elect Rep. Nancy Pelosi as Speaker. The House cloakroom called her office and she ran back to the Capitol to cast the vote. “But mostly I’m surprised that we got right to work,” she said. Besides electing the Democratic and Republican leadership, and a new set of rules for the House that requires all bills to be subject to committee hearings and reviewed for at least 72 hours before a vote, the House prepared to vote late Thursday on Democratic legislation that would fund the agencies that have been shuttered in the partial government shutdown.

Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. And if you missed it earlier this week, here’s our conversation on how fear is playing on the campaign trail. Readers from all across the country wrote in last week to tell us about the political issues you and your neighbors would like to hear more about in the final days of the campaign. (By the way, more of you wrote in from California than any other state. Boston wants to build a bridge to an island that houses a now-dormant addiction center. But when it comes to Tennessee, I’m a Memphis guy. But Memphis is also rib town. Do you agree with Jonathan’s favorites? And read Jonathan’s story: A Changing Tennessee Weighs a Moderate or Conservative for Senate ____________________ Today in live polling: California and Utah Image As the election nears, The Times’s live polling project is talking to voters in some of the closest races. Today, Nate Cohn and the Upshot team highlighted a few polls happening right now: Through 421 respondents in Utah’s Fourth District, it’s a very narrow lead for Ben McAdams against the Republican incumbent, Mia Love.