President Joe Biden, right, and first lady Jill Biden, not pictured, touched down on the runway of Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Florida. - Al Diaz/Miami Herald/TNS
MIAMI — President Joe Biden is asking Congress to allocate more than $37 billion in aid for Florida, Puerto Rico and other parts of the country recently affected by natural disasters, less than two weeks before the official end of the 2022 hurricane season. The Biden administration’s push for disaster relief comes alongside its recent request for additional COVID-19 funds and aid to Ukraine, as Congress reconvenes to pass a spending bill to fund the U.S. government for the rest of the fiscal year by Dec. 16. “The president has visited many of these communities in recent months, including parts...
