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The Senate votes against trimming a $106.5 billion emergency spending bill. The money will be used to fund operations in Iraq, hurricane relief and add-ons. One of the controversial additions is $700 million for relocation of a rail line along the Mississippi coast.

Galveston, Texas, issues a voluntary evacuation order ahead of Hurricane Rita, which is predicted to make landfall on the Texas coast over the weekend. Elliott Jennings, emergency management coordinator for Galveston County, tells host Michele Norris how the city is getting ready for Rita.

People in Florida are turning to the government for help after Hurricane Ian. But that's not an option for the many people who work as day laborers or in service industries on the Gulf Coast.

After a clash with Russia off the coast of Crimea, Ukraine declared martial law in areas that border Russia. On Sunday, Russia seized three Ukrainian vessels and 23 crew members.

Along the Gulf Coast, thousands of residents are still living in FEMA trailers, close to the water. None of them are likely to rebuild where they lived, since they can't afford it or can't get insured. Meanwhile, drugs have become a huge problem in the trailer parks.

A Chinese Coast Guard ship fired a water cannon at a Philippine boat trying to resupply a military outpost on a disputed reef. The incident has heightened tension in a region already on edge.

Texas officials are urging coastal residents to evacuate as the storm nears. Beryl, now a tropical storm, is expected to regain hurricane strength in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

After tearing through parts of the southeast Caribbean, Beryl was tracking towards Jamaica on Tuesday with maximum sustained winds around 160 miles per hour.

A U.S. judge has blocked an effort by Iraq's Kurdistan region to sell $100 million worth of crude oil to refiners in the U.S. It's sitting in a giant tanker ship off the coast of Texas. The judge agreed with the Iraqi government that the oil belongs to it and not the Kurds.

Whale-watchers in Southern California are getting a rare treat, a visit from a pod of orcas.