Fort Bragg, North Carolina - On Monday morning, First Lady Melania Trump and Second Lady Karen Pence will travel to Fort Bragg, home of the Airborne and Army Special Operations, in Fayetteville, North Carolina to visit with Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines.

Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom today requested Presidential Major Disaster Declarations to bolster ongoing state and local recovery efforts following severe February storms that caused widespread flooding, mudslides and damage to critical infrastructure across California.

Washington, DC - Recognizing our collective vulnerability to natural disasters, affecting the lives and the economies of the people and nations of the United States and the Caribbean;

Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom today issued an emergency proclamation for the counties of Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Mariposa, Napa, Santa Cruz, Solano and Tuolumne to help communities recover from severe February storms that caused widespread flooding, mudslides and damage to critical infrastructure.

Miami, Florida - Friday, Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan led an interagency team of United States senior officials and experts to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headquarters in Miami, Florida, where he hosted ministers and disaster management officials from 18 Caribbean countries, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, and the Regional Security System to launch the new “U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership.”

West Lafayette, Indiana - Members of the United Methodist Church General Conference met in a special session in February and voted narrowly in favor of the “traditional plan,” which reinforces the church’s ban on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage. The denomination’s Judicial Council is expected to meet in April to decide whether the plan is constitutional based on the church’s Book of Discipline.