WASHINGTON—Fresh from a two-week vacation, President Barack Obama visits flood-hit Louisiana on Tuesday, hoping to offer support to devastated communities and silence his critics. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump visited flood-struck communities last week and goaded the golf-loving president about his absence. Any presidential visit is a major security and logistical event. Republicans usually win the state of Louisiana handily in presidential elections. The last Democratic presidential nominee to win there was Clinton’s husband, former president Bill Clinton, in his 1996 rout of Bob Dole.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 23, 2016 00:11 UTC