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US disaster relief chief blasts false claims about Helene response as a ‘truly dangerous narrative’
By FARNOUSH AMIRIUpdated 2:35 PM CDT, October 6, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s top disaster relief official said Sunday that false claims and conspiracy theories about the federal response to Hurricane Helene — spread most prominently by Donald Trump — are “demoralizing” aid workers and creating fear in people who need recovery assistance.
“It’s frankly ridiculous, and just plain false. This kind of rhetoric is not helpful to people,” said Deanne Criswell, who leads the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “It’s really a shame that we’re putting politics ahead of helping people, and that’s what we’re here to do. We have had the complete support of the state,” she said, referring to North Carolina.
Republicans, led by the former president, have helped foster a frenzy of misinformation over the past week among the communities most devastated by Helene, promoting a number of false claims, including that Washington is intentionally withholding aid to people in Republican areas.
Trump accused FEMA of spending all its money to help immigrants who are in the United States illegally, while other critics assert that the government spends too much on Israel, Ukraine and other foreign countries. ...
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Harris and Walz embark on media blitz amid Republican criticism that they're avoiding press
The pair will appear separately this week on podcasts, traditional TV and late-night comedy shows.
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Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: IDF orders evacuations in Beirut as huge blast hits city
Israel continued its intense airstrike campaign across Lebanon, which included several strikes in Beirut's southern suburbs and in the center of the city.
Sen. Mark Kelly says feds need to do a "better job" of letting Americans know "there's a huge amount of misinformation" on election
"It's up to us, the people who serve in Congress and in the White House to get the information out there," Sen. Mark Kelly told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."
www.cbsnews.comVoters in North Carolina and Georgia have bigger problems than politics. Helene changed everything
Residents in North Carolina’s Watauga County are focused on survival rather than politics after Hurricane Helene ravaged much of the western part of the state.
apnews.comHurricane Milton is growing stronger as it blows toward Florida's Tampa Bay region
People across Florida were warned that Milton could rapidly intensify into a major hurricane before slamming into the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast midweek.
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Rep. Adam Schiff says Trump 'will contest' election results if he loses
Schiff’s remarks come days after President Joe Biden said he didn’t know whether the election would be “peaceful.”
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Israel intensifies bombardment on Beirut as it launches incursion in northern Gaza
Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire across the Lebanon border almost daily since the day after Hamas' cross-border attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
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'I will own up when I misspeak': Walz talks misstatements, abortion debate in Fox News interview
Walz did his first so-called Sunday show interview, appearing in a "Fox News Sunday" interview that focused on his record as governor, misstatements and other issues.
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Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response | CNN Politics
Former President Donald Trump has delivered a barrage of lies and distortions about the federal response to Hurricane Helene.
www.cnn.comHow important is Wisconsin? Trump's now visited 4 times in 8 days
Donald Trump’s fourth scheduled stop in eight days in Wisconsin is a sign of his increased attention.
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Kamala Harris slams Sarah Huckabee Sanders comments on 'Call Her Daddy' podcast: 'This is not the 1950s'
Vice President Harris slammed Arkansas Gov. Huckabee Sanders recently suggesting the presidential candidate isn't humble because she doesn't have biological children.
Social media users dub Musk as 'energetic' and 'cringe' at Trump's Butler, PA rally
Billionaire Elon Musk jumped on stage in support for former President Donald Trump during a rally event in Butler, Pennsylvania over the weekend.
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Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin killed fighting for Ukraine
Ildar Dadin was killed when his battalion came under Russian artillery fire in north-eastern Ukraine.
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Hurricane Milton strengthens to Category 1 storm, expected to hit Florida as a major hurricane this week
Milton strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane in less than a day after developing into a tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Harris says it’s ‘not the 1950s anymore’ in dismissing criticism over not having biological children | CNN Politics
Vice President Kamala Harris used her interview on the popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast airing Sunday to respond to Republican criticism of her for not having biological children and to hit Donald Trump over abortion rights.
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The conservative law school growing its influence with the Supreme Court
Boosted by the appointment of former professor Amy Coney Barrett to the high court, the University of Notre Dame Law School has increasingly close ties with conservative justices.
www.nbcnews.comHarris talks abortion and more on 'Call Her Daddy' podcast as Democratic ticket steps up interviews
Vice President Kamala Harris opened a media blitz by the Democratic ticket with a conversation on the popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast.
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