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The Justice Department declined to comment, and the super PAC’s treasurer did not immediately reply to a voicemail message requesting comment. On Monday, a group of ex-prosecutors and other former government officials sent a letter to the Justice Department requesting an investigation. Legal experts have told NBC News that they believe Musk’s contest falls into a legal gray area and could violate election law, but not necessarily. So far, several of the winners have appeared in short videos for America PAC talking about their support for former President Donald Trump. Musk, who has endorsed Trump’s campaign, launched America PAC in an effort to help elect him.

Persons: Elon, ”, Matthew Sanderson, Musk, “, Donald Trump, Trump’s, Trump Organizations: Elon Musk’s, PAC, America PAC, CNN, Justice Department, NBC News, NBC, SpaceX, Bloomberg Locations: Arizona , Georgia, Michigan, Nevada , North Carolina , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg , Pennsylvania

Trump and Vance have visited 10 times, compared with nine stops for Harris and Walz. Trump and Vance have traveled to the state 10 times, while Harris and Walz have been there eight times. Michigan, along with Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, is one of the three so-called blue wall states Trump flipped in 2016 that Democrats need to keep in their corner. Trump and Vance have stepped foot in the state 12 times, while Harris and Walz have been there nine times. Wisconsin has been one of the most evenly divided states in recent cycles, getting 12 visits each from the Harris-Walz and Trump-Vance tickets.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, Trump, Tim Walz, JD Vance, they've, Joe Biden, Vance, Walz, Biden, haven't Organizations: GOP, NBC, Wisconsin —, Republican National Convention, Walz . Nevada, Trump Locations: York City, Texas, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada , North Carolina , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, . Wisconsin

Former President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of personal attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday, saying at a Latino outreach campaign event in Miami that she is "the worst" and "slow," with a "low IQ." Honestly, there’s something wrong, and there's something wrong with her, too. NBC News reached out to the Harris campaign for comment. Trump frequently refers to Harris, the country’s first Black, South Asian and female vice president, as dumb, weak and crazy. You’re a s--- vice president.”

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Trump, Harris, Tim Walz, Hallie Jackson, Telemundo’s Julio Vaqueiro, CBS's, she's, Bernie Sanders, Sen, Elizabeth Warren, ‘, ” Trump, “, you’ve, You’re, ” Organizations: Minnesota, NBC News, NBC Locations: Miami, Pocahontas, Scranton , Pennsylvania, Latrobe , Pennsylvania

A Republican county supervisor in Arizona pleaded guilty Monday after she tried to delay certification of the 2022 midterm election results, state Attorney General Kris Mayes announced. Peggy Judd, a Cochise County supervisor, pleaded guilty to failing to perform duties as an election officer, a misdemeanor. She acknowledged that she failed to canvass the election as required by law, the attorney general's office said. Judd was originally charged by a state grand jury in November 2023 along with another Cochise County supervisor, Tom Crosby, who also tried to delay the certification of the 2022 election results. They were charged with two felonies, conspiring to delay the certification of the election results and interfering with the secretary of state’s statewide canvass.

Persons: Kris Mayes, Peggy Judd, Judd, ” Mayes, Mayes, “, Tom Crosby, Crosby, Donald Trump's Organizations: Republican, NBC News, Democrat, Tucson Sentinel Locations: Arizona, Cochise County, Washington ,

KAZAN, Russia — Almost 700 miles east of Russia's war in Ukraine, the city of Kazan is a safe enough distance for President Vladimir Putin to try and reposition himself as an international ambassador. The countries gathering for the BRICS summit, where Gavrilov is helping to chaperone delegates, share a similar mix of apparently contradictory views. Russia and Iranian protocol teams huddled together in a Kazan hotel Sunday planning the arrival of Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian. Russian President Vladimir Putin and UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan sign a wall at newly opened education center in Moscow on Monday. While Ukraine is a “long, long way away, the modern ballistic missile can very easily come here,” Gavrilov said.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Islam Gavrilov, Sergei Gavrilov, “, Gavrilov, ”, didn’t, —, it’s, Masoud Pezeshkian, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Mikhail Metzel, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, they’ve, ” David Lubin, you’re, ” Gavrilov, Keir Simmons, Natasha Lebedeva, Freddie Clayton Organizations: NBC, NASA, Harvard University, The, Putin, United Arab, European Union, Kremlin, Wednesday, Saudi Arabia’s Crown, Chatham House, NBC News, Inside Locations: KAZAN, Russia, Ukraine, Kazan, Kremlin, United States, Moscow, America, U.S, — Brazil, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, United Arab Emirates, UAE, London, Russian, Yelabuga, Nizhnekamsk, “

The officer who helped his colleague onto the roof told the task force, “I try to get him up to the roof. A GUY WITH AN AR!’”"To date, the Task Force has not received any evidence to suggest that message reached the former President’s USSS detail prior to shots fired," the task force said in its report. The Secret Service did not immediately respond to NBC News' request for comment. There was also no broader briefing among Secret Service and other law enforcement, the task force said. The panel has requested information and records from the Secret Service, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Donald Trump's, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Crooks, Trump, ”, Crooks “, “, Donald Trump, Jabin, it's, It's Organizations: Secret Service, Police Department, Task Force, Washington, Getty, Service, NBC, Emergency Services Unit, Trump, FBI, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives Locations: Butler, Pa, West Palm Beach , Florida

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday continued to steer clear of criticizing President Joe Biden, arguing that vice presidents not denigrating the commander-in-chief is an American tradition. "To be very candid with you, even including Mike Pence, vice presidents are not critical of their presidents. Harris dismissed her critics, including Trump, claiming that "joy" has disappeared from her campaign. NBC News has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment. Both Harris and Trump have been doing targeted media interviews in the final weeks of the campaign.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Harris, Biden, Mike Pence, Donald Trump, Trump, It’s, Christine Romans, “, she’s, Howard Stern’s, ” Harris, ”, Peter Alexander, Rebecca Shabad Organizations: NBC News, Republican, Medicare, Trump, NBC, Fox News, Boys, Univision, Bloomberg News, NBC News ’, Business, CNBC, CBS Locations: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, American, Grand, Grand Rapids, Washington

WASHINGTON — Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday called the judge overseeing the Jan. 6-related federal criminal case against him "the most evil person," despite threats U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has already faced from his supporters. They do show that Smith’s team is relying upon transcripts of interviews and other information disclosed by the House Jan. 6 Committee, which dissolved after Democrats lost the House in 2022. Chutkan began overseeing the Trump case following his first federal indictment in the Jan. 6-related case in August 2023 and made clear from the beginning that Trump's 2024 presidential candidacy would have no impact on her handling of the case. You know, judge is supposed to keep— what judge would say ‘We’re going to release something, you know, a couple of days before.'" One key to Smith's case is his contention that Trump knew the lies he spread to his followers about the 2020 election were, in fact, false.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Donald Trump, Tanya Chutkan, Trump, Jack Smith, —, Dan Bongino, Smith, “ It’s, Aileen Cannon, Abigail Jo Shry, Shry, Chutkan, Smith's, might've Organizations: Republican, U.S, Trump, Justice Department Locations: Texas, Washington, United States

WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris' presidential campaign is ramping up efforts to court male voters two weeks before Election Day with ads on platforms frequented by men who like fantasy sports, sports betting, sports news and video game websites. Kamala Harris is the average Joe underdog and … Ha No, this isn’t a time for jokes," he said. Since she jumped into the race, Harris has been trying to attract men to support her, but Trump continues to perform better among male voters. NBC News’ recent poll found that 56% of male registered voters support Trump, while 40% of them support Harris. According to the Harris campaign, it's also trying to break through and reach men on platforms such as TikTok and live-streaming site Twitch.

Persons: WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris, Harris, Donald Trump, Magic Johnson, Johnson, He’s, Kamala, Ben Stiller, Kamala Harris, …, Trump, it's, It's Organizations: Yahoo Sports, IGN, America, NBC, Trump, MLB

☆ A federal disaster fund has drawn 50,000 applications after twin hurricanes. One problem: It’s out of money.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Laura Strickler | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Frank-Thorp-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

About 54,000 have applied for low-interest loans from a disaster fund operated by the Small Business Administration, but the money has all dried up. The SBA disaster loan fund remains a major source of money for businesses obliterated by natural disasters, according to the Congressional Research Service. “While we await Congress to provide much-needed funding, we strongly encourage eligible businesses and households to apply for SBA disaster loans. " Before the funding ran out, about 750 had been approved to receive loan money totaling $48 million, according to the SBA. He's reluctant to apply for an SBA loan because of his precarious financial situation.

Persons: Lucious Wilson, Hurricane Helene, “, ”, reconvenes, Isabel Casillas Guzman, Kristen Welker, Mike Johnson, Johnson, Wilson, he's, He's Organizations: NBC News, Wedge Brewery, Small Business Administration, Biden, NBC, SBA, Congressional Research Service, Press Locations: Asheville , North Carolina, Asheville, N.C

☆ Israel killed its most-wanted target thanks to 2 things: chance and persistence
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Tom Porter | Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Israel killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the October 7 terrorist attacks. AdvertisementAfter a yearlong war against Hamas that reduced much of Gaza to ruins, Israel on Wednesday killed its top target: the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Israel's military persisted, using heavy weapons, including 2,000-pound bunker-buster bombs, to target areas under Gaza where Sinwar and other Hamas leaders could have been hiding. During that time, Israel killed several Hamas leaders, including Mohammad Deif in Gaza, and Ismail Haniyeh in an audacious explosives attack in Tehran, Iran. A chance encounterA unit from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) 828th Bislamach Brigade conducted Wednesday's operation in Gaza.

Persons: Israel, Yahya Sinwar, —, Bashir Abbas, Sinwar, Mohammad Deif, Ismail Haniyeh, Abbas, Tal al, Joe Biden, Bin, Netanyahu Organizations: Service, Hamas, Wednesday, Stimson, Israel Defense Forces, 828th Bislamach Brigade, Royal United Services Institute, US Institute for, ISIS Locations: Israel, Gaza, Washington ,, Tehran, Iran, Rafah, Lebanon

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced a milestone Thursday in its effort to cancel Americans' student debt: it has provided relief to more than one million borrowers who work in public service. The Education Department said that before Biden's presidency, only 7,000 public servants had ever received student debt relief through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. The milestone comes after the administration has faced legal challenges to a number of its student debt relief proposals and roadblocks put up by court rulings. The Supreme Court, for example, ruled last year that the administration’s original student debt forgiveness program couldn't take effect. That plan would have benefited 43 million borrowers by canceling up to $20,000 in debt, potentially costing more than $400 billion.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Joe Biden, Biden's, Miguel Cardona, ” Cardona, Cardona, Kamala Harris Organizations: Biden, of Education's Public, The Education Department, Public, Education Department, Republican

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked Alabama’s voter removal program that flagged thousands of registered voters and accused them of illegally registering in the state. The Justice Department sued the state of Alabama challenging the program aimed at removing voters from its election rolls, arguing it was too close to the Nov. 5 election. Allen announced a process for purging 3,251 registered Alabama voters in August, 84 days before Election Day. The case is among several instances of voter purges in Republican-led states ahead of this fall’s presidential election. The Justice Department lawsuit said it has already been determined that legal voters were mistakenly purged from the voter rolls.

Persons: Wes Allen, Allen, Anna Manasco, Donald Trump, ” Manasco, ”, Glenn Youngkin, Youngkin Organizations: The Justice Department, Republican, Alabama, Justice Department, Gov, Department of Motor Vehicles, Justice Locations: Alabama, “, States, Virginia

Harris told reporters that she "found it to be quite bizarre" when Trump said during an all-women Fox News town hall that aired Wednesday morning, "I’m the father of IVF." She argued that his appointment of Supreme Court justices who voted for Roe v. Wade to be overruled undermined his claim. Trump had made the comments on IVF during a town hall event that was taped on Tuesday but aired on Wednesday. Trump also said during the town hall that "we’re totally in favor of IVF." When reached for comment on Harris' remarks, Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said that Trump's comments about being "the father of IVF" were "a joke."

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump's, Harris, Trump, Roe, Wade, Karoline Leavitt, Leavitt, that's Organizations: Wednesday, Fox News, NBC, Center for Reproductive Rights, Alabama, Congressional, Republicans, Trump Locations: Detroit, America

The Federal Trade Commission is announcing a finalized rule to make it easier for people to cancel subscriptions and memberships they just don’t want anymore. When the proposed rule was announced last year, Khan said, the agency got about 16,000 comments expressing how canceling subscriptions had become a headache at best. Khan and the FTC have already taken legal action against Amazon’s Prime division over accusations that it is luring customers into subscriptions that the FTC alleges are extraordinarily difficult to cancel. “Some members have the ability to cancel their membership online based on their membership type and location of their home club,” it said. Nelson said she’d be grateful for the changes Khan and the FTC are proposing.

Persons: Lina Khan, Khan, we’ve, “, ” Khan, that’s, ”, Haley Nelson, didn’t, Nelson, she’d, it’s Organizations: Federal Trade Commission, U.S . Chamber of Commerce, “, FTC, Amazon’s, Amazon, NBC News, Fitness Locations: U.S, Minnesota

☆ Hakeem Jeffries pitches calm governance over chaos as Democrats seek the House majority
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ali-Vitali-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Ali Vitali | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The way Leader Hakeem Jeffries sees it, House Democrats haven’t held the majority this Congress — but they’ve governed as if they did. Jeffries is hoping to win back the House majority with twin messages of “people over politics” and a promise to curb the chaos of the House GOP. And while he said that House Democrats will strive to work with “traditional Republican colleagues on any issue, whenever and wherever possible,” he sees Trump as different. What Democrats would doAs speaker, Jeffries would be responsible for setting the House’s agenda for the first time in his career. His predecessor, Pelosi, led House Democrats for 20 years both as the minority leader and as speaker.

Persons: Hakeem Jeffries, Democrats haven’t, we’ve, Jeffries, ”, Nancy Pelosi speakership, Katherine Clark of, Pete Aguilar, Gabe Vasquez, —, Anna Padilla, Susan Wild, Kevin McCarthy, ” Jeffries, he’s, Kamala Harris, it’s, Trump, Donald Trump, MAGA, Mike Johnson, Pelosi, he'll, Harris, Harris ’, Roe, Wade Organizations: Democrats, House Democratic, NBC News, GOP, Democratic, Congressional District, Republican, Bloomberg, Getty, Brooklyn, “, MAGA Republicans, Child Tax, House Democratic Caucus Locations: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M, Jeffries, Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, Pete Aguilar of California, New York, California, Albuquerque , New Mexico, Vasquez, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, United States of America

A young-voter advocacy group backing Vice President Kamala Harris is launching a campaign on TikTok meant to target young voters — but not necessarily those backing former President Donald Trump. The Voters for Tomorrow campaign underscores just how tight the race is between Harris and Trump. “It’s not about winning the White House,” Gates said of the long-shot Stein campaign. “A vote for Stein is really a vote for Trump,” says the voice-over, before playing a clip of Trump praising Stein. In response to the TikTok campaign, Stein campaign manager Jason Call called for a debate between Harris and Stein.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Jill Stein, Harris, “, Elizabeth Holmes, Anna Delvey, ”, Katy Gates, she’s, ” Gates, Stein, Hillary Clinton, Trump, Clinton, Gen, Santiago Mayer, “ It’s, Mayer, “ We’re, we’re, doesn’t, Jason Call, ” TikTok, TikToker Organizations: Voters, Green Party, NBC, Young Democrats, ”, Tomorrow, NBC News, Trump, White, DNC Locations: Wisconsin, Gates, Pennsylvania , Michigan, Pennsylvania

An armed North Carolina man was arrested after it was reported that he had made comments about “possibly harming FEMA employees” involved in hurricane relief efforts in the state, authorities said. William Jacob Parsons, 44, was arrested Saturday after the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office received a call saying the caller witnessed Parsons making threatening comments about Federal Emergency Management Agency responders in Lake Lure and Chimney Rock, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. He was charged with “Going Armed to the Terror of the Public,” the sheriff’s office said. In Ashe County, FEMA operations were briefly put on pause in response to the threats and resumed today, the county sheriff’s office said on Facebook. “FEMA continues to support communities impacted by Helene and help survivors apply for assistance,” a FEMA spokesperson said.

Persons: William Jacob Parsons, Parsons, “, ‘, ’ ”, Shayne Martin, Hurricane Helene, Donald Trump, Helene, ”, ” Parson, Alejandro Mayorkas, Trump Organizations: FEMA, Sheriff’s, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington Post, U.S . Forest Service, National Guard, ’, NBC News, Forest Service, North Carolina National Guard, Facebook, . Homeland, Institute for Strategic, North Carolina Department of Public Locations: North Carolina, Rutherford, Lake Lure, Rutherford County, U.S, N.C, Lure, Ashe County, Madison County, Asheville, London

☆ Trump, Harris and the end of Roe all collide in closely divided battle for white women
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ali-Vitali-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Ali Vitali | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

White women are a huge voting bloc, and since 2000, the GOP presidential ticket has won a majority of them. In Galvanize Action’s June poll, when President Joe Biden was still the presumptive Democratic nominee, he and Trump were in a dead heat among white women. “What we hear from [moderate white women] is, even if I would never choose to have an abortion, this is a freedom that women that I love deserve and should be protected,” Payne said. The trend has been especially pronounced among younger white women ages 18-34. White women 35 to 54 years old remain in the GOP column, per this data, and at 55 and older, the trend line shows a toss-up between both parties.

Persons: Dr, Theresa Wheeling, Donald Trump, ”, Trump, Roe, Kamala Harris, “, Harris, —, Jackie Payne, Harris ’, Galvanize, Joe Biden, ” Payne, Payne, It’s Organizations: Republican, ” Wheeling, NBC News, Trump . ”, GOP, Trump, Galvanize Action’s, Democratic, Republicans, Biden, NBC, Wheeling Locations: ERIE, Pa, Wade, Wheeling, Erie , Pennsylvania, Erie

☆ A basic income program funded by descendants of slave owners provides $1,000 a month as a form of reparations
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Buck and Gracie Close are funding a basic income program for victims of unjust policing. They view the program as a form of reparations for their family's history as slave owners. Small-scale guaranteed basic income programs have sprouted around the country in recent years, inspired in part by the success of pandemic-era cash handouts. These basic income programs offer unrestricted cash payments to specific groups of vulnerable low-income residents for a limited time period. The programs differ from a universal basic income, which would offer regular cash payments to all residents regardless of their financial status.

Persons: Buck, Gracie, —, Buck Close, they've, Maggy Baccinelli, Baccinelli, enslavers Organizations: ACLU, Service, American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Confederate, Herald Locations: Louisiana, North Carolina, Washington, Fort Mills, Rock, South Carolina

AURORA, Colo. — Former President Donald Trump painted a dark picture of Colorado’s third-largest city at a rally here Friday as he once again claimed it had been overtaken by a Venezuelan prison gang. But the city’s police chief told NBC News that Aurora is still “very safe.”“It's not overrun. Without question, Aurora is still a very safe city. Using increasingly inflammatory rhetoric, Trump has seized on other suburban areas with immigrant populations. Asked to respond to Chamberlain’s comments, Trump’s campaign spokesperson pointed to a series of news articles about gang violence she posted on X.

Persons: Donald Trump, “, ” Todd Chamberlain, Trump, Tren, Mike Coffman, ”, Sen, JD Vance, Chamberlain Organizations: AURORA, NBC News, Aurora . Police, Aurora, Republican Locations: Colo, —, Venezuelan, Aurora, Aurora ., Trump’s, Ohio, Springfield , Ohio

An Afghan man arrested on charges of planning a terrorist attack on Election Day worked as a security guard in Afghanistan for the CIA, two sources with knowledge of the matter told NBC News. “Every Afghan resettled in the U.S. undergoes a rigorous screening and vetting process no matter which agency they worked with,” the official said. The CIA undertook its own large-scale evacuation operation of Afghans who had worked for or helped the agency. Officials say humanitarian parole generally entails far less screening than a Special Immigrant Visa. Authorities say he planned the operation along with a juvenile co-conspirator, described as an Afghan citizen with legal permanent resident status.

Persons: Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, Tawhedi, “, Donald Trump Jr, Kamala Harris, Harris, ” Organizations: CIA, NBC News, ISIS, FBI, U.S, U.S ., The Department of Homeland Security, Republican, Biden, Harris Administration, Justice Department, DHS, NBC, Authorities, of Locations: Afghanistan, Oklahoma, U.S, United States, Western, of Oklahoma

Vice President Kamala Harris revealed this week that she owns a Glock — a weapon that is restricted for purchase in California amid a court battle over the state’s gun laws. The Harris campaign did not specify where and when she bought the Glock, which model she owns or which storage devices she uses. In 2013, as attorney general, Harris cleared the way for a new provision of the handgun safety law to take effect. Gun-rights advocates denounced Harris for owning a firearm while she was arguing for policies that would restrict which weapons people would be allowed to buy. Michel, a California attorney who is representing the gun-rights advocates suing California over its handgun safety law.

Persons: Kamala Harris, — I’ve, ” Harris, Harris, they’re, Glock, ”, C.D, Michel, “, ” Kris Brown, —, Brown, Brady Organizations: Democratic, CBS, ’, NBC News, Glock, Service, Department, Justice Department, NBC, U.S, Supreme, Washington , D.C Locations: California, Alameda County , California, San Francisco, Glocks, Washington ,

Congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a congressman with Georgia, is now saying the federal government is literally controlling the weather — we're controlling the weather. It’s got to stop," Biden said during a virtual briefing at the White House as he received updates about Hurricane Milton. Greene said in an Oct. 3 post on X: "Yes they can control the weather. "The NOAA government website has a library catalog of 1,026 entries of weather modifications, but that’s not all of them." On Tuesday, she quoted an article from The Gateway Pundit, a far-right website known for spreading conspiracy theories, that said: "Marjorie Taylor Greene was right.

Persons: Joe Biden, Marjorie Taylor Greene, It’s, Biden, Greene, Carlos Giménez, that’s, Hurricane Helene, Donald Trump, That’s, Chuck Edwards, Helene Organizations: WASHINGTON, Republican, White, Hurricane, GOP, NOAA, Commerce, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, NBC News Locations: Florida, Georgia, Hurricane Milton, North Carolina

“Yes, we have the resources that we need, both for the Helene response and for Hurricane Milton,” Keith Turi, FEMA’s acting associate administrator, said this week. Staffing at the federal disaster response agency has drawn criticism in recent years from the Government Accountability Office, a federal watchdog. In that same report, the GAO found that as of July 2022, FEMA was involved in responding to 500 open disasters. NBC News reported last week that FEMA put out a call for volunteers for a “surge force” in mid-September, citing a “severe shortfall” in some of its disaster response teams. In an interview, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said the numbers cited fail to take into account other full-time staff members who are deployed as needed.

Persons: —, Milton’s, Helene, Hurricane Milton, ” Keith Turi, FEMA’s, “, Milton, Craig Fugate, ” Christopher P, Currie, ”, ” Currie, Deanne Criswell Organizations: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Hurricane, White, FEMA, NBC, Office, Homeland Security, Justice, GAO, NBC News Locations: Florida, ”

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