Trump slams staff for ‘stupid’ fail over photo of rally size as Harris hits back at ‘childless’ attacks: Live

Donald Trump campaigned in Juneau, Wisconsin, on Sunday and at one point rebuked his “stupid” campaign staff for showing the “wrong picture” as he once more hoped to debunk claims about his dwindling crowd sizes.

The Republican presidential nominee told his crowd again that he plans to be a dictator for one day if he regains the presidency and warned that the country is “finished” if he doesn’t.

He also told his audience of working people that he “hated to pay overtime” as an employer, spread paranoia about exploding eco-friendly cars and continued to push the lie that the US government is not helping victims of Hurricane Helene in the southeastern states.

Vice President Kamala Harris, his opponent, followed up her tour of storm-hit Georgia and North Carolina with an appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, in which she attacked Trump’s running mate JD Vance over his notorious “childless cat ladies” comment.

The Democrat begins a media blitz this week that will see her appear on 60 Minutes, ABC’s The View, Howard Stern’s radio show and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert while her deputy Tim Walz visits Trump enemy Jimmy Kimmel on Monday.

Key Points

• Donald Trump berates ‘stupid’ campaign staff and doubles-down on dictator threat at Wisconsin rally

• Kamala Harris hits back at JD Vance’s ‘childless’ attacks: ‘This is not the 1950s anymore’

• Republican nominee falsely suggests rivals ‘tried to kill me’ as he returns to Butler, Pennsylvania

• ‘Dark MAGA’ Elon Musk joins Trump at site of assassination attempt

• Melania says husband has always known her views on abortion

Harris praises Helene responders as ‘heroes in a time of crisis’

10:40 , Joe Sommerlad

If you’re still tempted by Trump’s lies about the government not helping hurricane victims, here’s Kamala herself with the receipts from her recent trips to Georgia and North Carolina as she praises responders for their help.

Truth Social: Trump repeats North Carolina hurricane lie, hawks books and bashes ‘dope’ Jimmy Kimmel

10:20 , Joe Sommerlad

Here’s the Republican’s latest social media offering, a poorly-proofread repetition of his latest serially-debunked claim about the Biden administration ignoring hurricane victims in key swing states:

“The the GREAT people of North Carolina are being stood up by Harris and Biden, who are giving almost all of the FEMA money to Illegal Migrants in what is now considered to be the WORST rescue operation in the history of the U.S. On top of that, Billions of Dollars is going to foreign countries! NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY ABANDONED BY KAMALA!!! DROP HER LIKE SHE DROPPED YOU – VOTE FOR PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP. MAGA2024!”

Elsewhere, he’s been hawking his friends’ MAGA books (one of his least convincing sales pitches), pushing election lies in good time for November 5 and attacking his old foe Jimmy Kimmel, who will host Tim Walz on his show tonight.

Here’s Kelly Rissman with a further debunking of Trump’s Helene nonsense.

How Trump and his allies spread false claims about FEMA and Hurricane Helene relief

Kamala Harris hits back at JD Vance’s ‘childless’ attacks: ‘This is not the 1950s anymore’

10:00 , Joe Sommerlad

Vice President Kamala Harris followed up her tour of storm-hit Georgia and North Carolina over the weekend with an appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, in which she attacked Trump’s running mate JD Vance over his notorious “childless cat ladies” comment.

“Family comes in many forms and I think that increasingly, all of us understand that this is not the 1950s anymore,” Harris said of conservative’s attacks on her.

“Families come in all shapes or forms and they are family nonetheless.”

Here are a few more choice extracts from her sitdown with host Alexandra Cooper:

Kelly Rissman has this report on Harris’s latest pod appearance.

Kamala Harris hits back at ‘childless’ attacks on Call Her Daddy podcast

Trump berates ‘stupid’ campaign staff and doubles-down on dictator threat at Wisconsin rally

09:30 , Joe Sommerlad

The Republican presidential nominee was back out campaigning in Juneau, Wisconsin, on Sunday and at one point rebuked his “stupid” campaign staff for showing the “wrong picture” as he once more hoped to debunk claims about his dwindling crowd sizes.

Trump told his crowd yet again that he plans to be a dictator for one day if he regains the presidency and warned that the country is “finished” if he doesn’t.

He also promised to be as “aggressive” as the flies that assailed him at the lectern, told his audience of working people that he “hated to pay overtime” as an employer, suggested the federal response to Hurricane Helene had been “worse than Katrina” and that its victims would benefit from his buddy Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service – before admitting he does not know what it is – spread paranoia about exploding eco-friendly cars and demanded an apology from 60 Minutes for trying to interview him.

Harris discusses what her mom taught her about ‘agency and autonomy’ on podcast

09:00 , Kaleigh Werner

Kamala Harris attributed everything she knows about “agency” to her mom during her October 6 interview with popular podcast Call Her Daddy, which Spotify has listed as “the most listened-to podcast by women.”

The vice president and Democratic presidential nominee joined podcast host Alex Cooper in Washington DC for an unfiltered interview where they talked about her upbringing as well as sexual assault, abortion rights, and criticisms against her.

Harris discussed her childhood growing up with two divorced parents and being primarily raised by her mom, Shyamala Gopalan Harris. When asked by Cooper what “values” her mom “instilled” in her, she said she learned the importance of expressing her emotions.

Read the full story.

Kamala Harris tells Call Her Daddy podcast what her mom taught her about ‘agency’

WATCH: Republican Senator can’t bring himself to admit Donald Trump lost the 2020 election

08:00 , Kelly Rissman

Trump returned to Butler, the scene of his first assassination attempt. What’s changed?

07:00 , Kelly Rissman

Donald Trump returned to the Butler, Pennsylvania venue where he survived an assassination attempt three months ago — but the 2024 race has dramatically changed since then.

July 13 — the day that a lone gunman opened fire at the Butler rally, killing one, and injuring others, including the former president — marked a pivotal moment in the highly contested race.

Since then, President Joe Biden dropped out, a heavily scrutinized Secret Service identified its failures and underwent sweeping changes, Trump picked JD Vance as his running mate, enthusiasm for Vice President Kamala Harris grew and Trump lost his lead in the polls, and yet another alleged attempt on Trump’s life unfolded on September 15 at his Florida golf course.

Read the full story.

Trump returned to Butler, the site of his assassination attempt. What’s changed?

Trump often touts his economic experience as a successful businessman — but economists worry his plans for a second term would be harmful

05:00 , Ariana Baio

Donald Trump’s economic policies are extremely popular with voters and often what supporters cite when asked why they support the former president in his third bid for the White House. But economists beg to differ – and they’re begging the public to differ too.

On the surface, Trump’s vague plans to lower corporate taxes, extend his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, implement tariffs on imported goods, eliminate taxes on tips and increase domestic employment opportunities sound appealing.

Though the former president has not released a comprehensive economic plan, he has consistently said he will lower costs for Americans and restore the nation’s finances back to a pre-pandemic era.

Read the full story.

Economists say Trump’s jobs and tax plans are dangerous. Better tell the voters

ICYMI: Trump reportedly asked Putin for advice about whether the US should help arm Ukraine

04:00 , Rhian Lubin

Donald Trump reportedly asked Vladimir Putin for his advice on whether the US should help arm Ukraine at their first in-person meeting.

The Republican presidential nominee, who has been vocal in his criticism of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, reportedly asked Putin “what do you think?” when the pair met in Hamburg in 2017, according to The New York Times.

Trump has wildly claimed Putin “would never have gone into Ukraine” if he were president and has touted his “very good relationship” with him several times.

The meeting — which took place three years after Russian forces invaded the Crimean peninsula — was “an opening” for Putin to begin exploiting Trump’s “escalating political grudge” against Ukraine in a bid to weaken US support for the country, officials who were privy to the exchange have shared with the newspaper.

Read the full story.

Trump ‘asked Putin for advice’ about whether the US should help arm Ukraine

WATCH: Tim Walz bats down ‘distracting’ Fox News question on abortion

03:00 , Kelly Rissman

VP shares why she became a prosecutor on ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast

02:00 , Kelly Rissman

Kamala Harris opened up about why she became a prosecutor on the mega-popular Call Her Daddy podcast.

“When I was in high school, my best friend, her name is Wanda, I learned was being sexually assaulted by her stepfather. And you know, I knew something was going on because she didn’t want to go home, she just seemed sad. And so she told me, and I immediately said, you have to come and stay with us,” Harris said.

“It upset me so, that someone, where they should feel safe and protected, were being so horribly abused and violated, right? And anyway, I decided at a young age I wanted to do the work of protecting vulnerable people,” the vice president continued.

“I mean, look, I was raised, I’m the eldest of two daughters, I was raised with my mother saying, since practically the day my sister was born, you know, look out for your sister, so maybe it started when I was two, but Wanda and her experience really convinced me and made me realize how this can happen and what we need to do to stand against it,” she added.

“A lot of my career was as a prosecutor. And so it was about really wanting to protect the most vulnerable and where they did not have the power, and it wasn’t of their own choosing, but because they were the subject of abuse, because they were the subject of an imbalance of power, right? And so a lot of the work that I’ve done has been about wanting to restore, to the extent I could play a role in that, their right to have justice, to have a voice.”

Here’s more about her appearance on the hit podcast.

Kamala Harris to appear on ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast

‘Can we try to think of any law that gives the government the power to make a decision about a man’s body?’

01:30 , Kelly Rissman

Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper asked Vice President Kamala Harris during her interview on the podcast: “Can we try to think of any law that gives the government the power to make a decision about a man’s body?”

The vice president asked the same question of Brett Kavanaugh at his 2018 confirmation hearings.

Here is the original exchange.

DeSantis administration threatens local TV station for airing abortion rights campaign ads

01:00 , Kelly Rissman

Ron DeSantis’s administration has appeared to threaten a local TV station with legal action for airing an abortion rights campaign ad.

The features a woman named Caroline who needed to have an abortion and cancer treatments after a brain tumor diagnosis in 2022. She praises Amendment 4, which would enshrine abortion access in the state that currently has a six-week ban on the procedure.

An October 3 letter from the Florida Department of Health sent to WFLA TV’s vice president Mark Higgins claiming the ad is illegal under section 386.01 of Florida law that allows the state to remove any “nuisance” that “threatens or impairs” people’s health.

Rhian Lubin has the full story.

DeSantis threatens local TV stations for airing abortion rights campaign ads

Recap: Harris visited North Carolina after Hurricane Helene ravaged the state

Monday 7 October 2024 00:30 , Kelly Rissman

Vice President Kamala Harris visited the state on Saturday and visited Asheville — a city hit by substantial flooding during the storm.

“We’re here for the long haul,” she told a volunteer leader.

The Democratic nominee’s visit juxtaposes Trump’s false claims that the embattled region hasn’t seen “anybody from the federal government yet.”

The internet is in hysterics over Elon Musk’s jump

Monday 7 October 2024 00:00 , Kelly Rissman

Elon Musk spoke at Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania last night.

But the internet — namely users on his own social media platform — are focused less on his speech and more on his vertical.

An animated Musk leaped on the Butler stage, exposing his belly button.

Some users have even gone so far as to call the Space X owner as “the greatest jumper of all time.”

Elon Musk’s jumping photo at Trump’s rally has the internet in hysterics

WATCH: Melania Trump discusses husband’s near-assassination in Pennsylvania

Sunday 6 October 2024 23:30 , Kelly Rissman

ICYMI: ‘Dark MAGA’ Elon Musk rallies onstage with Trump

Sunday 6 October 2024 23:00 , Graig Graziosi

Elon Musk, the CEO of X and Tesla, spoke during Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday, and made the brazenly false claim that Democrats were going to eliminate elections in the US.

Trump — returning to the site where he was nearly assassinated in July— introduced Musk as the man who “saved free speech“ and as a “rocket builder,” claiming his company Space X was the only reason that American astronauts can return to space.

The world’s wealthiest man took the stage in a black “Make America Great Again” hat and told the crowd he was “dark MAGA” — seemingly referencing the fringe far-right meme — before taking a swipe at President Joe Biden.

Read the full story.

‘Dark MAGA’ Elon Musk rallies onstage with Trump in Pennsylvania

North Carolina’s scandal-ridden Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson is losing by double digits, poll shows

Sunday 6 October 2024 22:15 , Rhian Lubin

North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson is trailing his opponent by 17 points in the state’s gubernatorial race, according to a new poll.

Robinson faces an uphill battle as Josh Stein, North Carolina Attorney General, has 51 percent support of voters compared to the Republican’s 34 percent, the High Point University poll revealed.

Robinson, who has been rocked by public scandal in recent weeks, is also trailing Stein by double digits in two other polls released last week. The Washington Post poll puts Stein at 54 percent to Robinson’s 38 percent, while a poll from East Carolina University has the Democratic at 50 percent compared to Robinson at 33 percent.

Read the full story.

Embattled Mark Robinson losing by double digits in North Carolina gubernatorial race

Trump returned to Butler three months after an attempt on his life. But since then, has he changed?

Sunday 6 October 2024 21:45 , Kelly Rissman

On Saturday, Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania — the site of his first assassination attempt.

The political landscape has totally shifted since the July 13 attack.

The ear bandage has come off, he has been named the Republican nominee, and he faces a new formidable rival, yet in the three months since the former president has sustained not one but two attempts on his life, shockingly, nothing about him seems to have fundamentally changed.

Read the full story.

Trump is returning to the scene of his assassination attempt. What’s changed?

Melania gives robotic response when asked why Trump returned to Butler

Sunday 6 October 2024 21:15 , Kelly Rissman

Trump’s return to the site of his assassination attempt on Saturday was politically significant.

But when his wife, Melania Trump, was asked about his visit to Butler, Pennsylvania in a Fox News interview, she provided stiff, canned answers and left her interviewer grasping for more.

John Bowden has the full story.

Melania Trump gives robotic response when asked why husband returned to Butler

Donald Trump demands ‘apology’ from 60 Minutes after he backed out of interview

Sunday 6 October 2024 20:58 , Kelly Rissman

In Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon, Trump asked that the program “apologize” after he took issue with the network’s fact-checking about Hunter Biden’s laptop and crime rates.

Kamala Harris will appear on the program for an election special on Monday.

While the Trump campaign denies ever committing to the interview, CBS has insisted that he had committed to it but backed out on Tuesday.

In photos: Trump returns to Butler, the site of his first assassination attempt

Sunday 6 October 2024 20:45 , Kelly Rissman

Donald Trump is speaking in Wisconsin

Sunday 6 October 2024 20:24 , Kelly Rissman

Speaking in Juneau, Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon, Donald Trump is boasting about having the “greatest economy in history” during his term.

While bragging about the crowd size, he said he likes putting the “fake news” reporters to the back of the venues.

He promised a “golden age” should he be re-elected while calling his Democratic rival “a long nightmare.”

Watch here.

Many members of Trump’s party still can’t admit that he lost the last election

Sunday 6 October 2024 20:00 , Rhian Lubin

Many Republicans are still struggling to admit out loud that Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election.

Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton and Speaker Mike Johnson are the latest Republicans who can’t bring themselves to say that Trump lost the election.

Cotton was put under pressure by Kristen Welker on Sunday’s Meet the Press on NBC, where she gave him multiple opportunities to put the issue “to rest.”

Read the full story.

Republicans still can’t say ‘Trump lost the 2020 election’

ICYMI: Elon Musk claims during Trump rally that ‘this will be last election’ if Republicans lose

Sunday 6 October 2024 19:30 , Kelly Rissman

Thom Tillis confronts Hurricane Helene recovery misinformation

Sunday 6 October 2024 19:15 , Kelly Rissman

North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis took aim at his own party.

Members of the GOP, including Donald Trump, have been pushing false claims about the recovery efforts for Hurricane Helene survivors.

“The last thing that the victims of Helene need right now is political posturing, finger-pointing, or conspiracy theories that only hurt the response effort,” he wrote.

Trump’s politicization of the hurricane response has not only earned the wrath of Tillis, but also the second-largest newspaper in North Carolina.

Read more about that saga here.

North Carolina newspaper condemns Trump for ‘spreading lies’ about Helene

Lara Trump pressed by CNN’s Dana Bash about FEMA misinformation

Sunday 6 October 2024 19:00 , Kelly Rissman

CNN’s Dana Bash pressed Lara Trump after her father-in-law Donald Trump repeated false claims about FEMA aid going toward Hurricane Helene survivors.

Referring to the Biden-Harris administration, the former president falsely claimed at the Butler rally on Saturday evening: “They’re offering them $750, to people whose homes have been washed away. And yet we send tens of billions of dollars to foreign countries that most people have never heard of. They’re offering them $750. They’ve been destroyed, these people have been destroyed.”

Earlier this week, the GOP nominee baselessly claimed that Kamala Harris had spent “all of her FEMA” money on “housing for illegal migrants, many of whom should not be in our country.”

In reality, the White House has clarified that survivors will get an initial $750 after applying to a Serious Needs Assistance program: “$750 is what is immediately available to eligible survivors. In addition, survivors may qualify for more FEMA financial assistance, including to repair storm-related damage to homes and property, find a temporary place to stay, and receive compensation for lost crops and livestock.” Read more here.

Bash asked Lara Trump, who is from North Carolina, whether she is “concerned” about the misinformation about being spread and how it impacts their ability to get help. “Look, Kamala Harris did say $750 per family right now,” she said before comparing the money spent on the “migrant crisis.”

“You are right that FEMA is getting $750. But that is a first step,” Bash explained.

Watch the full clip:

Harris to address Israel relationship in new interview

Sunday 6 October 2024 18:30 , Graeme Massie

Kamala Harris will address the US relationship with Israel in a CBS 60 Minutes interview set to air on Monday.

In a sneak peek, Haris was asked by Bill Whitaker if the White House lacks influence over Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“The aid that we have given Israel allowed Israel to defend itself against 200 ballistic missiles that were just meant to attack the Israelis and the people of Israel,” Harris said.

“When we think about the threat that Hamas Hezbollah presents Iran, I think that it is, without any question, our imperative to do what we can to allow Israel to defend itself against those kinds of attacks.”

Economists have blasted Trump’s jobs and taxes plans as dangerous. Someone better tell the public

Sunday 6 October 2024 18:06 , Graeme Massie

Though Trump often touts his economic experience as a successful businessman, economists worry his plans for a second term would be harmful, writes Ariana Baio.

Economists say Trump’s jobs and tax plans are dangerous. Better tell the voters

ICYMI: Trump falsely suggests at assassination attempt site that his rivals ‘tried to kill me’

Sunday 6 October 2024 17:45 , Graig Graziosi

Donald Trump returned to the site where he was nearly assassinated this summer, but his brush with death doesn’t appear to have changed him in the slightest.

On Saturday evening, Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania — walking out to a live rendition of “God Bless the USA” by Lee Greenwood — and opened with the words “as I was saying,” referencing the fact that his previous rally at the site ended abruptly when a gunman fired an AR-15 toward the stage, grazing his ear and killing one attendee and injuring two others.

Rather than giving the former president a new perspective on the political temperature in the country, Trump’s rhetoric appears to have become more volatile; during the rally, he suggested that his political opponents “maybe tried to kill me.”

Read the full story.

Trump claims rivals ‘tried to kill me’ as he returns to site of assassination attempt

Howard Stern to interview Harris this week

Sunday 6 October 2024 17:31 , Graeme Massie

Trump falsely suggests his rivals ‘tried to kill me’ as he rallies at site of assassination attempt

Sunday 6 October 2024 17:09 , Graeme Massie

Trump claims rivals ‘tried to kill me’ as he returns to site of assassination attempt

Melania says Trump has always known her views on abortion

Sunday 6 October 2024 16:33 , Graeme Massie

The former first lady gave an interview to Fox News on Sunday in which she said that her views on abortion came as no surprise to her husband.

“Yes, he knew my position and my beliefs since the day we met, and I believe in individual freedom,” she told host Maria Bartiromo.

“I want to decide what I wanted to do with my body. I think I don’t want government in my personal business,” she added.

Melania’s views on abortion have been included in her forthcoming memoir, despite the former president bragging that he brought an end to Roe v. Wade.

Trump insinuates Democrats may have been behind his first assassination attempt

Sunday 6 October 2024 16:28 , Graeme Massie

Trump boasts he does not need teleprompter while flanked by one at Butler rally

Sunday 6 October 2024 16:05 , Graeme Massie

Trump boasts he doesn’t need teleprompter while flanked by one at Butler rally

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

Sunday 6 October 2024 15:32 , Graeme Massie

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates from the 2024 election

Elon Musk falsely claims Democrats will eliminate elections in US during Donald Trump rally in Butler

Sunday 6 October 2024 15:04 , Graeme Massie

Musk falsely claims Democrats will eliminate elections in US during Trump rally

Trump often touts his economic experience as a successful businessman — but economists worry his plans for a second term would be harmful

Sunday 6 October 2024 23:43 , Ariana Baio

Donald Trump’s economic policies are extremely popular with voters and often what supporters cite when asked why they support the former president in his third bid for the White House. But economists beg to differ – and they’re begging the public to differ too.

On the surface, Trump’s vague plans to lower corporate taxes, extend his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, implement tariffs on imported goods, eliminate taxes on tips and increase domestic employment opportunities sound appealing.

Though the former president has not released a comprehensive economic plan, he has consistently said he will lower costs for Americans and restore the nation’s finances back to a pre-pandemic era.

Read the full story.

Economists say Trump’s jobs and tax plans are dangerous. Better tell the voters

Butler event site trashed after Trump rally

Sunday 6 October 2024 04:30 , Graig Graziosi

The Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania ended with a lot of cheers, and a lot of trash.

An image posted of the rally site on X showed the area littered with garbage following the event.

X users dunk on photo of Elon Musk jumping for joy at Trump rally

Sunday 6 October 2024 04:15 , Graig Graziosi

A photographer captured an excited Elon Musk leaping into the air after Donald Trump called him on stage to speak to a Butler, Pennsylvania rally crowd.

Another X user shared the photo and likened it to the opening sequence from a “bad 1980’s sitcom.”

Another happy customer of Musk’s X service saw the similiarities between the Tesla CEO and Poochie from The Simpsons.

JD Vance confirms to reporters that second Trump administration would seek to defund Planned Parenthood

Sunday 6 October 2024 04:00 , Graig Graziosi

JD Vance reportedly said that a potential second Trump administration would seek to defund Planned Parenthood.

“On the question of defunding Planned Parenthood…our view is we don’t think that taxpayers should fund late term abortions,” he told Real Clear Politics. “That has been a consistent view of the Trump campaign the first time around, it will remain a consistent view.”

While Planned Parenthood does provide reproductive healthcare services, Vance is lying. The organization does not “fund late term abortions.”

Planned Parenthood does provide women’s healthcare services — like cancer screenings — in addition to abortions.

WATCH: Lara Trump vows to prosecute ‘illegal citizens’ for ‘cheating’ in elections

Sunday 6 October 2024 03:45 , Graig Graziosi

ICYMI: Kamala Harris to appear on ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast

Sunday 6 October 2024 03:15 , Graig Graziosi

Vice President Kamala Harris reportedly sat down for an interview on the Call Her Daddy podcast this week, with the episode set to release sometime next week.

The Democratic presidential candidate’s appearance on the mega popular podcast was confirmed by a campaign spokesperson to Axios, the outlet reports.

Call Her Daddy is Spotify’s second-biggest podcast, coming in just behind the Joe Rogan Experience.

Alex Cooper, the creator and host of Call Her Daddy, recorded her episode with Harris on Tuesday, according to Axios. The outlet reports that the episode will focus on reproductive rights and abortion as well as other issues important to women voters.

White House debunks Trump claim that Hurricane Helene survivors were only given $750 payments

Sunday 6 October 2024 02:45 , Graig Graziosi

A spokesperson for FEMA debunked claims made by Donald Trump during his Butler, Pennsylvania rally on Saturday that “they” — Democrats — only gave $750 to victims of Hurricane Helene. Later claims circulating on social media claimed that the funds were only “a loan,” which FEMA denied.

“This is not true. We do not ask for this money back,” FEMA spokesperson Jaclyn Rothenberg wrote on X.

The White House issued a statement on Friday responding to Trump’s claims.

“More than 6,400 Federal personnel are on the ground, and more than $110 million in Federal assistance has been given to survivors, with more to come. We are sparing no resource as we work to ensure communities across the Southeast have prompt access to Federal resources that will enable them to both purchase essential items and begin their road to recovery and rebuilding,” the White House wrote in its statement.

The White House said the $750 figure is just an initial disbursement for people who immediately need financial assistance.

“It is an upfront, flexible payment to help cover essential items like food, water, baby formula, breastfeeding supplies, medication and other emergency supplies. There are other forms of assistance that you may qualify for to receive, and Serious Needs Assistance is an initial payment you may receive while FEMA assesses your eligibility for additional funds. $750 is what is immediately available to eligible survivors. In addition, survivors may qualify for more FEMA financial assistance, including to repair storm-related damage to homes and property, find a temporary place to stay, and receive compensation for lost crops and livestock.”

Harris, Walz to appear on “60 Minutes” interview that Trump turned down

Sunday 6 October 2024 02:19 , Graig Graziosi

Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz will appear on a special edition of 60 Minutes on Monday.

According to 60 Minutes, the program offered an interview to the Trump campaign, which initially agreed, but then later declined the sit down.