CNN — The former Federal Emergency Management Agency employee who was fired earlier this month after being accused of skipping homes of Donald Trump supporters while providing relief in Florida after Hurricane Milton told CNN on Monday night that she was simply following FEMA protocol. “I was on two teams in Florida and the first team, when I arrived, they …
A Federal Emergency Management Agency employee who ordered workers to bypass homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump has been fired, the agency’s head said Saturday. FEMA fires employee for telling other workers to avoid houses with Trump signs “This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation,” FEMA …
Playbook PM: FEMA dollars dwindle as Milton moves on Presented by THE CATCH-UP IN MEMORIAM — “Ethel Kennedy, matriarch of family political dynasty, dies at 96,” by the Boston Globe’s Joseph Kahn: She was “one of the last living links to the Camelot era.” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said misinformation hasn't been as bad as after Hurricane Helene. THE STAKES …
Donald Trump is accused of trying to capitalize on catastrophic hurricanes wreaking havoc on the southeastern United States, sending a false message to his supporters that the federal government isn’t delivering aid to those affected by the historic storms. Since Hurricane Helene made landfall last month, killing at least 227 people, the former president has spread several lies about the …
Homes are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Chimney Rock Village, N.C. You can’t always predict the weather, but you can predict the politics that accompany major weather events. She said in another interview with CNN that the former president’s claims that the agency lacks on-the-ground personnel in states hit hardest by Hurricane Helene were “completely false,” and …