Misinformation has surged following Hurricane Helene. Here’s a fact check.

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As recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene continue across the southeastern U.S., federal and state officials have warned that misinformation and conspiracy theories are hindering efforts to provide aid and accurate information to victims.  The American Red Cross said misinformation is hurting relief efforts, while Deanne Criswell, who leads the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said the

Disaster relief hurricane loan program precariously low on funds

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Only $1.6 billion remains in a federal program to help small businesses impacted by hurricanes and natural disasters — enough funding for only a few more weeks without emergency intervention by Congress. Multiple Biden administration and congressional sources told CBS News there are concerns funding will be depleted by the end of this month.   

House Intel Chairman Calls on FBI to Investigate Whether Would-Be Trump Assassins Linked to Iran

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‘Saying that there have been no substantiated ties doesn’t mean that the investigation has concluded that there are no ties,’ he says. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said he wants the FBI to “come to a conclusion” on whether the two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump this year were linked to

Elizabeth Warren Uses Oct. 7 Anniversary To Accuse Netanyahu of ‘Unthinkable Violence on Innocent Civilians’

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) used the anniversary of Hamas’s brutal Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel to accuse Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “unleash[ing] unthinkable violence on innocent civilians in Gaza.” “We must bring these hostages home. Instead of securing the release of the hostages, however, Prime Minister Netanyahu has unleashed unthinkable violence