Politics hijacks hurricane devastation in the South, Biden calls Trump a liar

Elites in Washington and the press alike have managed to bungle beyond comprehension their handling of Hurricane Helene's devastating landfall in rural America. Read More

Biden surveys Hurricane Milton damage in Florida and Harris attends church in North Carolina

Biden’s visit to Florida offers him another opportunity to press Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to get lawmakers to provide more funding before the Nov. 5 election. Read More

Harris and Biden, in storm-hit areas, seek to balance empathy and politics

The president and vice president visit states devastated by Helene and Milton in the final weeks of a bitter presidential campaign. Read More

The Politics of Disaster

The fact is, though, that the politics of disaster have loomed large in several recent elections — and, after Hurricane Helene barreled through two swing states, 2024 may be no different. Read More

Election officials in southern states are grappling with fallout from dual hurricanes

Powerful hurricanes that wreaked havoc on wide swaths of the southeast have election officials facing the dim reality that some ballots may be lost in the mail. Read More

The Memo: Hurricane politics scramble final stretch of Trump-Harris race

Two hurricanes in quick succession could scramble a breathtakingly close presidential election in its final weeks. Even as most Americans are focused on the human toll from the one-two punch of ... Read More

The Latest: Harris says it’s not time to ‘play politics’ over hurricane recovery

As Florida grapples with the effects of Hurricane Milton, presidential campaigning remains in full swing in battleground states across the U.S. Read More

Milton's gone, but the political storm keeps raging over federal government's hurricane efforts

There's no let up in the war of words between President Biden and former President Trump over the government's response to dangerous hurricanes that slammed into the southeast. Read More

The great political battle over Hurricane Milton didn’t wait for the storm to land

Long before the outer bands of Hurricane Milton lashed the Florida coast, a political battle over the massive storm was already raging. Read More

Presidential politics churn through Hurricane Milton

As Hurricane Milton thrashed Florida just weeks before the election, President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris seized on storm preparations to try to restore public confidence in the ... Read More

Biden pledges federal help for states in the Southeast stricken by catastrophic storm

President Joe Biden pledged Monday that the federal government would help people throughout the Southeast recover from the devastation of Hurricane Helene and its aftermath, and said he expects to ask ... Read More

Growing political storm over federal hurricane response

The political storm intensified over the federal government's hurricane response. Vice President Harris criticized former President Trump for pushing false claims about FEMA disaster relief money. NBC ... Read More