Steelers, Cowboys fans receive dire warning from stadium officials as kickoff delayed
Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys fans were sent a dire warning as thunderstorms rolled through Acrisure Stadium on Sunday night, which delayed their kickoff.
Stadium officials posted a message to social media telling fans to get to cover as the storms came into the area. The NBC broadcast showed lightning across the sky.
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“Weather update: Fans in attendance at tonight’s game, please take cover in the concourses and in the FedEx Great Hall,” the message read.
The game was set to begin at 8:20 p.m. ET. The Steelers were about to be introduced when NFL officials decided to delay the start of the game.
Pittsburgh was looking to stymie the Dallas offense. They entered the game 3-1 behind starting quarterback Justin Fields and an elite defense led by T.J. Watt and Minkah Fitzpatrick.
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Fields has been a surprise after being thrust into the starting role for an injured Russell Wilson. He had 830 passing yards and three touchdown passes in the first four games of the season. He also has 145 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns.
The Cowboys barely got past the New York Giants last week. Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb got reacquainted as the wide receiver had seven catches for 98 yards and a touchdown.
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Dallas is down Micah Parsons and Deuce Vaughn for the game. The Cowboys placed Brandin Cooks and DeMarcus Lawrence on injured reserve earlier this week.
Pivotal swing state criticized for closing voter registration same night as Trump’s big rally
Conservatives blasted Pennsylvania’s Department of State this month for scheduling a system maintenance update to its voter registration website the same day former President Trump returned to Butler, where he survived an assassination attempt in July.
The operation would have taken the site offline for several hours during the same time frame the Trump campaign expected to register voters. The department, however, moved the window of time for maintenance to later in the night amid an early outcry.
“The PA State Department voter registration website will be unavailable on Saturday, October 5th, the day that President Trump will be triumphantly returning to the site of the assassination attempt in Butler County, PA. W/ all eyes on PA, the site will be down. Coincidence?” GOP activist Scott Pressler posted to Instagram on Thursday.
Fox News Digital reviewed archived data from the Pennsylvania Voter Registration website and found that it issued a disclaimer to voters that the website would be unavailable on Oct. 5 beginning at 6 p.m.
“This website will undergo scheduled system maintenance and be unavailable Saturday, October 5 from 6 p.m. until 12 a.m. We thank you for your understanding.,” the Pennsylvania Voter Registration website stated on Oct. 1, an archived page reviewed by Fox News Digital shows.
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Trump announced on Sept. 25 that he would make a historic return to Butler on Oct. 5, months after he was shot in the side of the head by a would-be assassin on July 13. The Pennsylvania Voter Registration website announced its scheduled maintenance sometime between Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, archived data for the site reviewed by Fox Digital shows.
Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump and Pressler sounded the alarm on the scheduled maintenance earlier this month, questioning the timing and slamming the move as election “interference.”
“Wow, they aren’t even trying to hide their blatant interference – appreciate you flagging, @scottpresler – @gop legal is on it and formally requesting the ‘system maintenance’ is moved to a different time,” Lara Trump posted to Facebook on Thursday, accompanied by a screenshot of an Instagram post from Pressler asking if the timing of the maintenance was just a “coincidence.”
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Archived records of the website show that Pennsylvania officials updated the page on Oct. 3 – the same day Pressler and Lara Trump publicly posted about the timing of the maintenance – to reflect that the site would undergo maintenance at 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., instead of 6 p.m. until midnight.
Trump was scheduled to take the stage in Butler at 5 p.m. Saturday, meaning the site would have gone dark as he rallied his base and encouraged residents to register to vote.
Pressler joined Human Events’ Jack Posobiec about the matter last week, taking a victory lap that the time was changed to later in the night, following the rally, but added he’s still not “100 percent happy” with the timing of the schedule maintenance. Pressler noted that website updates are typically scheduled for the dead of night, when users are less likely to use the platform.
“It was clear that the Pennsylvania Department of State was engaging in election interference, trying to stop all of this national attention from translating into new voter registrations,” Pressler said.
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Lara Trump also celebrated how the scheduled maintenance moved to later in the night, sharing on Facebook Thursday, “And just like that, we got PA to move it. Great example of what happens when citizens demand fairness.”
When asked for comment about the maintenance and recent backlash, the Pennsylvania Department of State told Fox News Digital on Sunday that the maintenance was originally scheduled for September before it was rescheduled for Oct. 5.
“The voter registration system maintenance on Oct. 5, 2024, was scheduled on Sept. 17, 2024. It was rescheduled to take place from 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5 until 4 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6, to accommodate county election officials who are spending additional weekend time to ensure each of the 67 counties is ready for Nov. 5, 2024,” the Department of State said in comment.
The website is working as of Sunday morning, and no longer includes the disclaimer for a scheduled maintenance outage. Fox News Digital did not document the site shutting down for maintenance from Saturday evening into Sunday morning, though screenshots of the site posted to social media show the site’s reported error page for maintenance.
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A review of the Department of State’s social media shows the website has previously shut down for scheduled maintenance at odd hours during the day, including on June 29 from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. the following day.
The historic rally in Butler drew thousands as Trump made a return to the same grounds where he was nearly killed, as well as short remarks from tech billionaire Elon Musk who stressed the importance of registering to vote.
“I think it’s the most important election of our lifetime. This is no ordinary election. The other side wants to take away your freedom of speech. They want to take away your right to bear arms… They want to take away your right to vote effectively,” Musk told the crowd on Saturday.
Musk repeatedly encouraged the crowds to get everyone in their social circles and beyond to register and vote come Election Day.
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“And honestly, you want to just be a pest. Just be a pest to everyone. You know, people on the street everywhere,” he said.
“Fight, fight, fight, vote, vote, vote,” Musk added, referring to how Trump shouted “fight, fight, fight” to the crowds after he was shot in the ear in July.
FOX News viewer sends life-saving item to Helene ravaged area after teacher’s interview
A lifelong North Carolina resident shared an inspiring story of how she says a Fox News viewer helped save a life after watching an interview about needed supplies in a community devastated by Hurricane Helene.
Mistie Cogbill, of Black Mountain, North Carolina, joined “Cavuto Live” to discuss the overwhelming destruction caused by Hurricane Helene and how her story helped another person in need.
Cogbill discussed how grateful their community was for the outpouring of support they have been given and praised the Good Samaritan who heard her testimony.
“When I first came on to Fox, we received so much support. We received a load of generators. And this week we heard from a hospice nurse who did not leave her patient and stayed while they were trying to figure out what to do and trying to get oxygen that they needed and got a call to the church and that she didn’t think that her patient would make it for the next hour,” Cogbill explained.
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Cogbill continued and said their prayers were answered when a Fox News viewer reached out.
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“And so the donated generator was able to get there from…specifically from what some of your viewers sent to the church. And they got the generator within 30 minutes of that patient passing away. And it is just so helpful. We just want everyone to know that every little bit helps, even if it’s just on the individual level,” Cogbill expressed.
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Cogbill also praised Bat Cave Baptist Church for its efforts to help the community.
“They are trying to take such care and caution with trying to find missing persons in the Chimney Rock and Lake Lure area. And we know that there are cracks in the system, and they are definitely going to show up during this. But we really need to know people to know that this region is strong and that we can get through this with support,” Cogbill continued.
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At least 224 people have lost their lives across six states, with North Carolina bearing the brunt of the devastation. As more areas are searched for the first time, hundreds more are still unaccounted for, with the death toll expected to rise.
Helene has now become the second-deadliest hurricane to strike the U.S. mainland in 55 years.
Diddy’s mom breaks silence about disgraced son as he sits in jail on sex crime charges
Janice Combs, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ mother, broke her silence Sunday and admitted she was left “devastated and profoundly saddened” by the allegations waged against her son, she said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.
Diddy was arrested Sept. 16 and charged the next day with racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution. He entered a not guilty plea hours after an indictment detailing his alleged sex crimes was unsealed. If found guilty, he faces a minimum of 15 years behind bars or a maximum sentence of life in prison.
“It is heartbreaking to see my son judged not for the truth, but for a narrative created out of lies,” Janice Combs wrote. “To bear witness what seems to be like a public lynching of my son before he has had the opportunity to prove his innocence is a pain too unbearable to put into words. Like every human being, my son deserves to have his day in court, to finally share his side, and to prove his innocence.”
She pleaded, “My son is not the monster they have painted him to be, and he deserves the chance to tell his side. I can only pray that I am alive to see him speak his truth and be vindicated.”
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“I am not here to portray my son as perfect because he is not,” Janice Combs said. “He has made mistakes in his past, as we all have. My son may not have been entirely truthful about certain things, such as denying he has ever gotten violent with an ex-girlfriend when the hotel’s surveillance showed otherwise.”
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She added, “Sometimes, the truth and a lie become so closely intertwined that it becomes terrifying to admit one part of the story, especially when that truth is outside the norm or is too complicated to be believed. This is why I believe my son’s civil legal team opted to settle the ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit instead of contesting it until the end, resulting in a ricochet effect as the federal government used this decision against my son by interpreting it as an admission of guilt.”
“I am not here to portray my son as perfect because he is not. He has made mistakes in his past, as we all have.”
Surveillance video taken from a Los Angeles hotel in 2016 allegedly showed the billionaire publicly assaulting his then girlfriend Cassie Ventura. In the footage, Sean Combs “kicked, dragged, and threw a vase at a woman as she was attempting to leave,” the indictment said. “When a member of the hotel security staff intervened, Combs attempted to bribe the staff member to ensure silence.”
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“It is important to recognize that none of us, regardless of our status, are immune to fear or mistakes,” Janice Combs said. “Not being entirely straightforward about one issue does not mean my son is guilty of the repulsive allegations and the grave charges leveled against him. Many individuals who were wrongfully convicted and later exonerated had their freedom taken from them not because they were guilty of the crimes they were accused of, but because they didn’t fit the image of what this society considers to be a ‘good person.’ History has showed us how individuals can be wrongfully convicted due to their past actions or mistakes.”
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She continued, “Watching the world make jokes and laugh at my son’s life crumbling before our eyes is something I can never forget. It is truly agonizing to watch the world turn against my son so quickly and easily over lies and misconceptions, without ever hearing his side or affording him the opportunity to present his side.”
Janice Combs believed people were seeking “financial gain” through telling lies about her son, and not pursuing justice. “These individuals saw how quickly my son’s civil legal team settled his ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit, so they believe they can receive a quick payday by falsely accusing my son,” she said. “False allegations of sexual assault thwart true victims of sexual violence from getting the justice they deserve.”
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Janice Combs accused the federal government of engaging in similar tactics “to prosecute my son,” and said the injustice has been “unbearable” on their family.
“The worst part of this ordeal is watching my beloved son be stripped of his dignity, not for what he did, but for what people choose to believe about him,” she said before asking his supporters to not “judge him before you’ve had the chance to hear his side.”
“I beg you to think about those who have been wrongfully persecuted, to remember that not everyone who has made mistakes in life deserves to have their entire existence judged by a single action or a few mistakes,” she wrote.
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Authorities alleged Diddy ran a criminal enterprise through his businesses, including Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprises and Combs Global, among others. He used “firearms, threats of violence, coercion and verbal, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse” to fulfill his sexual desires, according to the unsealed indictment obtained by Fox News Digital.
Diddy and his employees would “intimidate, threaten, and lure female victims into Combs’ orbit, often under the pretense of a romantic relationship. Combs allegedly then used force, threats of force and coercion to cause victims to engage in extended sex acts with male commercial sex workers that Combs referred to as, among other things, ‘freak offs.'”
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Prior to the U.S. Attorney’s press conference in September, Combs’ attorney said they plan to fight for the rapper to be released.
Padres v Dodgers turns ugly as fans throw objects at players, announcer asks them to stop
The San Diego Padres won Game 2 of their National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, 10-2, on Sunday as the matchup was marred by fans throwing objects onto the field.
The game was delayed briefly in the bottom of the seventh after a fan threw a baseball toward left fielder Jurickson Profar’s direction. Then, more objects were thrown toward right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr.
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Umpires put the game on hold while the Dodgers’ public address announcer implored fans not to throw objects on to the field. Padres manager Mike Shildt had an impromptu team huddle on the field as security got the situation under control.
“He wanted to make sure his players were safe,” FOX Sports Ken Rosenthal said on the broadcast of Shildt’s concerns amid the chaotic situation. “People were throwing debris at his players and he was concerned that they were in danger.”
As the game churned on, Tatis was seen still jawing at fans while in the Padres dugout.
It turned out to be a longer night for the Dodgers than they had hoped.
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Tatis started the game with a solo home run off of Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty in the first inning. In the bottom of the inning, Profar robbed Mookie Betts of a home run and started a back and forth with fans sitting near the short left field fence at Dodger Stadium.
Flaherty later drilled Tatis with a pitch and ignited a war of words with Manny Machado during the game. It may have electrified the crowd as the game continued.
But where it mattered, on the scoreboard, that’s where San Diego had the advantage. The Padres won the game and tied the series.
The Padres scored three runs in the eighth and ninth innings respectively. Jackson Merrill broke the game open with a two-run homer in the eighth. Tatis added another home run in the top of the ninth.
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Both Tatis and Merrill had three hits and three RBI. Padres starter Yu Darvish gave San Diego seven solid innings, allowing one run on three hits and struck out three.
The series goes back to San Diego on Tuesday night.
Jennifer Aniston shuts down rumors of romance with former president
Jennifer Aniston’s love life has been scrutinized and analyzed by the mass media for decades, but things recently took a weird turn when a tabloid published an article implying she and a former married president were romantically involved.
A guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” late last week, Aniston explained how a picture of her working on set had recently been taken out of context to make headlines. Kimmel then pulled out a previous issue of In Touch Weekly, with the ominous headline: “The Truth About Jen & Barack [Obama]!”
The caption below read: “Michelle betrayed as Aniston steals her husband’s attention.”
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Kimmel was interested in if Aniston ever worried about stories like that.
KIMMEL: “This is a magazine that came out a couple of weeks ago.”
ANISTON: “Oh s—.”
KIMMEL: “So the truth about Jen and Barack!”
Flabbergasted, Aniston responded. “That’s kind of – that was – of all the calls you get from your publicist where you’re just like, ‘Oh no, what’s it gonna be?’ or the email saying, you know, ‘Some cheesy tabloid is gonna make up a story.’ And then it’s that. I was not mad at it.”
KIMMEL: Is there any truth to this?
ANISTON: “No, that is absolutely untrue.”
KIMMEL: “Well, I know it’s not true, I just don’t know if everybody knows.”
Aniston turned to the audience to reiterate that there was nothing romantic about her relationship with the former president, adding they’d only met once.
“I know Michelle more than him,” she teased.
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KIMMEL: “Is there a truth about you and Michelle, that we should know?”
ANISTON: “It’s it’s – that is not true.”
Kimmel took Aniston’s honesty as an opportunity to ask her about more rumors written about her.
Aniston confirmed that she’d had a salmon sperm facial, a fan had asked her for a photograph while she was nude in the sauna and that she travels abroad with a jar of olives. She was quick to dispel a rumor that said she’d had a $4,000 anti-aging water filter installed for her dogs. She also denied having a black belt in jiu-jitsu.
KIMMEL: “You have a zip lock bag filled with your dead therapist’s ashes?”
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Aniston was horrified that Kimmel, her personal friend, asked that question.
KIMMEL: “That one’s a little bit true, right?”
ANISTON: “It’s a little true. Oh, I’m gonna sound like I really need a therapist after this.”
The actress tried to justify the response, saying she’d attended the woman’s service, trailing off and calling it a long story.
Aniston also confirmed that as a child, she had artwork hanging at The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and that her family made her belly dance on Christmas Eve.
“Anytime, not just Christmas Eve!” the “Friends” star quipped. “You know the Greeks love any kind of a family dinner…. It’s like when you say to your child, ‘Play piano for everyone’ or ‘Let’s sing for everyone.’ I get such anxiety when my friends do that to their children… I have inner trauma from having to perform and belly dance in front of my great aunts and uncles and grandmothers.” she joked.
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A representative for Aniston did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. When reached for comment, an Obama representative simply replied, “Stop.”
The former president and his wife celebrated their 32nd anniversary the same day Aniston appeared on the talk show.
Statue set on fire and dumped in pond by protesters now cherished in new home
A Christopher Columbus at the center of a tumultuous 2020 protest recently found a new home in a New York City suburb – and this time, it’s embraced by some of the locals.
“We’re all very proud of Christopher Columbus, and we’re here to preserve the history of Christopher Columbus finding and discovering America,” Paul Borghese of the Order of the Sons of Italy Lodge No.2176, told News12 in Long Island.
Michael Pizzi, another member of the order, told the outlet that the figure “represents Italian heritage and culture and everything that we’re proud of.”
The 8-foot tall bronze likeness of the historically significant Italian explorer was formerly housed at the entrance of Byrd Park in Richmond, Virginia, until being uprooted by protesters in light of George Floyd’s 2020 death, according to reports.
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In images from the tumultuous summer, protesters are seen marching near the statue, holding signs that called for removal of imagery that recognizes colonizers to pay respect to indigenous communities.
Other reports and images show the statue on the ground after being pulled down from its pedestal with ropes, defaced with spray paint and lit on fire.
The protesters then dragged the statue to a nearby pond and submerged it in water.
The nearly 100-year-old homage to Columbus was later retrieved and restored before eventually being shipped to its new home in the Empire State.
It’s now housed at the Rockland Sons of Italy Lodge in the hamlet of Blauvelt, located approximately 20 miles northwest of New York City.
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But, while some are happy to see the statue housed in its new location, others argue honoring Columbus is unethical or even pointless.
Cliff Mathias, cultural director of the Red Hawk Native American Arts Council, told News12 that “Columbus never discovered America,” elaborating by saying he never stepped foot on the continent of what is now considered the United States.
“By no means is Columbus someone that this country should celebrate,” Mathias continued, adding, “If you go to Italy… most of them don’t give a hoot about Columbus. He’s not celebrated in Italy at all.”
Columbus is commonly credited with discovering the “New World” after journeying across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain to find a direct route from Europe to Asia without traveling around the massive African continent, inadvertently bridging the divide between Europe and what would eventually become North and South America.
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Columbus’ ships – the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria – most likely landed on San Salvador, one of the Bahamian islands, before moving to different locations in search of valuable resources, according to History.
The controversial part of his history, however, revolves around enslavement and colonization.
In recent years, the Columbus Day holiday has also come under heightened scrutiny, with many opting to honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead.
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Speaker Johnson responds to claims FEMA diverted funds to illegal immigrants
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson addressed claims that the Biden administration diverted Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds to immigration efforts, saying the pools of funds are “different,” but that he understands why Americans are “frustrated.”
“The streams of funding are different, that is not an untrue statement, of course,” Johnson, R-La., told Fox News’ Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday.” “But the problem is with the American people, see, and what they’re frustrated by, is that FEMA should be involved. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, their mission is to help people in times like this of natural disaster. Not to be engaged in using any pool of funding from any account for resettling illegal aliens who have come across the border. That’s what the Biden administration, Kamala Harris and Secretary Mayorkas have been engaged in.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre last week denied that FEMA resources were going to migrants, but cited FEMA funds for migrants in 2022.
“Former President Trump is accusing the Biden administration of using FEMA funding to support undocumented migrants. How is the White House responding to that?” a reporter asked during a Friday press conference.
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“I mean, it’s just categorically false. It is not true. It is a false statement,” Jean-Pierre responded.
Critics have since compared her statement to comments made in 2022, where she cited FEMA resources were available to illegal immigrants.
“FEMA Regional Administrators have been meeting with city officials on site to coordinate – to coordinate available federal support from FEMA and other federal agencies,” Jean-Pierre told reporters at a Sept. 16, 2022, press conference.
“Funding is also available through FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter program to eligible local governments and not-for-profit organizations upon request to support humanitarian relief for migrants,” she added.
FEMA has a pool of funds explicitly used for natural disasters, while Congress called on FEMA in 2022 to disseminate funds from Customs and Border Protection to assist American communities affected by the immigration crisis.
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FEMA’s website currently has a “Hurricane Helene: Rumor Response” page to address false claims surrounding recovery efforts, including a rebuke of the claim that FEMA diverted disaster response funds to “border related issues.”
“This is false. No money is being diverted from disaster response needs. FEMA’s disaster response efforts and individual assistance is funded through the Disaster Relief Fund, which is a dedicated fund for disaster efforts. Disaster Relief Fund money has not been diverted to other, non-disaster related efforts,” FEMA posted in response to the claim.
Hurricane Helene has left more than 220 people dead after flooding devastated towns and cities across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas drew national attention last week when he indicated that FEMA does not have enough funding to make it through hurricane season, which typically wraps up in November.
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“We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting,” he said Wednesday, heightening concerns around funds for Americans left displaced by the hurricane. “FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season.”
The DHS, however, said the following day that FEMA has the funds needed to assist those currently affected.
“FEMA has what it needs for immediate response and recovery efforts,” spokesperson Jaclyn Rothenberg said on X. “As [Administrator Deanne Criswell] said, she has the full authority to spend against the President’s budget, but we’re not out of hurricane season yet so we need to keep a close eye on it.”
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Johnson said during his interview Sunday that when citizens take public transportation and spot illegal immigrants traveling the nation, their tickets are “gleefully” paid for by the Biden-Harris administration via non-governmental organizations.
“When you see illegals in your local airport and you see them being transported around the country with planes, trains and automobiles to every community, everywhere, every state’s a border state now, because of that. That’s the NGOs, the non-governmental organizations mostly, that are transporting those people around. And then they send the receipts to the federal government,” he continued.
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“And Biden, Harris and Mayorkas gleefully pay those receipts because they open the border intentionally. The American people are disgusted by this. They’re fed up with it, and so are Republicans in Congress. And it’ll stop after Nov. 5 because we’re going to have a unified government with Republicans in charge, and we will bring sanity back to this situation,” he added.