On Aug. 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida; the storm resulted in 65 deaths and caused more than $26 billion in damage across Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas.

Former President Donald Trump is blasting federal emergency responders whose work in North Carolina has been stymied by armed harassment and a deluge of misinformation. But Trump said Monday that he was not concerned that the aftermath of Hurricane Helene would affect election results in the battleground state. Trump was asked whether it was helpful to criticize hurricane relief workers after the Federal Emergency Management Agency recently paused its work in the area because of reports they could be targeted by militia. He responded by again attacking the agency and repeating the falsehood that the response was hampered because FEMA spent its budget helping people who crossed the border illegally.

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Today in history: On Aug. 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida; the storm resulted in 65 deaths and caused more than $26 billion in damage across Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is in the rare position of having to defend someone else's controversial comments. Trump said Wednesday running mate JD Vance is "strongly family-oriented" when asked repeatedly to explain Vance's history of criticizing childless Americans. Trump's latest defense of his vice presidential pick came more than two weeks after he announced Vance's selection. Since the announcement, Trump's team has been confronted with multiple reports of the Ohio senator's controversial statements that have made his rollout among the most turbulent in recent history. A senior Trump adviser says there has been "zero conversation" about replacing Vance as his running mate.