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A general view shows the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Hope is hard to let go of as odds wane over reuniting with still-missing loved ones after a fire swept across the town of Lahaina on Hawaii's Maui island earlier this month. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Top FEMA official touts progress in Hawaii recovery efforts, previews Biden’s trip to Maui

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

A general view shows the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. In the aftermath of the deadly Maui wildfires, some social media users are discouraging residents from accepting disaster aid by falsely claiming the Federal Emergency Management Agency could seize their property if they do. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Online posts spread misinformation about FEMA aid following Maui wildfires

By Karena Phan and Philip Marcelo - Associated Press

FILE - A photographer takes pictures of the Mauna Loa volcano as it erupts Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, near Hilo, Hawaii. Hawaii increasingly seems under siege from disasters, and what is increasing most is wildfire, according to an analysis of Federal Emergency Management Agency records by The Associated Press. There were as many federally-declared disaster wildfires this month in Hawaii, as in the 50 years between 1953 and 2003. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Fires and others disasters are increasing in Hawaii, according to this AP data analysis

By Seth Borenstein, Mary Katherine Wildeman and Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

Wildfire wreckage is seen Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The search of the wildfire wreckage on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities as firefighters battled the deadliest blaze in the U.S. in recent years. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

At least 55 people died on Maui. Residents had little warning before wildfires overtook a town

By Ty O'Neil, Audrey McAvoy, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Rebecca Boone - Associated Press

Wildfire wreckage is shown Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The search of the wildfire wreckage on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities as firefighters battled the stubborn blaze making it the deadliest in the U.S. in recent years. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Maui surveys the burned wreckage caused by the deadliest U.S. wildfire in years

By Audrey McAvoy, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Nick Perry - Associated Press

Flood waters surround storm-damaged homes on Aug. 31, 2021, in Lafourche Parish, La., as residents try to recover from the effects of Hurricane Ida. Louisiana and nine other states filed a lawsuit against the federal government Thursday, June 1, 2023, to block sharp impending national flood insurance rate increases slated to be phased in over the coming years, saying the steeper costs could cost some people their homes. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Louisiana, 9 other states sue U.S. government over steep flood insurance rate increases

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

Migrants wave as a bus leaves to take them to a refugee center outside Union Station in Chicago, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (Anthony Vazquez /Chicago Sun-Times via AP) ** FILE **

Inspector general dings DHS over money spent on migrant welcome program

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A resident displays a mannequin on their porch in East Palestine, Ohio, as cleanup from the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment continues, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Freed) ** FILE **

After Ohio train wreck, Biden orders door-to-door checks

By Matthew Daly and Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the South Carolina Statehouse, Jan. 28, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. Two years after former President Donald Trump's false claims about widespread election fraud sparked an attack on the U.S. Capitol, more evidence is piling up that those who spread the misinformation knew it was false. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump to visit East Palestine as Biden under fire for toxic train derailment response

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Fire thieves now

New York City Mayor Eric Adams listens to Gov. Kathy Hochul deliver her State of the State address in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

NYC mayor visits Texas border, blasts feds’ migrant response

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FILE - Fredrick Brower, center, helps cut up a bowhead whale caught by Inupiat subsistence hunters on a field near Barrow, Alaska, Oc. 7, 2014. After tidal surges and high winds from the remnants of a rare typhoon caused extensive flood damage to homes along Alaska's western coast in September, the U.S. government stepped in to help residents largely Alaska Natives repair property damage. Residents who opened Federal Emergency Management Agency brochures expecting to find instructions on how to file for aid in Alaska Native languages like Yup'ik or Inupiaq instead were reading nonsensical phrases. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull,File)

FEMA fires group for nonsensical Alaska Native translations

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

FILE - Smoke from the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire drifts over Las Vegas, N.M., in May 7, 2022. New Mexico's congressional delegation says the U.S. government should make changes to rules proposed for processing damage claims stemming from a historic wildfire sparked by forest managers. The delegation sent a letter to FEMA this week, saying many residents in the impoverished rural area are still reeling from the emotional, financial and physical tolls of the Hermit's Peak-Calf Canyon Fires. (Robert Browman/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File).

New Mexico delegation seeks changes to wildfire aid rules

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Remnants of damaged homes and flooded vehicles are seen in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Thursday, Sep 29, 2022, following Hurricane Ian. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Biden says Ian could be ‘deadliest’ storm in Florida’s history

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Climate Change Gravy Train Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Under the guise of inclusion, Biden’s policies lead to climate delusion

By Hannah Davis

Migrants wait to be processed by the Border Patrol after illegally crossing the Rio Grande river from Mexico into the U.S. at Eagle Pass, Texas, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The area has become entangled in a turf war between the Biden administration and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over how to police the U.S. border with Mexico. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Biden wants more taxpayer money to transport illegal immigrants around U.S.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the National Park Service shows a beach house collapsing along North Carolina's Outer Banks on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. An unoccupied house (not pictured) collapsed in the Outer Banks in North Carolina this week, the sixth dwelling lost in the past four years, according to officials for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (National Park Service via AP) **FILE**

Housing market slows retreat from rising seas, bigger storms

By Ben Finley - Associated Press

Once dead, twice billed: GAO questions COVID funeral awards

By Jennifer McDermott - Associated Press

In a Feb. 25-March 1, 2021 poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, about 1 in 5 Americans say they lost a relative or close friend to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

FEMA’s floral snafu: Feds use COVID money to buy flowers, food for pandemic funerals

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

With the Washington Monument in the background, people look at white flags that are part of artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's temporary art installation, &quot;In America: Remember,&quot; in remembrance of Americans who have died of COVID-19, on the National Mall in Washington, Sept. 17, 2021. The installation consists of more than 630,000 flags. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is using taxpayer money to buy flowers, pay for catering and place obituaries for COVID victims -- all expenses that the agency's own policies say aren't permitted, according to an urgent audit Monday by the agency's inspector general. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

U.S. funeral assistance for COVID tops $2B, more eligible

By Zeke Miller - Associated Press