Dr Ciaran Beggan at the British Geological Society also told us that HAARP uses âtinyâ amounts of power to transmit radio waves into the atmosphere, which would be a fraction of that needed to artificially create a hurricane.
A Sept. 11 New York Times article echoed that point, saying the impact of the Chinese campaign after the Maui fires "is difficult to measure, though early indications suggest that few social media users engaged with the most outlandish of the conspiracy theories."
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted 17 to 25 storms with winds of 39 miles per hour or higher would hit the United States during the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs June 1 to Nov. 30.
Some who made the claim got the inaccurate information from an Oct.1 Federalist story that misleadingly said: âThe Biden-Harris administration took more than a billion tax dollars that had been allocated to the agency responsible for American disaster relief and used it to offer services for illegal immigrants.â
Colorado Rep. Greg Lopez released a statement that said he could not vote for a bill that "would extend the federal governmentâs current, exorbitant spending levels with no cuts or considerations for the elimination of expired programs."
CBS Newsâ Bill Whitaker pressed Harris on how she would pay for promises such as an expanded child tax credit and aid to small-business startups.
Trump has also floated several more targeted tax cuts, including ending taxation on Social Security benefits, tips and overtime work.
Harris did say that at the time, but the Hill reported that her campaign said she wanted to replace the TCJA with âlegislation she has proposed that would involve nearly $3 trillion in refundable tax cuts primarily affecting the middle class.â
Stern gave Harris an opening to criticize this yearâs Supreme Court decision that confers broad immunity from prosecution to U.S. presidents, which would most immediately aid Trump if he were to win reelection.
Community organizers and airport tenants looking to help survivors in hard-hit western North Carolina started a social media page called the Runway Relief Project to share information about efforts to collect and fly donations of supplies where theyâre needed.
In New Hampshireâs nip-and-tuck gubernatorial race, the state Democratic Party attacked Republican nominee Kelly Ayotte over corporate board positions she held after losing reelection to the U.S. Senate in 2016.
The video shows a large fire producing lots of smoke and is captioned: âIâm old enough to remember when tel aviv had this micaculous [sic] thing called electricity.
However, some of the content weâve seen is miscaptioned and shows conflict elsewhere, is out of date footage of an unrelated event or is even from a video game.
So, people with humanitarian parole or Temporary Protected Status must use another avenue â such as asylum, marriage or employment â to gain legal permanent residence.
For the purposes of that scheme, weâve rated this claim as false because the video shows a protest in Lebanon in 2020, not citizens celebrating the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in 2024.
But a Transportation Department spokesperson said the Federal Aviation Administration is not banning drones from providing Hurricane Helene disaster relief and recovery assistance.
It has been shared on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) with captions including: âUpdate: Report that a Yemen Houthi suicide attack drone hit a target in Tel Aviv tonight!
