Donald Trump is using the destruction of Hurricane Helene to boost his presidential bid against Kamala Harris, political analysts said on Tuesday, after the Republican candidate spread falsehoods about the federal response during a visit to a storm-hit city.

WASHINGTON − Former President Donald Trump's fundraiser to benefit victims of Hurricane Helene has raised more than two million dollars as of Tuesday.

Trump maintains Georgia’s Republican governor has had trouble making contact with Biden, even after being told that wasn’t true.

Trump said the world was "on fire" and that there was a lack of leadership from Biden on the situation in the Middle East.

U.S. forces had a limited role in repelling Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Israel, which officials called ineffective but a “significant escalation.”

The Democratic New York City mayor — standing alone Tuesday as he fielded questions about his precarious legal standing from an unrelenting press corps — all but embraced the Republican presidential candidate’s recent but unsubstantiated declaration that Adams is, like him, the target of a politically motivated federal justice department.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams addressed the recent resignations by members of his administration during a regularly scheduled news conference Tuesday, nearly one week after he was indicted by a federal grand jury on criminal charges.