Hurricane Milton is about to slam into Florida. Trump is busy spreading lies about FEMA

While the second major hurricane in less than two weeks bears down on Florida, concerns continue to swirl regarding the budget health of the nation’s federal relief agency — one that faces rampant misinformation claims about how it spends money.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is experiencing a budget shortfall, although Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has assured Americans that the agency has enough resources to help residents affected by the Category 4 storm who are still picking up the pieces after Hurricane Helene.

“Everybody should rest confident that FEMA has the resources. We already have 900 personnel deployed, prepositioned in Florida,” the secretary said in a Monday interview on MSNBC. “We can respond to multiple events at a single time.”

The agency is now not only dealing with the budget concerns, it is also pushing back on misinformation. Some have said the agency is short money because its spending on migrant care. While FEMA falls under the Homeland Security umbrella, along with the agency that oversees border security, officails say they are different funding streams.

Still, FEMA, which has provided more than $210 million to Hurricane Helene survivors, has become a focus for both sides of the political aisle.

Earlier in the month, Mayorkas told reporters that FEMA does not have enough money to make it through the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs through the end of November. Mayorkas was not specific about how much money it may need, and Congress recently approved $20 billion for the agency’s disaster relief fund as part of a short-term spending bill. The legislation also gave FEMA the ability to draw on the money as quickly as was needed.

Now, President Joe Biden is calling