In North Carolina, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department has arrested a man who allegedly used an assault rifle to threaten workers helping with relief efforts from Hurricane Helene. Investigators charged 44-year-old William Jacob Parsons with the crime of “going armed to the terror of the public,” a misdemeanor. The incident — and other cases of threats and harassment against federal workers — prompted FEMA to briefly suspend some of its North Carolina relief operations. FEMA pulled back its workers from going door to door in areas hard hit by Hurricane damage. This comes after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance spent weeks spreading lies and conspiracy theories about FEMA, falsely claiming the agency sent aid meant for hurricane victims to immigrants while withholding aid to people in Republican areas.