President Donald Trump on Friday is set to visit North Carolina — a state he said “has been abandoned by the Democrats” as it rebuilds from Hurricane Helene’s flooding — with questions about disaster relief taking center stage in his first days back in office.

On a visit to a North Carolina neighborhood destroyed by Hurricane Helene, President Trump was highly critical of FEMA, suggesting it should be shut down. Trump arrived late Friday in Los Angeles to visit an area destroyed by a wildfire.

SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster zones Friday, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation’s central organization for responding to disasters.

Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks and Kim Mulkey’s LSU Tigers go head-to-head on Friday night for a highly-anticipated SEC showdown. The No. 2 South Carolina Gamecocks boast an 18-1 record. Their sole loss of the season belongs to a No.

She’s 5-2 lifetime against Tigers coach Kim Mulkey. South Carolina hasn’t lost to LSU since 2012. It hasn’t dropped a home game since 2020. This dynastic program has two national titles to four total losses across the past four seasons.