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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is suffering a budget shortfall, because the House of Representatives did not fund FEMA disaster relief in its “stopgap” bill; yet hurricane season runs through November. FEMA has not diverted any money — much less a billion dollars — to immigration programs, as Donald Trump has falsely claimed. Trump has repeatedly lied about FEMA this week (Michigan on Thursday and Georgia on Friday). In perpetuating this lie, Trump is diverting media focus from a stellar September jobs report. The U.S. added 254,000 jobs last month, bringing the unemployment ra…

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