U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) participates in a memorandum of cooperation signing ceremony on “High-Standard, Market-Oriented Trade of Critical Minerals” with Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide at the Department of State in Washington, on Sept. 30, 2024. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
A motorist passes flood damage at a bridge across Mill Creek in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Old Fort, N. C., on Sept. 30, 2024. Sean Rayford/Getty Images
