Court temporarily blocks Trump from reallocating FEMA disaster preparedness funds

A federal court on Tuesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from reallocating funds used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help communities prevent future storm damage. A coalition of 20 Democrat-led states sued the Trump administration over its move to end the Building Resilient Infrastructure Communities (BRIC) program, which helps fund infrastructure upgrades to make communities more prepared for extreme weather. Now, while that litigation plays out, FEMA will not be able to repurpose the money it would have spent on the program. “The Government is preliminarily enjoined...