Donald Trump Suffers Legal Loss Over Billions of FEMA Funds

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. A federal judge has temporarily halted the Trump administration's plan to reallocate more than $4 billion in federal disaster preparedness funds, marking a legal victory for 20 states that challenged the move. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns of Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday, August 5, preventing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from diverting money allocated to its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program. The program funds projects designed to...