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20 states sue Trump administration over disaster prevention funding

A coalition of 20 states on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over its decision to shut down a multibillion-dollar grant program aimed at strengthening infrastructure before natural disasters strike. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Boston, contends that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) unlawfully eliminated its Building Resilient Infrastructures and Communities (BRIC) program…

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Trump tells GOP lawmakers he will likely fire Powell ‘soon’

President Trump indicated to Republican lawmakers that he plans to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a senior White House official told The Hill. The suggestion came during an Oval Office meeting Tuesday evening with a group of 11 hardline House Republicans who revolted on the floor earlier in the day over concerns with a…

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