Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Trump says to halt aid to California wildfire victims, but law says he can't

U.S. President Donald Trump cannot withhold disaster relief once an emergency has been declared, federal statutes show, despite the Republican's tweet on Wednesday that he had ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to cease helping victims of last year's California wildfires.


from Reuters: Environment https://reut.rs/2VHSCLB

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