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Trump's Executive Order Shifts Disaster Responsibility to States
President Trump signed an executive order shifting disaster response responsibility to state and local governments, potentially reducing federal funding and resources; experts warn this could hinder disaster preparedness and response, especially for smaller states, and lead to inconsistent infrastru...
Trump's Executive Order Shifts Disaster Responsibility to States
President Trump signed an executive order shifting disaster response responsibility to state and local governments, potentially reducing federal funding and resources; experts warn this could hinder disaster preparedness and response, especially for smaller states, and lead to inconsistent infrastru...
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52% Bias Score
Trump Executive Order Shifts Disaster Preparedness to States
President Trump signed an executive order on March 10th shifting disaster preparedness to state and local governments, creating a National Risk Register, and prompting concerns about reduced federal support and funding for disaster mitigation projects.
Trump Executive Order Shifts Disaster Preparedness to States
President Trump signed an executive order on March 10th shifting disaster preparedness to state and local governments, creating a National Risk Register, and prompting concerns about reduced federal support and funding for disaster mitigation projects.
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44% Bias Score
Trump Administration Reviews Migrant Aid Groups, Suspecting Smuggling Law Violations
The Trump administration is reviewing organizations receiving FEMA grants for migrant aid, suspecting potential violations of anti-smuggling laws; this involves demands for detailed migrant service records and sworn statements, with funding potentially withheld.
Trump Administration Reviews Migrant Aid Groups, Suspecting Smuggling Law Violations
The Trump administration is reviewing organizations receiving FEMA grants for migrant aid, suspecting potential violations of anti-smuggling laws; this involves demands for detailed migrant service records and sworn statements, with funding potentially withheld.
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60% Bias Score
Over 200 FEMA Employees Fired, Exacerbating Disaster Response Concerns
The Trump administration fired over 200 FEMA employees, exacerbating existing staffing shortages and potentially jeopardizing the agency's ability to respond to increasingly frequent and intense natural disasters, despite a 35% staffing gap already identified in a 2022 government report.
Over 200 FEMA Employees Fired, Exacerbating Disaster Response Concerns
The Trump administration fired over 200 FEMA employees, exacerbating existing staffing shortages and potentially jeopardizing the agency's ability to respond to increasingly frequent and intense natural disasters, despite a 35% staffing gap already identified in a 2022 government report.
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60% Bias Score
FEMA Withdraws from Building Code Updates
The Trump administration ordered FEMA to withdraw from updating building codes, reversing 25 years of contribution to disaster-resistant construction standards. This impacts states and local governments who use FEMA's recommendations, raising concerns about increased future damage costs.
FEMA Withdraws from Building Code Updates
The Trump administration ordered FEMA to withdraw from updating building codes, reversing 25 years of contribution to disaster-resistant construction standards. This impacts states and local governments who use FEMA's recommendations, raising concerns about increased future damage costs.
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48% Bias Score
Kentucky Storm Death Toll Rises to 14 as New Winter Storm Approaches
Kentucky's death toll from weekend storms has risen to 14, including flood and hypothermia victims, as another winter storm threatens already-damaged communities and recovery efforts.
Kentucky Storm Death Toll Rises to 14 as New Winter Storm Approaches
Kentucky's death toll from weekend storms has risen to 14, including flood and hypothermia victims, as another winter storm threatens already-damaged communities and recovery efforts.
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36% Bias Score
Congress Demands Unfreezing of Security Funding for Religious Institutions
Eighty members of Congress are urging the Trump administration to unfreeze the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) funding, which has been halted as part of a wider FEMA funding freeze impacting the security of religious institutions, including synagogues and Jewish community centers, in the fac...
Congress Demands Unfreezing of Security Funding for Religious Institutions
Eighty members of Congress are urging the Trump administration to unfreeze the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) funding, which has been halted as part of a wider FEMA funding freeze impacting the security of religious institutions, including synagogues and Jewish community centers, in the fac...
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24% Bias Score
Judge Rejects Emergency Funding for Public Broadcasting's Alert System Upgrades
A federal judge on Monday denied a request to force the Trump administration to immediately release nearly $2 million in grant money for public broadcasting stations' emergency alert system upgrades, citing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's failure to demonstrate irreparable harm. This decis...
Judge Rejects Emergency Funding for Public Broadcasting's Alert System Upgrades
A federal judge on Monday denied a request to force the Trump administration to immediately release nearly $2 million in grant money for public broadcasting stations' emergency alert system upgrades, citing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's failure to demonstrate irreparable harm. This decis...
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36% Bias Score
CBP Director Charged with FEMA Fraud After Detroit Floods
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Director Serina Baker-Hill was charged with defrauding FEMA and lying to federal agents after receiving disaster relief funds following the August 2023 Detroit floods; investigators found she continued living in her home despite claiming it was uninhabitable ...
CBP Director Charged with FEMA Fraud After Detroit Floods
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Director Serina Baker-Hill was charged with defrauding FEMA and lying to federal agents after receiving disaster relief funds following the August 2023 Detroit floods; investigators found she continued living in her home despite claiming it was uninhabitable ...
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48% Bias Score
Trump Administration's FEMA Firings and Cuts Raise Disaster Response Concerns
The Trump administration fired over 200 FEMA employees and is scaling back pre-disaster mitigation efforts, raising concerns about the agency's ability to respond to future disasters; the President has suggested eliminating FEMA and shifting responsibility to states.
Trump Administration's FEMA Firings and Cuts Raise Disaster Response Concerns
The Trump administration fired over 200 FEMA employees and is scaling back pre-disaster mitigation efforts, raising concerns about the agency's ability to respond to future disasters; the President has suggested eliminating FEMA and shifting responsibility to states.
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48% Bias Score
Trump Administration's FEMA Cuts Alarm State Officials
The Trump administration plans deep staff cuts at FEMA, alarming state officials and some Republicans who worry about weakened disaster response, despite President Trump's desire to eliminate the agency, possibly replacing it with block grants to states.
Trump Administration's FEMA Cuts Alarm State Officials
The Trump administration plans deep staff cuts at FEMA, alarming state officials and some Republicans who worry about weakened disaster response, despite President Trump's desire to eliminate the agency, possibly replacing it with block grants to states.
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48% Bias Score
Simulated Nuclear Attack Map Reveals Catastrophic US Casualties
A new map simulates a full-scale nuclear attack on the US, targeting major cities, military sites, and infrastructure, potentially killing up to 250 million and causing widespread radioactive fallout.
Simulated Nuclear Attack Map Reveals Catastrophic US Casualties
A new map simulates a full-scale nuclear attack on the US, targeting major cities, military sites, and infrastructure, potentially killing up to 250 million and causing widespread radioactive fallout.
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56% Bias Score
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