US EditionColorado governor accuses Trump of playing ‘political games’ after disaster request denials
Colorado officials plan to appeal after President Trump denied disaster aid requests for wildfires and flooding that caused over $27 million in damages, including major power infrastructure loss.
- Late Saturday, President Donald Trump denied Colorado's disaster relief request, blocking FEMA funding for recovery after the Elk and Lee fires and Western Slope flooding.
- Polis requested aid after August fires in Rio Blanco County and the Lee Fire near Meeker burned over 137,000 acres, followed by severe October flooding in La Plata and Archuleta counties.
- More than 150,000 acres were burned and destroyed at least five homes and 14 outbuildings, while more than 60 miles of roads and structures were compromised and damage exceeded $27 million, the Colorado state release said.
- Polis vowed to appeal and urged reversal as he and the Colorado congressional delegation condemned Trump's denial as malicious and obscene on Sunday.
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The Fort Morgan Times
As President Trump targets Colorado, its Democrats — and some Republicans — struggle to play defense
President Donald Trump’s ongoing pressure campaign against Colorado has left the state’s mostly Democratic leaders on the back foot as they’ve tried to fend off threats to nearly $1 billion in federal funding, financing for a drinking water pipeline, the future of a celebrated research center and more over the past month alone. The state’s elected leaders have filed lawsuits. They’ve leveraged congressional rules. They’ve sharpened their public …
Trump is denying disaster aid for Elk and Lee wildfires, prompting accusations of ‘political games’
Colorado politicians on both sides of the aisle are pushing back after President Donald Trump’s administration denied two disaster declaration requests last month that would have unlocked federal funds for recovery efforts. Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement that he believes politics weighed into the administration’s denial of the state’s requests for major disaster declarations for the Elk and Lee fires and flooding that occurred in southwest…
Governor Polis, Sens. Bennet and Hickenlooper call on President Trump to reverse denial of Colorado’s disaster requests
Governor Jared Polis, Senator John Hickenlooper and Senator Michael Bennet released a statement Dec. 21 calling on President Donald Trump to reconsider the denial of Colorado’s disaster declarations for the Elk and Lee Fires and Western Colorado flooding, all of…
Aspen Times
Trump denies Colorado disaster aid for wildfires, prompting accusations of ‘political games’
Colorado politicians on both sides of the aisle are pushing back after President Donald Trump’s administration denied two disaster declaration requests that would have unlocked federal funds for recovery efforts. Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement that he believes politics weighed into the administration’s denial of the state’s requests for major disaster declarations for the Elk and Lee fires and flooding that occurred in southwestern Colorad…
Trump rejects Colorado request for FEMA disaster declaration following fires, flooding
The Lee Fire near Meeker is pictured from Colo. 13 on Aug. 5, 2025. (Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Office)Colorado officials are urging the Trump administration to reconsider its denial of disaster declarations that would have opened up federal funding to support wildfire and flood recovery in the state. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, asked Republican President Donald Trump to issue major disaster declarations for the Elk and Lee Fires in…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KTLO) - Colorado officials are urging President Trump to reconsider his decision to reject funding requests in two Emergency Declarations. The post Federal Funds for Colorado Denied by President Donald Trump appeared first on KRDO.
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