US EditionChanges ‘Will Still Happen’: President Trump’s FEMA Plans Loom over Texas Flood Response
TEXAS, JUL 11 – President Trump praised first responders and officials while touring Texas flood damage, highlighting over 400 deployed personnel and more than 1,500 rescues amid FEMA restructuring debate.
- On Friday in Kerrville, Texas, President Donald Trump toured flood-ravaged areas, remained silent about his previous promises to do away with Federal Emergency Management Agency .
- Earlier this year, he pledged to phase out FEMA, and the agency underwent staff cuts, reflecting ongoing restructuring plans.
- At least 120 deaths and over 170 missing, FEMA officials who spoke to CNN said, with response hampered by a 72-hour delay and only 86 staffers deployed.
- Local officials praised the response as swift and collaborative, while rancher Harris Currie said the visit exhibits leadership a president should have, Currie said.
- Sen. Peter Welch said he introduced legislation to streamline FEMA rather than scrap it, as the Trump administration isn’t rescinding pledges to phase out FEMA, Democratic members demanded answers, and Welch proposed alternative legislation.
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After devastating Texas floods, CT leaders call for more funding from FEMA
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In the United States, a week after the deadly floods that ravaged central Texas and killed at least 120 people, questions remain about possible loopholes due to budget cuts imposed by the Trump administration. But while he had announced a plan to dismantle the Fema, the Federal Agency for Disaster Management, the president seems to be back in recent days.
President Trump Visits Texas, Immigration Raids Ruling, New Antidepressants Study : Up First from NPR
President Trump visits Texas a week after the devastating floods. Questions are now being raised whether cuts to FEMA hampered the rescue response. Also, a federal judge orders a stop to indiscriminate immigration raids in Los Angeles. Plus, a new study on antidepressants sheds light on the severity of withdrawal when people come off the medications.
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