In her order, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “unlawfully usurped the authority” of FEMA “to make its own personnel decisions.”
The judge said the plan, put together by DHS, appeared as if it was "pulled from thin air" and would impede FEMA's ability to fulfill its legally mandated duty to respond to disasters.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says President Trump still hasn’t released all of the FEMA disaster relief funds he “promised” for recovery from the Eaton and Palisades fires, which devastated the Los Angeles area nearly 20 months ago.
FEMA has come under fire over workforce cuts and lack of strategic planning, as a new government watchdog report warns the agency may not be prepared for future disasters. On top of that, wildfire survivors in California are now dealing with cuts to a key recovery lifeline, after FEMA stalled federal funding. CORE Response’s Ann Lee said in reaction to the cuts, “if the funding does not come through, there's thousands of families that we are not going to be able to continue to support.”
Department of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin explained that lying about certain things on an immigration application can result in deportation, and there's no expiration for that.
Liu is charged with theft and damage of government property in a case involving 46 altered computers at three Maine border facilities.
President Trump promised a border wall Mexico would pay for. Instead, the federal government is threatening to use eminent domain to seize land from private land owners including a five-generation ranching family near Big Bend National Park. The $46 billion project is turning lifelong conservatives, including a 26-year Border Patrol veteran now serving as county sheriff, against a president they supported, weeks before a midterm that could flip the Texas Senate and Governor's races. MS NOW's Antonia Hylton traveled to Texas to report for the latest installment of "Cities Under Siege."
Trump counterterrorism chief Seb Gorka blasts Jeh Johnson, Mike Chertoff as "cretins or you know clinical imbeciles."
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