States Sue Trump Administration For Cutting Disaster Prevention Grants
Source: Huff Post/Reuters
Jul 16, 2025, 10:59 AM EDT
July 16 (Reuters) - A group of 20 mostly Democrat-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to block the Trump administration from terminating a multibillion-dollar grant program that funds infrastructure upgrades to protect against natural disasters.
The lawsuit filed in Boston federal court claims that the Federal Emergency Management Agency lacked the power to cancel the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program in April after it was approved and funded by Congress.
FEMA, part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has come under scrutiny for its response to deadly floods in Texas earlier this month, which has put renewed focus on the administration’s moves to shrink or abolish the agency.
“By unilaterally shutting down FEMA’s flagship pre-disaster mitigation program, Defendants have acted unlawfully and violated core separation of powers principles,” said the states, led by Washington and Massachusetts. FEMA and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/states-sue-trump-administration-cutting-disaster-prevention-grants-fema_n_6877b96de4b05557ffd31d9b
Link to (Washington State AG as lead) PRESS RELEASE - Washington state sues Trump administration for unlawfully cutting billions in disaster mitigation funding
Link to COMPLAINT (PDF) - https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/001%20Complaint%20%28FEMA%20BRIC%29.pdf?VersionId=R0Peyj3AOM9V1ewGpi0WaBGPAd8HmSGF
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