Trump is taking longer to approve disaster aid and denying Democratic states more frequently
When major disasters strike, Americans are routinely waiting weeks — or even months — to receive presidential approval for aid. And if they live in a state that didn't support President Donald Trump, chances are greater that aid will be denied. Since taking office last year, Trump has approved about 65 requests for major disaster declarations and denied more than two dozen others from states, tribes or territories seeking federal financial assistance following hurricanes, tornadoes, floods...
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- Trump is taking longer to approve disaster aid and denying Democratic states more frequently
- Search suspended for 3 missing after boat with family spreading ashes capsizes on San Francisco Bay
- DHS finds itself back in the headlines after 3 fatal ICE encounters, in a test for Secretary Mullin
- America already tried permanent daylight saving time. It lasted less than a year. Could it work now?
- Family of Black teen found dead after boat trip agrees to inspect his cellphone with DA
- NYCs Rikers Island jail hosts World Cup watch party for inmates
Wed, 15 Jul 2026
- Flooding forces evacuations in parts of South Texas as slow-moving storms swamp the region
- Drained Reflecting Pool reveals Trumps American flag blue liner is now closer to gray
- Federal government replaces slavery exhibition at Washingtons home in Philadelphia
- Heavy smoke from wildfires blankets the US Midwest and Northeast, prompting evacuations
- Warren Buffett explains why his kids, not the Gates Foundation, will now give away all his fortune
- Mexico asks US state attorneys general to investigate migrant deaths in ICE custody
- Muslim man in Utah was targeted in stabbing because of his religion, police say
- CDC nominee says she wont betray science and also backs Kennedys actions
- Florida man killed fleeing ICE is at least the 10th fatality in US immigration sweeps
- ICE should keep making traffic stops despite recent shootings, Trump says
- Former Obama counsel Kathryn Ruemmler says Epstein used her to gain legitimacy
- Report: Detainees at ICE facility in Texas report frequent beatings and other human rights abuses
- Faint new planet is revealed around a young star after a decade in hiding
- Biden will publish Promise Me, America memoir after the November midterm elections
- 1 dead and 3 missing after boat carrying mostly family members sinks near Alcatraz Island
- Texas is drenched by heavy rains as forecasters warn that more storms could bring dangerous floods
Tue, 14 Jul 2026
- Man, 74, becomes oldest inmate executed in Florida in states 10th lethal injection this year
- Trump administration orders ICE to suspend most vehicle stops after 2 deadly shootings
- Trump will speak on elections in primetime address after pushing debunked conspiracies
- Man fleeing immigration officers in Florida is struck and killed by tractor trailer, police say
- In Maine, a familiar story unfolds: immigration officers fatally shot the driver of a moving vehicle
- As cyclospora illnesses surge to a record, Michigan officials eye lettuce as a possible cause
- Subaru issues recall for 541,000 SUVs over label with incorrect weight rating
- Mahmoud Khalil files suit alleging a public-private conspiracy to target Israels critics
- Buffett omits gift to Bill Gates foundation after Microsoft cofounders Epstein ties disclosed
- Federal judge awards $314 million to 3 Americans held and allegedly tortured in Venezuela
- Darline Graham, sister of Lindsey Graham, chosen to fulfill remainder of his US Senate term
- What it means when federal authorities say cars are being weaponized
- New York wont build big data centers for a year as it weighs energy and climate risks
- American marine biologist and conservationist shot dead in the Philippines
- An experimental Alzheimers drug shows promise targeting a different brain protein, new study shows
- The Latest: Supreme Court justices set to testify in rare appearance before Congress
- Busy wildfire season tests US fire bosses as they juggle resources to stay ahead
- ICE officer who fatally shot driver in Maine was fearing for public safety, agency says
Mon, 13 Jul 2026
- Trump reduces size of 2 national monuments in Utah as Republicans reshape land management
- No relief from the heat as many US cities will see record overnight temperatures
- Feds turn over evidence in Renee Good and Alex Pretti killings to Minnesota after months of delay
- Man who killed Dartmouth professors at 17 to get a chance at parole in about 20 years, judge rules
- Crash of a helicopter helping to fight a Colorado wildfire leaves the pilot dead
- Aortic tear blamed in Sen. Lindsey Grahams sudden death is a fast-killing emergency
- Family targeted in mass shooting that left 5 dead in Illinois, police say
- Regulators issue new guidance on bank lending risk tied to borrowers living illegally in US
- The Latest: US and Iran assert control over Strait of Hormuz after latest attacks
- Support for Israel isnt a high priority for younger Jewish Americans, an AP-NORC poll finds
- Sen. Lindsey Graham likely died after aorta tear, medical examiner says
- Is there such a thing as being too old to execute? Aging death row inmates are set to die in Florida
Sun, 12 Jul 2026
- Lindsey Grahams journey from a pool hall to the heights of political power
- Keystone Pipeline systems operator agrees to pay a $26.9M penalty over a major Kansas oil spill
- Philadelphia area digs out from damage left by a severe series of microburst storms
- Disneys live-action Moana crashes to shore with an underwhelming splash at the box office
- From staunch critic to fierce ally: Grahams long, strange and consequential friendship with Trump
- Georgia teen charged in Apalachee High School shooting to appear in court for plea and sentencing
- Innovation, data fixes fuel Native American graduation gains at federally funded schools
- Mexican builder fatally shot by an ICE officer is mourned after making a life in the US
Sat, 11 Jul 2026
- Missouri flooding leaves one dead, while rescuers helicopter more than 200 to safety at summer camp
- Dangerous heat wave threatens oppressive temperatures in much of the US
- Guggenheim Museum among NYC buildings that tested positive for Legionnaires amid disease outbreak
- Judge tosses remnants of Proud Boys seditious conspiracy case after Trumps broad clemency
- A July 4 boat trip, an 18-year-olds death and a familys search for answers in the Deep South
- To the GOP, hes a sham candidate. At home, hes Mr. Sullivan, ex-teacher and Alaska Senate hopeful
- As gas plants rise to power AI, renewable energy allies are fighting for cleaner alternatives
- Erling Haaland is Norways World Cup machine and the internets babygirl
- Platner formally withdraws from Maine Senate race and Democrats announce process to name new nominee
- Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool again as part of Trumps troubled revamp
Fri, 10 Jul 2026
- New York Times accuses agency of political retaliation in countersuit over discrimination case
- Defense tries to sow doubt about evidence in Charlie Kirks killing
- Apple files lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI of stealing trade secrets
- DHS was granted $20M for body cameras. ICE agents in fatal Houston shooting had none
- Detroit-Canada bridge to open by late July after delay due to issues between countries, sources say
- Detainees tell their lawyer an ICE officer shot a Houston driver through a passenger window
- Family of Mississippi teen who died after July 4 trip call for transparency, deeper investigation
- Transgender girls who challenged Trump sports order drop lawsuit after Supreme Court ruling
- Trump will let bipartisan housing bill become law without signing in protest over GOP voter ID law
- Many US Jewish adults have experienced assault or harassment over the past year, AP-NORC poll finds
- Donald Trump ousts election commission members in latest push to reshape US voting process
- New York construction scare highlights the challenges of converting offices into housing
- The Latest: Defense lawyers question reliability of evidence in killing of Charlie Kirk
- Pentagon says suspension lifted for South Carolina helicopter pilots following July 4 beach event
- Meteorologists warn week ahead in US will have dangerous temps: Heat is not to be played with
- EPA promised a Make America Healthy Again agenda. It has yet to materialize, frustrating activists
- In any language: English speakers are tuning into World Cup broadcasts in Spanish
- Mexican man killed in Houston ICE shooting was not the target of operation, lawmaker says
- Federal appeals court upholds Illinois ban on semiautomatic weapons, overturning lower-court ruling
- Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing said he wishes he hadnt done it, roommate says in video
- 8 men indicted in planned drone and sniper attack on White House UFC cage-fighting show
- Caitlin Clark debate rages on with the WNBA on the clock to answer questions about physical play
Thu, 09 Jul 2026
- The Latest: Trump spoke with Netanyahu about US moves in the Persian Gulf
- Outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite grows to more than 1,000 cases
- LA uses World Cup to show off upgraded public transit and test plans to hold car-free Olympics
- Wally Funk, aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87
- South Floridas Palm Beach airport renamed President Donald J. Trump International
- George E. Johnson Sr., founder of a pioneering Black hair care business, dies at 99
- El Nino powers up as forecasters predict historic strength and a rainier winter for the US South
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