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CNN Defends Report On FEMA’s Slowed Response To Texas Floods Amid Attacks From Trump’s Department Of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security lashed out at the network, but didn't dispute its findings.
CNN reported that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ‘s new policy, which required her sign off on any contract or grant over $100,000, prevented FEMA from pre-positioning urban search and rescue teams until they got her approval. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem’s leadership, DHS is reforming FEMA to prioritize state-led, locally executed disaster response, as Texas has exemplified.” Trump and Noem last week suggested that the network could be prosecuted over its reporting on a new app that tracks the sightings of ICE agents in neighborhoods.
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