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After years of negligence, Texas lawmakers must address flood threat | Editorial
Infrastructure related to flooding and other disasters must be treated as the top priority during the Texas Legislature’s ...
What the Texas floods prove about fixing FEMA
President Donald Trump entered his second term talking about eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Then ...
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20 states join forces to sue US agencies in wake of deadly Texas floods: 'Abandoning states and local communities'
Twenty states joined forces in the wake of deadly flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas, filing a lawsuit against the Federal ...
After Texas flood, elected leaders say cuts to FEMA, NOAA could affect weather response
Some governors and mayors are concerned over how current or potential cuts to agencies will impact how the government can ...
Asking questions about the Texas flood response isn’t politicizing a tragedy
Were lives unnecessarily lost because of incompetence or policy decisions or dysfunction? It is not partisan politics to ask ...
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Former FEMA head responds to praise and criticism of federal response to Texas floods
The federal response to the flash flooding disaster in Texas has come under scrutiny. President Trump, who has called for ...
Trump administration's Texas flood disaster response 'fundamentally different' from Biden's approach: Noem
Kristi Noem detailed how the federal government deployed resources and funds to Texas flood victims, signaling fundamental ...
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Poll finds that a slight majority of respondents believe most Texas flood deaths were preventable
The Economist/YouGov poll surveyed nearly 1,680 U.S. adults this week, and 52% blamed lack of government preparation for most ...