Donald Trump news LIVE: Trump has threatened to cut aid amid disasters in LA and North Carolina
Donald Trump news LIVE: US President Donald Trump took the first presidential visit of his second term on Saturday and visited California where he will tour the wildfire damage and discuss steps to stop the fires with California governor Gavin Newsom. Trump also visited hurricane-hit North Carolina and during a briefing that he may withhold disaster aid to California if certain conditions are not accomplished.…Read More
“I have a condition. In California, we want them to have voter ID so the people have a voice, because right now, the people don’t have a voice because you don’t know who’s voting, and it’s very corrupt,” he said.
“If they released the water when I told them to, because I told them to do it seven years ago, if they would’ve done it, you wouldn’t have had the problem, he said.
Trump during the briefing as well as during an earlier interview had also called for shutting down the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Donald Trump has said that individual states should be able to conduct their own disaster management.
In another development, the US has also frozen all foreign aid to countries, except military funding for Israel and Egypt as the new administration reviews relationships with other countries.
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Jan 25, 2025 6:30 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE: Education department dismisses 11 book ban complaints
Donald Trump news LIVE: The US Education Department said on Friday that it dismissed 11 complaints related to book bans by local school districts received during the Biden administration in 2023.
They also said that the position of a coordinator to train schools would ve removed. The position was established in the Biden era to train schools on on how to deal with book bans and the impact they have on LGBTQ kids.
Jan 25, 2025 6:20 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE: Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi criticises Trump for comments on withdrawing aid from disaster zones
Donald Trump news LIVE: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized Trump for putting conditions in place for delivering aid to California wildfire victims.
“Urgently-needed assistance for families and communities ravaged by natural disasters should never be used as a pawn for political games,” she wrote.
She added, “We must work together to deliver relief aid for all Americans impacted by natural disasters across the country, including for Californians to rebuild and recover from the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.”
Jan 25, 2025 6:18 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE: Mexico refuses US request to land aircraft with migrants in country
Donald Trump news LIVE: Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump’s administration to allow military aircraft carrying migrants being deported into the country, reported Reuters.
Jan 25, 2025 6:14 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE: Trump visits disaster zones, threatens to end FEMA
Donald Trump news LIVE: President Donald Trump on Saturday visited disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday and said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Trump has said earlier as well that he might sign an executive order to get rid of FEMA and that individual states should handle their disaster management.
“FEMA has been a very big disappointment,” he said. “It’s very bureaucratic. And it’s very slow.”
Jan 25, 2025 6:00 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE: World’s biggest donor US freezes almost all foreign aid
Donald Trump news LIVE: The United States froze all foreign aid on Friday, with exceptions only for emergency food, and military funding for Israel and Egypt.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent an internal memo saying, “No new funds shall be obligated for new awards or extensions of existing awards until each proposed new award or extension has been reviewed and approved.”
