From E&ENews: Judge faults Trump admin for scrapping FEMA program.  The decision is a win for Democratic-led states that sued to save the program, which helps states gird for natural disasters.

” The Trump administration unlawfully revoked a grant program that helped states protect against potential damage from natural disasters, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

The decision by Judge Richard Stearns of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts is a victory for more than 20 Democratic-led states that filed suit in July to salvage the nation’s largest disaster preparedness program.

The lawsuit accused the administration of illegally ending the multibillion-dollar Federal Emergency Management Agency program, which was established by Congress in 2018 and signed into law by President Donald Trump in his first term.”