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Disaster Survivors Still Waiting for Billions From Trump Admin

Americans who survived tornados, floods, and wildfires are still waiting on $10 billion in aid from the Trump administration over a year later. A Guardian analysis finds that FEMA has not doled out long-term recovery funds to survivors of the 2025 tornado in St Louis, the central Texas floods, or the wildfires in Los Angeles. These natural disasters…

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