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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gabriela Aoun Angueira

Federal judge orders FEMA to restore billions in canceled disaster mitigation funding

FEMA BRIC - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to restore billions of dollars in canceled FEMA disaster mitigation funding, siding with 22 states and the District of Columbia that sued over the canceled grants this summer.

President Donald Trump's administration said in April it was “ending” the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, which helped communities with predisaster projects to harden infrastructure and improve resilience against the increasing threats of climate change.

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