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Politics
Nicholas Liu

Trump suggests he may target FEMA next

President Donald Trump went on Fox News' "Hannity" Wednesday to complain about the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), accusing it of "getting in the way of everything" and promising to have a "whole big discussion very shortly" on its fate.

Officials in the Trump administration and the president himself have spoken of plans to overhaul parts of the federal government or eliminate them completely, and in many cases have set those plans in motion. His comments about FEMA on "Hannity" raised concerns that he might strip funding from an agency that coordinated the federal response to the natural disasters in Los Angeles and Asheville.

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