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Checking claim Trump sent no Marines to help after Texas floods while thousands were deployed to LA protests
U.S. President Donald Trump actually sent 700 U.S. Marine Corps troops to Los Angeles in June 2025 — alongside 4,000 National ...
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Former FEMA head responds to praise and criticism of federal response to Texas floods
The federal response to the flash flooding disaster in Texas has come under scrutiny. President Trump, who has called for ...
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Texas Failed to Spend Millions in Federal Aid for Flood Protection
Many states, including Texas, have not used billions of dollars from FEMA intended to reduce damage from flooding and other ...
Texas officials deflect mounting questions about response to deadly flood
Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done ...
Critics hear differences in Trump's approach to Texas, California disasters: ANALYSIS
President Trump was asked if his deteriorating relationship with California Gov. Gavin Newsom would impact federal support ...
Texas adds transgender bathroom bill to agenda for special legislative session to deal with deadly flooding
Texas adds transgender bathroom bill to agenda for special legislative session to deal with deadly flooding - The bill would make transgender people use bathrooms that align with their sex assigned at ...
Texas lawmakers could have funded better emergency response systems — but they didn’t
Even before dozens died in flood waters on July 4, Texas ranked first in the U.S. in number of deaths due to natural ...
On Texas floods, the media take their cue directly from the Democrats’ talking points
In better times, such a natural disaster would be met with a serious newsgathering effort and sober analysis. Not so today.