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Get the Facts: How FEMA gets its funding; Trump mulls overhaul

Jan 24, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -47% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : In an interview on Fox News this week, Trump said "FEMA is getting in the way of everything," and suggested that he would withhold assistance from California.
59% : In an interview on Fox News this week, Trump said "FEMA is getting in the way of everything," and suggested that he would withhold assistance from California.
55% : But that comes from a separate pot of money funded by Congress for Customs and Border Protection.
55% : But that comes from a separate pot of money funded by Congress for Customs and Border Protection.
30% : Trump this week spoke with congressional Republican leaders about whether FEMA should continue providing help to states in the same way, according to a person familiar with the conversation and granted anonymity to discuss it.
30% : Trump this week spoke with congressional Republican leaders about whether FEMA should continue providing help to states in the same way, according to a person familiar with the conversation and granted anonymity to discuss it.
20% : Does FEMA have enough money for disasters?Trump has accused FEMA of spending all its money to help immigrants who are in the country illegally.
18% : Congressional Democrats have sharply criticized the president's threats to withhold federal disaster aid.| MORE: Trump to visit disaster zones in North Carolina and CaliforniaConservatives have previously suggested reducing the amount that states are reimbursed for preventing and responding to the disasters.
18% : | MORE: Trump to visit disaster zones in North Carolina and CaliforniaConservatives have previously suggested reducing the amount that states are reimbursed for preventing and responding to the disasters.
14% : Trump criticized the agency after Hurricane Helene hit in the fall during the homestretch of the election year, questioning its response and spreading false information that its funding was going to migrants or foreign wars.
14% : Trump criticized the agency after Hurricane Helene hit in the fall during the homestretch of the election year, questioning its response and spreading false information that its funding was going to migrants or foreign wars.

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