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Yesterday — 11 December 2025Main stream

FEMA Is Forcing Towns to Fend for Themselves, and Trump Opens ‘Gold Card’ Visa Applications

Plus, the secret to selling 150 million books.

© Wesley Lapointe for The New York Times

The Federal Emergency Management Agency rejected requests for federal assistance after floods in western Maryland, part of a larger pattern of making communities pay for disaster recovery.

Denied Federal Disaster Aid, a Town in Trump Country Feels Forgotten

11 December 2025 at 02:33
FEMA rejected requests for federal assistance, twice, after devastating floods in western Maryland, part of a larger pattern of making communities pay for their own disaster recovery.

© Wesley Lapointe for The New York Times

Spring flooding in Allegany County, Md., caused an estimated $33.7 million in damage.
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