Twenty-five Democratic state attorneys general have filed suit against the Trump White House, alleging it has politicized federal disaster assistance by imposing unlawful conditions on FEMA grants. The lawsuit challenges what the states characterize as partisan withholding of federal funds.
Twenty-five Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C., sued the Trump administration on July 24 over new conditions for Federal Emergency Management Agency grants. A federal judge accused the administration of 'covertly' withholding disaster relief funds for blue states.