Posted on 10/16/2025 5:22:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Summary
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to shift terrorism prevention funding from Democratic-led states toward those led by Republicans, government records show, as it overhauls a $1 billion program created after the 9/11 attacks.
Twelve Democratic-led states are suing to block the cuts, alleging that the Trump administration is trying to punish them for not cooperating with federal immigration agents.
The Trump administration released estimates in late summer for how much money each state should expect to receive from the program. But it later changed the totals, according to notices the states received in late September from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Wisconsin, North Carolina and Ohio, which Trump won in 2024, saw the biggest percentage increase among states, according to federal records reviewed by Reuters.
Democratic-party leaning Washington, D.C., Illinois and New Jersey saw particularly sharp decreases, with Washington’s total cut by 70%, Illinois by 69% and New Jersey by 49% compared to what the administration previously said they would receive. California also lost 31%.
ADMINISTRATION SAYS UNTRUE TO SUGGEST CHANGES ARE POLITICAL
A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA, said in a statement that the new funding totals give “greater weight” to threats from transnational organized crime, opens new tab, defined as criminal organizations that operate across international borders. It also accounts for “illegal border crossings,” the spokesperson said.
The U.S. Congress created the program, called Homeland Security Grants, after the September 11, 2001, attacks to help states and cities prevent terrorism and other violent threats.
While the spending is only a fraction of the money states receive from the federal...
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It isn’t as if the blue states will use the funds for their stated purpose. President Trump plays hardball.
Haha...we’re on to you demcommies...you create problems, and then create programs ($$$) to solve them.
I don’t think of Hawaii and Colorado as “right wing states”.
F’n Reuters rat hacks the lot of them
“Twelve Democratic-led states are suing to block the cuts, alleging that the Trump administration is trying to punish them for not cooperating with federal immigration agents.”
If they don’t cooperate with the federal government, why should they get federal money?
Break away blue state governors have chosen their own fate.
It’s no one’s fault, but theirs!
Their illogical brains are on display.
Writing off the hopeless cases.
According to the Democrats, terrorists aren’t real anyway.
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