{"id":2471248,"date":"2025-08-05T18:33:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T22:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-trump-admin-from-reallocating-disaster-prevention-funds\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T18:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T22:36:08","slug":"judge-blocks-trump-admin-from-reallocating-disaster-prevention-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-trump-admin-from-reallocating-disaster-prevention-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge blocks Trump admin from reallocating disaster prevention funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-blocks-trump-admin-from-reallocating-disaster-prevention-funds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2471248&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge has blocked the Trump governance from reallocating billions of dollars away from FEMA&#8217;s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) disaster prevention program. Judge richard Stearns of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction stopping the administration&#8217;s efforts to terminate the program and redirect its funds. The BRIC program provides grants to states for projects aimed at mitigating disaster risks through infrastructure improvements. Twenty Democratic-led states filed the lawsuit last month, arguing that ending BRIC woudl delay or cancel critical mitigation projects, increasing disaster risks for communities. Although the Trump administration claimed it had not officially ended the program and was still considering next steps, the court found evidence that FEMA had already begun shutting down funding opportunities and moving toward termination. The administration warned that the injunction could limit FEMA&#8217;s flexibility in responding to emergencies, but the judge sided with the states to preserve the program for now.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Judge blocks Trump administration from <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >reallocating disaster prevention funds<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2197410\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A federal judge prevented the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump administration\">Trump administration<\/a> from reallocating billions of <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">dolla<\/span>rs to a&nbsp;FEMA&nbsp;disaster prevention program on&nbsp;Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Richard Stearns of the United States District <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/courts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Court\">Court<\/a> for the District of Massachusetts granted a <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.mad.286918\/gov.uscourts.mad.286918.79.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"preliminary injunction\">preliminary injunction<\/a> blocking allocated funds from being steered away from FEMA&rsquo;s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program. The program awards grants to fund projects in states that aim to mitigate disaster risks before they happen through infrastructure improvements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3491209\/trump-administration-considers-release-ghislaine-maxwell-interview\/\">Trump administration reportedly considers release of Ghislaine Maxwell interview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3491161\/justice-department-sanctuary-cities-states-list-eradicate\/\">Trump DOJ lists sanctuary cities and states it wants to &#8216;eradicate&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3490002\/supreme-court-examine-racial-redistricting-law-voting-rights-act-new-maps\/\">Supreme Court will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-day-where-voters-head-to-the-polls-on-tuesday\/\" title=\"Election Day: Where voters head to the polls on Tuesday\">examine racial redistricting law<\/a> as other states consider new maps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Although the Government equivocates about whether it has, in fact, ended the BRIC program, the States&rsquo; evidence of steps taken by FEMA to implement the announced termination portend the conclusion that a determination has in fact been made and that FEMA is inching towards a fait accompli,&rdquo; Stearns wrote in the order.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The agency has cancelled new funding opportunities and informed stakeholders that they should no longer expect to obtain any unobligated funds in existing projects,&rdquo; the order continued.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3473089\/democratic-states-trump-fema-lawsuit-axed-disaster-prevention-funds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"filed last month\">filed last month<\/a> by 20 Democratic-led states after the Trump administration announced in April that it planned to end the BRIC program. The administration had argued in court filings that, despite an initial announcement of the program&rsquo;s termination in April, it had not ended the program or reallocated any funds and was still exploring what to do with BRIC.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;DHS and FEMA continue to evaluate whether to end the BRIC program or to revise it in a manner consistent to achieve its original purpose,&rdquo; the administration said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.mad.286918\/gov.uscourts.mad.286918.58.0_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"filing\">filing<\/a>. &ldquo;Any final agency decisions regarding the future of the BRIC program, however, will need to be approved by the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary of DHS.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The administration also warned that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-asks-supreme-court-to-rule-over-judges-lawless-act-of-defiance-in-south-sudan-deportation-case-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"DOJ asks Supreme Court to rule over judge\u2019s \u2018lawless act of defiance\u2019 in South Sudan deportation case - Washington Examiner\">preliminary injunction &#038;ldquo<\/a>;would not preserve the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-firebrand-ben-gvir-challenges-netanyahu-on-temple-mount-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Israeli firebrand Ben Gvir challenges Netanyahu on Temple Mount - Washington Examiner\">status quo&#038;rdquo<\/a>; but &ldquo;would instead impose a new and significant restriction on FEMA&rsquo;s emergency response flexibility, potentially limiting the agency&rsquo;s ability to respond to major disasters in real time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3488599\/judges-emotional-trump-efforts-end-temporary-immigration-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"JUDGES GET EMOTIONAL ON TRUMP EFFORTS TO END TEMPORARY IMMIGRATION PROGRAMS\">JUDGES GET EMOTIONAL ON TRUMP EFFORTS TO END TEMPORARY IMMIGRATION PROGRAMS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an April announcement that BRIC was &ldquo;ending,&rdquo; a FEMA spokesperson called the program &ldquo;yet another example of a wasteful and ineffective FEMA program&rdquo; and said &ldquo;it was more concerned with political agendas than helping Americans affected by natural disasters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In their complaint to the court, the states alleged that ending the BRIC would force jurisdictions to &ldquo;delay, scale back, or cancel hundreds of mitigation projects depending on this funding&rdquo; 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