States challenge Trump’s move to tie disaster aid to election, immigration policies

Twenty-six states are suing the Trump administration for the third time to protect their federal aid for counterterrorism and disasters.

By: Dana DiFilippo

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: July 23, 2026

Words: 775

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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Twenty-six states accuse the Trump administration in a new lawsuit of illegally threatening to withhold billions in counterterrorism and emergency preparedness funds from states that don’t adopt sweeping election changes or cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security made policy changes in June that condition such aid on states’ compliance with President Donald Trump’s political goals.

But the Trump administration …

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