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Trump suffers lawsuit defeat after judge slams staffing plan 'pulled from thin air’
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with travel executives in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 2, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
FEMA Was Ordered to Invent a Reason for Its Own Destruction
The Number Came First
The Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security ordered FEMA to plan for cutting its workforce from roughly 23,000 employees to 11,500 by the end of fiscal year 2026. Agency specialists recommended maintaining or increasing staffing. Their expertise did not shape the decision. According to the…
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