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November 24, 2025

Trump Denied Federal Disaster Aid to Chicago Residents After Two Major Storms
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President Trump denied federal disaster aid to thousands of Chicago
residents, even though his administration documented extraordinary
damage from two major storms this summer. That's according to Politico,
which reports it's the first time since at least 2007 that any president
has refused to help residents recover from such extensive damage to
their homes. Trump's denial stunned former FEMA officials. It comes
after Trump said Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon
Johnson should be jailed over their resistance to Trump's surge of
federal immigration agents and National Guard forces into the Chicago
region.


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