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The 2021 Caldor fire was a wake-up call for California's El Dorado County. The community is one of hundreds around the country waiting on a backlog at FEMA that's holding up disaster preparation projects.
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Communities are waiting on billions in disaster funding from the Trump administration
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States say disaster funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has slowed to a trickle under the Trump administration. That's delaying projects to protect communities from wildfires and hurricanes.
The Labor Department says the vast majority of new jobs created over the last year went to women, most of them in health care.
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Women are getting most of the new jobs. What's going on with men?
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There's growing disquiet in the military. The Iran war made it worse
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‘We need new blood’: Texas voters look for leadership changes, fresh faces this election year
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