Kristi Noem blames Democrats for shutdown holding up $625m in World Cup funding

Shutdown affecting Fema has caused delay in delivery Host city officials concerned about ability to stage events Representative Nellie Pou: ‘Time for DHS to do its job’ Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, replied forcefully on Thursday to concerns about a holdup of federal funding for this summer’s World Cup, confirming that “no funds have been awarded yet” in a post on X. About $625m in grants administered by the Federal Emergency Management Authority (Fema) were authorized l...

By Pablo Iglesias Maurer