Trump Is Threatening to Hold Wildfire Aid Hostage. Can He Really Do That?

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. During the heat of the presidential campaign in September, then-candidate Donald Trump made an extraordinary threat. He vowed that if California suffered a wildfire during his presidency, he’d withhold disaster aid from the state unless Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a document […]