A federal judge prevented the Trump administration from reallocating billions of dollars to a FEMA disaster prevention program on Tuesday.

Judge Richard Stearns of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction blocking allocated funds from being steered away from FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program. The program awards grants to fund projects in states that aim to mitigate disaster risks before they happen through infrastructure improvements.

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