House Dems seek GAO probe on Trump's disaster declarations after high-profile denials

A pair of House Democrats is asking a congressional watchdog to probe the Trump administration’s disaster declarations after high-profile denials of disaster aid requests. Reps. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Timothy Kennedy (D-N.Y.) asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to look into the criteria used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine whether to recommend the president...