## Trump Looked Up How Many Votes He Got in Wildfire-Torn Area Before Agreeing to Provide Disaster Aid, Officials Claim

Authored by people.com

Former officials in Donald Trump's White House have dropped new bombshell claims that the previous president wanted to withhold federal disaster aid in states that were not Republican-leaning during his time as commander in chief.

In one shocking instance — during the deadly California wildfires in 2018 — Harvey claims that Trump initially refused to approve disaster aid because the state is historically Democratic.

Harvey alleges that the then-president only changed his mind after staff made the case that Orange County, where fire was spreading, largely supported Trump.

Troye alleges that Trump refused to sign documents approving aid as president, despite pleas from local politicians, leading her to repeatedly call on Pence to step in.

Trump also falsely claimed that President Joe Biden was dodging calls from Georgia's Republican governor amid the storm, which the governor himself debunked.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre shut down the remarks, noting that officials have rescued and supported more than 1,400 people impacted by the deadly storm.

"This is their job — to get food there, to get generators there, to save some lives, to rescue people. »

### Biden administration can move forward with student loan forgiveness, federal judge rules

Authored by cnbc.com

A federal judge will let expire a temporary restraining order against the Biden administration's sweeping new student loan forgiveness plan, which could deliver relief to tens of millions of Americans.

The ruling means President Joe Biden may move forward with his administration's student loan forgiveness plan, just weeks before the November election.

The judge directed the case to be transferred to Missouri, since the states claim Biden's plan would most harm student loan servicer Mohela, or the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority. »

### Paralyzed Man Unable to Walk After Maker of His Powered Exoskeleton Tells Him It's Now Obsolete

Authored by futurism.com

But it turned him away, claiming his exoskeleton was too old, 404 media reports.

"After 371,091 steps my exoskeleton is being retired after 10 years of unbelievable physical therapy," Michael Straight posted on Facebook earlier this month.

More on exoskeletons: New Pair of Pants Has a Built-In Powered Exoskeleton. »

### World of Warcraft's Latest Expansion Wiped Out Some Guilds' Inventories Seemingly For Good, and Players Are Furious

Authored by ign.com

World of Warcraft's latest expansion, The War Within, has been out for over a month now, and things are going great.

While initially some players suspected thieving guild members or some sort of visual bug, as more reports came in, the reality became increasingly clear.

Without warning, hundreds of guilds had seen massive amounts of items sitting inside their banks wiped out by the 11.0.2 patch with seemingly no rhyme or reason. »

### 'White male in his 50s or 60s' cited for killing geese in Springfield Ohio — not Haitians

Authored by rawstory.com

It turns out that someone was illegally killing geese in Springfield, Ohio, but it wasn't a Haitian immigrant.

The second goose was wounded and as he collected it the man twisted it breaking its neck.

"Mr. Comer advised that he thought the golf course had a nuisance permit and that he could shoot the geese.". »

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