Trump Orders Feds to Clean Potomac Sewage Spill

February 17, 2026·28 days ago·via Fox News Politics

President Trump directs federal authorities, including FEMA, to take charge of the massive Potomac River sewage crisis after a collapsed 1960s-era pipe dumped nearly 250 million gallons of wastewater into the river last month. Trump blasts Maryland Democrat Governor Wes Moore for gross mismanagement, noting local leaders turned our nation's capital waterway into an ecological disaster zone with skyrocketing E. coli levels. Read more about this...

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