{"id":11186,"date":"2025-07-11T23:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T23:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/trump-tours-texas-flood-damage-as-fema-questions-grow\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T23:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T23:21:09","slug":"trump-tours-texas-flood-damage-as-fema-questions-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/trump-tours-texas-flood-damage-as-fema-questions-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tours Texas flood damage as FEMA questions grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"video-page\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-testid=\"video-page__player\"><picture class data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1240px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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