Tornado devastates Wisconsin town

A powerful EF-three tornado damaged or destroyed more than one thousand buildings in Menasha in July, carving a fourteen-mile path of destruction over more than twenty minutes. No one died.

CBS report prompts federal aid approval

President Trump approved nearly eighteen million dollars in federal disaster aid for Menasha one day after CBS Mornings aired a report on residents still awaiting assistance. Democratic Governor Tony Evers had formally requested aid on August twenty-sixth.

Analysis raises questions about politics

CBS News analysis of FEMA data found Trump approved eighty-five percent of disaster aid requests from states he won in twenty twenty-four, compared with only forty-six percent from states won by Kamala Harris. The White House denied politics played a role.

“There is no politicization to the President's decisions on disaster relief and the president responds to each request with great care and consideration.”