Anonymous5 days ago
The longest DHS shutdown in U.S. history has compounded months of delays in distributing $625 million in congressionally appropriated World Cup security funding to 11 host cities, leaving local governments scrambling to finalize security plans with less than 80 days before kickoff. While FEMA formally awarded the grants in mid-March, the compressed timeline, TSA staffing hemorrhage, and suspended federal training exercises have raised bipartisan alarm — including from Senator John Fetterman, the sole Democrat to vote for DHS funding — that preparations for what amounts to 78 simultaneous Super Bowls are falling dangerously behind schedule.