Several states are suing the Trump administration over recent and "inappropriate barriers" conditioning the release of grant funding administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Over the summer, FEMA issued two new notices about two decades-old programs that help states manage and plan wide-scale emergency response efforts and anti-terrorism capacity, respectively.

On Tuesday, in a 35-page complaint , 12 states, led by Michigan , say the notices issued by FEMA "both contain unlawful terms" that impinge on congressional authority and violate the Administrative Procedure Act, the federal statute governing agency behavior.

"Both terms erect inappropriate barriers to Plaintiff States' access to the grant funds—functionally defunding state and local police agencies and eme

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