Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 250 million gallons of untreated wastewater on Jan. 19 spilled into the Potomac River, pictured in 2022 in Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump on Saturday approved a disaster declaration for Washington, D.C., over the Potomac River sewage disaster. The declaration will allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser declared an emergency on Wednesday and requested that President Donald Trump provide federal resources to help the city fight a sewage system ...

(The Hill) — President Donald Trump on Saturday approved Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s (D) request for federal disaster assistance as the nation’s capital works to clean-up the Potomac River ...

WASHINGTON — Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser declared an emergency on Wednesday and requested that President Donald Trump provide federal resources to help the city fight a sewage system leak ...