Trump directs federal gov’t to protect Potomac River from sewer leak

The federal government is stepping in to help protect the Potomac River after a sewage mishap. The collapse of a major sewer pipe in the DC suburbs of Montgomery County, Maryland, has caused an overflow of more than 240 million gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River. On Monday, President Trump accused Maryland’s Democratic governor of mismanagement and directed the federal government to step in. But the governor’s office pushed back and said the leak is the federal government’s responsibility.