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FEMA is not shutting down but ‘rebranding’ to highlight local leaders’ roles in disaster response - In January, Trump floated ...
The governor was quick to request federal assistance last week after devastating floods hit the Texas Hill Country.
Rhetoric from Trump administration officials appears to be shifting more toward reforming the Federal Emergency Management ...
U.S. President Donald Trump has no immediate plans to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), despite ...
Speaking at the FEMA review council on Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called for FEMA to be eliminated in ...
As Trump heads to Texas to see the impact of last week’s deadly flash floods, the White House has backed away from plans to ...
President Donald Trump visited Texas to assess flood damage as his administration considers significant changes to FEMA.
Federal changes from the Trump administration will limit Washington state officials' direct contact with FEMA, potentially hindering disaster preparedness.
As far as what Trump can or can’t do, he has said he has broad authority to change the structure of FEMA. However, Congress will likely have to approve of some structural changes to how ...
The FEMA Review Council, among other things, is eyeing how states qualify for federal aid and differing levels of federal support for natural disasters.
FEMA wasn’t designed to meet our changing climate. “FEMA and the structure of disaster response and its inception was really designed to handle maybe one or two major disaster recoveries at a ...