A push from both chambers of Congress would instead seek to install FEMA as a Cabinet-level agency, effectively moving the ...

Veda Rose Knappenberger lost everything in March when a tornado tore up her house in Cave City, Arkansas, leaving her bruised ...

Experts say recent turmoil at FEMA will leave millions of people vulnerable as climate change-fueled disasters get worse in ...

Republican lawmakers expressed concerns Thursday over a Trump administration proposal to restructure the Federal Emergency ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is preparing for a major overhaul that could lead to office closures, workforce reductions, and a shift in focus toward state and local disaster ...

New FEMA Head Says He Will 'Run Right Over' Staff Who Resist His Changes By Leah Douglas and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) -David Richardson, the new head of the Federal Emergency Management ...

One cut by Trump — the cancellation of a multibillion-dollar grant program for states to protect against natural disasters — ...

The new head of the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country warned staff in a meeting Friday not to try to impede upcoming changes, saying that “I will run right ...

"This change will apply to most FEMA positions, as two-year and four ... employees has been frozen until further notice, except for political appointees. In a statement to CBS News on Saturday ...

To prepare for the Big One, California was counting on a $33 million grant to strengthen old apartment buildings.

In a statement, a FEMA spokesperson called the BRIC program “wasteful and ineffective,” claiming it was “more concerned with political ... these proposed changes could not come at a more ...

“The BRIC program was yet another example of a wasteful and ineffective FEMA program. It was more concerned with political agendas ... goes to address climate change or that promotes diversity ...