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

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President Donald Trump has initiated disaster relief for eight states hit by massive storms in March. Despite this, ...

The Trump administration ... the Federal Emergency Management Agency,” Hamilton told the committee. “Having said that, I’m not in a position to make decisions and impact outcomes on whether ...

As a candidate, the president spread misinformation about the Hurricane Helene recovery efforts, convincing many survivors that the federal government was out to get them.

“Having said that, I am not in a position to make decisions and impact outcomes.” The comments broke with Trump and his cohort’s staunch opposition to FEMA. Trump told reporters during a Jan ...

On Wednesday afternoon, Hamilton told House lawmakers on the appropriations committee for homeland security that he did not believe the agency should be abolished ... impact outcomes." The comments ...

(Reuters) - David Richardson, the new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said on Thursday that states would in ...

Trump wants FEMA to be shrunk or even abolished, arguing that many of its functions can be carried out by the states. The changes have, however, disrupted the agency's planning for the hurricane ...

President Donald Trump has approved a federal disaster declaration for Kansas that was requested by Gov. Laura Kelly and ...