FEMA is losing scores of employees. That could slow disaster response.
Hundreds of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees were fired as part of a wave of terminations of federal workers ...
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FEMA Steps Up: Lifeline for LA Fire Victims When Insurance Falls Short
Amid the devastation of recent LA wildfires, FEMA announced that it may step in to assist victims if their insurance claims are delayed or denied. This potential aid aims to provide timely relief for ...
Exclusive: FEMA firings reveal roiling tension and confusion within the Department of Homeland Security
One week into the Trump administration, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued a directive that the Federal Emergency ...
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No, the president cannot eliminate federal agencies such as FEMA by executive order
While touring disaster areas in North Carolina and California on Jan. 24, 2025, President Donald Trump said he was considering getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Top FEMA Official Is Fired Over Payments for N.Y.C. Migrant Shelters
The Trump administration fired the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s chief financial officer and three others after Elon ...
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Trump’s talking about shutting down FEMA. Republicans hate that idea.
Deeply red states are experiencing some of the costliest disasters, and lawmakers from those states fear that eliminating Federal Emergency Management Agency would leave them on the hook for ...
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Don’t Eliminate FEMA. Reform It.
Mary Ellen Klas is a politics and policy columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. A former capital bureau chief for the Miami Herald, she has covered politics and government for more than three decades.
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Republicans from disaster-prone areas back Trump’s push to overhaul FEMA
Republican lawmakers, including those from disaster-prone areas, are backing President Trump’s calls to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). “We need a FEMA that looks like ...
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Video of Hurricane Helene survivor moving into apartment captured under Biden | Fact check
"#BREAKING: Western North Carolina residents who have been sitting in FEMA hotels for months, are now being moved rapidly into long-term, fully furnished apartments," reads text within the post ...
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FEMA answers your questions about L.A. wildfire recovery, relief
A big part of the puzzle aimed at recovery is FEMA disaster assistance. ABC7 Eyewitness News talked to Brandi Richard Thompson, public affairs officer for FEMA Region IX, about what people need to ...
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Trump said he wants to overhaul or eliminate FEMA. Here are disaster-fighting efforts that could be at risk.
"I think we're going to recommend that FEMA go away," Trump said in a press conference in North Carolina on Friday. Trump critisized the Federal Emergency Management Agency as "slow" and ...
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Trump floats overhauling or eliminating FEMA while touring hurricane damage in North Carolina
President Donald Trump on Friday floated the idea of overhauling or eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, while visiting North Carolina to view the aftermath of last year's ...