President Trump recently floated the idea of getting rid of FEMA. It would take an act of Congress to make that happen.
The president issued an executive order Friday launching a year-long review of the agency’s recent disaster responses.
From natural disasters to homeland security, FEMA’s development tells the story of resilience, adaptation and innovation in emergency management
Find out more about the likelihood of President Donald Trump actually eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency after suggesting the idea on Friday.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) praised President Donald Trump’s actions since taking office just one week ago, arguing there is a “new sheriff in town” and there will be “no daylight” between Congress and the White House on addressing issues including immigration,
Cameron Hamilton does not appear to have experience coordinating responses to large-scale disasters, like the wildfires in California.
Congress later wrote FEMA into law in 1984 ... and mitigate the effects of nonterrorist-related disasters in the United States.”
Western North Carolina's Congressman, U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, has been asked by President Trump to help overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency, thanks to his appointment to a newly created FEMA task force.
Governors and state legislatures may have to bolster their natural disaster response and recovery efforts in the coming years as President Donald Trump looks for ways to shift the federal
Since former President Jimmy Carter created FEMA in 1979, it has become a massive federal agency with a budget of $29.5 billion in fiscal 2023.
New Mexico Democrats on Tuesday lambasted President Donald Trump’s order for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans, saying it created “chaos” and could potentially have dire consequences for many programs in a state that historically has received large amounts of federal aid.
President Donald Trump jetted off for the first trip of his second administration to tour one sprawling disaster zone after the other. The president is in California where he'll survey damage from the wildfires that are ravaging the Los Angeles area.