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U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Farmers Branch, is pushing the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee to convene an oversight ...
Among other things, he removed $150 million slated to improve modeling, predictions, and public communications.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been exerting more direct control over the agency, which President Donald Trump ...
NBC News' Ryan Chandler spoke with Texas Senator Ted Cruz about the floods and Cruz's stance on the importance of FEMA.
The federal response to the flash flooding disaster in Texas has come under scrutiny. President Trump, who has called for ...
The National Weather Service issued several forecasts Tuesday through Thursday morning, warning of the risk of flash flooding ...
President Trump wants to shutter the agency and shift responsibility and costs of emergency management to the states. In ...
Beast reported that while rescue teams searched floodwaters in Texas, Cruz remained in Greece, continuing to sightsee.
President Donald Trump’s approach to the federal government has been to cut, cut, cut, which means when there is a disaster in which the government plays a role, he will have to expect questions about ...
Every year, millions of Americans rely on FEMA assistance after hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and other disasters. The president says state governments should do more.
He said FEMA is “again at a critical juncture” 20 years after Hurricane Katrina. “Disasters are becoming more frequent, challenging and complex at the national level,” Cooper said.
The leadership change at FEMA comes shortly before the start of hurricane season, and as the Trump administration weighs the role the agency should play in disasters going forward.