Imagine a world in which a hurricane devastates the Gulf Coast, and the U.S. has no federal agency prepared to quickly send ...

Kristi Noem looks to scrap FEMA and eliminate funding for emergency prep and long-term rebuilding - Government could move ...

This executive order follows Trump's previous vow to reduce or eliminate FEMA’s role in disaster response, shifting more ...

FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Monday that will put states and local jurisdictions in the driver's seat of preparing and responding to disasters, Fox News ...

President Donald Trump appears to be serious about getting the federal government out of disaster response. Earlier this week, his secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem, said in a Cabinet ...

In a catastrophic disaster, every second counts and accountability isn’t just a bureaucratic ideal — it’s the foundation of an effective, ethical and life-saving response. Trump is ...

Hundreds of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees were fired as part of a wave of terminations of federal workers over the holiday weekend and Tuesday, according to agency officials.

“To be clear, the Trump Administration attempting to put the burden of emergency response and recovery on individual states defies logic when the Federal government has extraordinary ...

Kevin Sweeney, who is the deputy state director of emergency management. The typical response time to a request for reimbursement to FEMA had been three-seven business days, he added. FEMA is the ...

Officials are looking to rebrand FEMA, put some of its functions under White House control, and narrow the federal role in disaster response to immediate life-saving and providing emergency ...