Could states handle disaster response without FEMA?
Imagine a world in which a hurricane devastates the Gulf Coast, and the United States has no federal agency prepared to ...
Trump calls for FEMA to be ‘terminated,’ says states should own disaster relief
President Donald Trump Tuesday called for the dissolving of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and said disaster relief ...
Elon Musk’s agents have gained access to FEMA’s sensitive disaster data
Representatives from Elon Musk’s DOGE were said to be examining data on FEMA grants, according to staff members.
Crashes and Disasters
Federal disaster aid is nearly everywhere. About 94% of Americans live in a county that has gotten Federal Emergency ...
Inside FEMA’s sickening history of misspending billions of taxpayers’ dollars — and going largely unchecked
The most recent audit of the embattled disaster response agency claimed it mismanaged nearly $10 billion during the COVID ...
Grand Forks Herald7dOpinion
American opinion: Federal emergency management could use reform, not elimination
The leading criticism of FEMA — and of federal disaster response as a whole — is that it is focused on recovery after ...
If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response alone?
FEMA pools national resources to help states quickly manage disasters. Without that federal support, each state would be left ...
The Hill10d
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 ...
Noozhawk2d
Robert Lewin: Local Communities Need FEMA as Safety Net in Disasters
I have been to countless emergencies and disasters, many of which received a presidential major disaster declaration. The Federal Emergency Management ...