Trump said he wants to overhaul or eliminate FEMA. Here are disaster-fighting efforts that could be at risk.
FEMA provides funds to governments and individuals to rebuild after natural disasters, but Trump has criticized it for being too slow and costly.
Trump’s plan to eliminate FEMA is a very bad idea
Trump’s announcement to overhaul or eliminate FEMA — especially in the midst of an ongoing disaster — is unreasonable and foolish. In a Fox News interview on Jan. 22, Trump suggested that FEMA would be facing a reckoning.
FEMA faces shakeup under Trump while it wrestles with disasters on both coasts
President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to disasters in California and North Carolina.
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Trump needs to transform FEMA, not shut it down
Rather than dismantling FEMA, we need to reimagine it as an elite federal agency capable of managing the increasingly complex and severe disasters of a polycrisis age.
Trump is ‘right to assess’ FEMA, House Speaker Johnson says
La., addressed President Donald Trump’s decision to fire 18 inspectors general at various federal agencies and defended his controversial executive orders and actions.
Florida mayor to Trump: Please do something abut FEMA
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White House Rescinds Order Freezing Federal Grants After Widespread Confusion
Officials said the decision to halt loans and grants was necessary to ensure spending complies with recent executive orders.
Trump claims FEMA is getting ‘in the way’ and pitches abolishing it during first interview since return to White House
Trump claims FEMA is getting ‘in the way’ and pitches abolishing it during first interview since return to White House - ...
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Donald Trump sounds the same. His White House — so far — couldn't be more different
The marathon Q&A sessions are back, along with the cream Oval Office rug and the Diet Coke button on the Resolute Desk. So, ...
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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 ...
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Trump lambasts FEMA response to LA fires: ‘Incompetently run’
President Donald Trump blasted the Federal Emergency Management Agency‘s response to the fires ravaging California. During a tense press conference with local officials, Trump repeatedly ...
Trump 2nd term live updates: White House confirms outage of Medicaid portal
President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.
White House defends freezing funds as 'reasonable' while Democrats express 'extreme alarm'
The order is "a potential five-alarm fire" for organizations that serve communities, nonprofit group executive says.
Trump grants FEMA more power to combat LA wildfires after threatening to curtail agency
Trump signed an executive order giving FEMA more authority in overseeing the LA wildfire aid relief after threatening to overhaul the agency.