Trump wants to get rid of FEMA. The future of disaster relief would be grim
“FEMA has turned out to be a disaster,” Trump said in North Carolina on Friday while on a multistate tour to areas still recovering from the effects of last year’s Hurricane Helene and the ongoing wildfires near Los Angeles. “I think we recommend that FEMA go away.”
Get rid of FEMA? Trump-appointed group to look at shifting disaster response to states
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 government’s role onto states.
Recent comments by President Trump have stirred discussions, as he suggested that FEMA might need to be revamped or possibly ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson is backing a variety of play calls President Trump made in his first week in office, including a ...
National Guard soldiers, FEMA employees and aid workers unload ... (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Ahead of a tour of two states recently struck by natural disasters, President Donald Trump ...
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They registered for FEMA assistance, but got a letter of non-approval. After a 90-minute call to the agency’s helpline and a ...
In North Carolina, FEMA seemed completely incapable of dealing with the unique and dangerous mountainous terrain that many ...
A Tuesday order from President Donald Trump that froze federal funding to assess diversity programs and organizations that ...
The agency was created in the late 1970s and is tasked with helping states and communities impacted by disasters nationwide.
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz was in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night for a meeting with fellow county executive leaders to discuss issues associated with FEMA.
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