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FEMA, Trump and Hurricane Season

The New York Times · 15h

How Trump Is Changing FEMA as Hurricane Season Begins

As President Trump remakes the agency, former officials say the changes could leave states without key federal support after disasters.

Reuters on MSN · 2d

Explainer-What is FEMA, US emergency agency under fire from Trump?

Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after David Richardson, the head of the U.S. disaster agency, said he had not been aware the country had a hurricane season,

It's hurricane season. What's up with FEMA? Some New Orleans area leaders are worried.

Potential changes to FEMA — and the reimbursements it awards to parishes after storms — have some New Orleans leaders on edge this hurricane season.

FEMA, White House and disasters

CNN on MSN · 1d

The White House is approving disaster relief funds without notifying FEMA, leading to delays and confusion

President Donald Trump approved millions of dollars in assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Virginia, which was reeling from devastating winter storms and flooding. Gov. Glenn Youngkin,

Raw Story on MSN · 1d

'FEMA didn't get the memo': Chaos reported in White House response to disasters

Sources revealed a troubling pattern in Donald Trump's second term that has resulted in chaos and delays in approving disaster relief funds. Current and former officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency say communication and coordination with the White House and agency leaders has dwindled,

White House defends FEMA chief’s baffling hurricane comments

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the acting administrator's remarks about there not being a hurricane season was a joke.

18hon MSN

Joke or no joke, FEMA staff confused, concerned about budget cuts

The remark was made during a briefing by David Richardson, who has led FEMA since early May. The U.S. hurricane season ...

11h

FEMA to give Sanford fraction of cost to repair downtown marina

Sanford leaders are asking FEMA for a detailed explanation after learning the agency won’t approve many of the estimated ...

Black Hills Pioneer23m

Rhoden creates disaster preparedness task force as Trump cuts FEMA

Gov. Larry Rhoden signed an executive order this week to plan for future disasters as the Trump administration works to shift ...

1d

St. Louis waits for aid as FEMA response to Missouri disasters is slowest in 15 years

The wait for federal aid after tornadoes in St. Louis is part of a pattern in Donald Trump’s second term of longer waits and, ...

3d

How FEMA’s policy shift sidelines vulnerable communities during disasters

The Trump administration’s new FEMA policy talks about public involvement in planning but strips any mention of equity, ...

13hon MSN

No, FEMA's response to Joplin isn't comparable to St. Louis' historic tornado. Here's why

History shows the differences in FEMA's response to the two disasters in Missouri had less to do with Obama or Trump.

Don't get burned by wildfire assistance: 6 things to know about FEMA funds

Oklahomans are now able to receive assistance from FEMA for the March 14-21 wildfires, and officials are urging recipients to ...

LAist on MSN9h

FEMA was starting to fix long-standing problems. Then came the Trump administration

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has a long history of failing to help those who need assistance the most after ...

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