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

It was a problem when the acting FEMA chief jokingly said he didn't know the U.S. has a hurricane season, but it wasn't the ...

David Richardson’s comment to staff that he was unaware the United States had a hurricane season was meant in jest, the ...

For the 2024 fiscal year, the federal government made roughly a $6.8 trillion business in terms of outlays to fund a broad ...

Since President Trump took office, disasters like the recent St. Louis tornado no longer get quick responses from FEMA.

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, ...

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

Scholars who study emergency management are concerned by both the reduction in capacity and the “brain drain” of experienced staff. “There’s really been a brain drain within FEMA in ...