Trump Administration Targets Resiliency Funds to Shrink FEMA’s Role May 30, 2025 By Zahra Hirji When a series of deadly storms and tornadoes pummeled Arkansas in mid-March, downing power lines and tearing up homes, Governor...
Trump Plans to Merge Wildland Firefighting Efforts into One Agency, But Ex-Officials Warn of Chaos May 20, 2025 By Matthew Brown President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to merge the government’s wildland firefighting efforts into a single agency, a move some...
FEMA Chief Says Agency Will Raise State Burden for Disasters to 50% May 15, 2025 By Leah Douglas and Nathan Layne David Richardson, the new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said on Thursday that states would in the future...
Acting FEMA Chief Is Ousted After Less Than 4 Months May 9, 2025 By Chad Hemenway Less than a month before hurricane season, the acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been fired.
Loss of FEMA Program Spells Disaster for Hundreds of Communities And Their Projects April 30, 2025 By Jack Brook The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials...
FEMA Denies Washington State Disaster Relief From Bomb Cyclone, Governor Says April 16, 2025 By Lisa Baumann The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied Washington state’s request for emergency relief funds to help repair an estimated $34...
1-in-7 U.S Homeowners Uninsured, Report Shows March 24, 2025 Nearly one-in-seven U.S. homes are uninsured, and 11.3 million out of 82.9 million owner-occupied homes (13.6%) are uninsured, a new...
FEMA Cancels Classes at National Fire Academy Amid Federal Funding Cuts March 11, 2025 By Christine Fernando The country’s preeminent federal fire training academy canceled classes, effective immediately, on Saturday amid the ongoing flurry of funding freezes...
FEMA to Borrow $2B to Pay Flood Claims After Hurricanes Helene and Milton February 13, 2025 By Chad Hemenway The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it needs to borrow $2 billion from the U.S. Treasury to cover claims from...
Trump Questions FEMA’s Future Just When LA Needs It Most January 25, 2025 By Zahra Hirji Fire-wracked Los Angeles, facing its worst natural disaster in decades, has never needed the Federal Emergency Management Agency more. As...