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Floods put Abbott, a disaster veteran, at crossroads of Trump’s FEMA rebrand
Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott participated in the first meeting of a new ...
Trump's cost-cutting efforts delayed FEMA's response to Texas floods, officials say
Some FEMA officials claim President Trump's cost-cutting policies are to blame for the delayed response to the disastrous ...
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Floods trigger renewed debate over FEMA and disaster politics
The Trump administration's is talking about remaking the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, as disasters unfold ...
FEMA’s Texas-sized test
Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) participated in the first meeting of a new ...
Trump administration rhetoric on FEMA moves toward reform rather than termination
Rhetoric from Trump administration officials appears to be shifting more toward reforming the Federal Emergency Management ...
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Noem Defends FEMA Amid Texas Flood Response Criticism
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended FEMAs response to the devastating Texas floods that killed over 120 people ...
Kristi Noem backtracks on FEMA, says Trump wants it 'remade'
In a shift, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared on Sunday to walk back earlier plans for a sweeping dismantling of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, saying Trump wants to "remake" ...
Texas flooding, and politics around it, underscore challenges Trump faces in replacing FEMA
After months of promises to overhaul or eliminate FEMA, Trump and his administration are touting a fast and robust federal ...
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Texas missed opportunities to prepare for Hill Country flood, former FEMA chief of staff says
Michael Coen, chief of staff of FEMA under former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, called on the state to be more ...