President Trump has pledged to reform FEMA, while suggesting it should be done away with. Two Floridians who used to lead the ...

In the latest of a series of moves aimed at cutting federal government spending, President Donald Trump has suggested ...

Several residents had to be rescued from their homes over the weekend as floodwaters inundated communities around the commonwealth.

In a speech, Mayor Eric Adams of New York did not address whether the Justice Department’s order that his federal corruption ...

State and local emergency managers are facing a serious question in the wake of President Donald Trump’s first few weeks in office: When disaster strikes, will they be able to count on the federal ...

promising that Trump and his administration will move “lightning quick” to provide aid to the region. Some of the changes ...

A recent suggestion from President Donald J. Trump that the Federal Emergency Management Agency be eliminated is not getting ...

FEMA’s role is to support state and local governments by coordinating federal agencies and providing financial aid and recovery assistance that states would otherwise struggle to supply on their own.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said all Americans “will be treated the same” by the retooled disaster agency.

He said states would best take care of hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires on their own, with the federal government reimbursing some of the costs. He convened a council to review FEMA and recommend ...