Can Trump’s New FEMA Pick Save the Beleaguered Disaster Agency? May 13, 2026 By Zahra Hirji and Lauren Rosenthal President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote a memo last spring laying out how to...
FEMA Council Backs Overhaul of Disaster Response May 8, 2026 By Zahra Hirji and Lauren Rosenthal President Donald Trump’s task force for reforming the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday recommended sweeping changes to how the...
Toxic Gas-Emitting Plants Get Pollution Reprieve Under Trump April 16, 2026 By Leslie Kaufman and Zahra Hirji After teacher Janet Rau learned that a carcinogenic gas was being released from an industrial plant near her school in...
FEMA to Offer $1 Billion for Disaster Resilience After Lawsuit March 26, 2026 By Zahra Hirji and Lauren Rosenthal The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday it will fund up to $1 billion in disaster-resilient infrastructure under a grant...
3 Big Questions Facing FEMA With Kristi Noem Out March 9, 2026 By Zahra Hirji and Lauren Rosenthal President Donald Trump ousted Kristi Noem as head of the Department of Homeland Security, a move that will also have...
Cleaning Up Potomac River Sewer Spill Could Take Months February 26, 2026 By Zahra Hirji After a massive sewage spill in the Potomac River outside Washington, DC attracted the ire of President Donald Trump, federal...
Trump’s EPA Rollbacks Will Reverberate for ‘Decades’ February 13, 2026 By Zahra Hirji and Eric Roston US President Donald Trump is shrinking the Environmental Protection Agency more quickly and aggressively than ever before, culminating in this...
FEMA Puts Whistleblowers Back on Leave After Reinstatements December 4, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal and Zahra Hirji Days after reinstating a group of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees who raised concerns about the government’s disaster preparedness, federal...
FEMA Chief Resigns After Six Months, Criticism Over Floods November 17, 2025 By Zahra Hirji, Lauren Rosenthal and Myles Miller The Trump administration’s top official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, David Richardson, resigned on Monday after about six months...
Jamaica’s Grid Was Not Ready for Hurricane Melissa October 30, 2025 By Zahra Hirji After Hurricane Beryl devastated Jamaica’s grid last year, officials at the island’s sole utility vowed to fortify it. But the...