FEMA Head Said He Was Unaware of US Hurricane Season, Sources Say June 3, 2025 By Leah Douglas, Ted Hesson and Nathan Layne Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency...
Trump Administration Is Rolling Out a New Way 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...
FEMA Senior Officials Exit as Trump Targets Agency May 22, 2025 By Nathan Layne and Ted Hesson The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the departure of 16 senior executives on Wednesday, a significant shakeup of its...
While FEMA Faces Overhaul, Mississippi Tornado Survivors Wait for Assistance May 22, 2025 By Sophie Bates More than two months after a tornado demolished his Mississippi home, Brian Lowery still sifts through the rubble, hoping to...
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...
‘Don’t Get in My Way,’ the New Acting Head of FEMA Warns Staff May 12, 2025 By Gabriela Aoun Angueira and Rebecca Santana The new head of the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country warned staff in a meeting...
Acting FEMA Chief Is Ousted After Less Than 4 Months May 8, 2025 By Chad Hemenway Less than a month before the start of hurricane season, the acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has...
Loss of FEMA Program Spells Disaster for Hundreds of Communities and 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...
Judge Declines to Force FEMA to Release Funds to Upgrade US Emergency Alert System March 20, 2025 By Michael Kunzelman A federal judge on Monday declined to force the Trump administration to immediately reimburse dozens of public broadcasting stations for...
FEMA Cancels Classes at National Fire Academy Amid Federal Funding Cuts March 10, 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...