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FEMA, White House and disasters

CNN on MSN · 22h

The White House is approving disaster relief funds without notifying FEMA, leading to delays and confusion

President Donald Trump approved millions of dollars in assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Virginia, which was reeling from devastating winter storms and flooding. Gov. Glenn Youngkin,

Raw Story on MSN · 1d

'FEMA didn't get the memo': Chaos reported in White House response to disasters

Sources revealed a troubling pattern in Donald Trump's second term that has resulted in chaos and delays in approving disaster relief funds. Current and former officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency say communication and coordination with the White House and agency leaders has dwindled,

White House defends FEMA chief’s baffling hurricane comments

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the acting administrator's remarks about there not being a hurricane season was a joke.

Trump Is Changing FEMA

The New York Times · 4h

How Trump Is Changing FEMA as Hurricane Season Begins

As President Trump remakes the agency, former officials say the changes could leave states without key federal support after disasters.

NBC News on MSN · 1d

DHS says FEMA head was joking when he said he wasn't aware of hurricane season

President Donald Trump and his allies have repeatedly floated the idea of terminating the emergency disaster agency.

FEMA staff baffled after head said he was unaware of US hurricane season, sources say

The remark was made during a briefing by David Richardson, who has led the Federal Emergency Management Agency since early May.

8hon MSN

Joke or no joke, FEMA staff confused, concerned about budget cuts

The remark was made during a briefing by David Richardson, who has led FEMA since early May. The U.S. hurricane season ...

Boise State Public Radio14h

FEMA was starting to fix long-standing problems. Then came the Trump administration

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has a long history of failing to help those who need assistance the most after ...

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Trump’s new FEMA head makes a dangerous admission

Trump has been critical of FEMA in recent years and has even suggested that the agency be eliminated. He was also delayed in ...

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St. Louis waits for aid as FEMA response to Missouri disasters is slowest in 15 years

The wait for federal aid after tornadoes in St. Louis is part of a pattern in Donald Trump’s second term of longer waits and, ...

2don MSN

FEMA Scraps New Hurricane Plan and Reverts to Last Year’s

The agency’s leader suggested he recently learned there was an annual hurricane season.

Albuquerque Journal2d

Luján and Heinrich ask for FEMA reforms

New Mexico's senators are urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to improve its response to catastrophes in Western ...

2don MSNOpinion

FEMA Is Not Prepared

Reuters reported yesterday that acting FEMA head David Richardson suggested during a meeting with employees that he was ...

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What could FEMA cuts mean for communities along the Mississippi River?

An April report by a nonprofit environmental advocacy group named the Mississippi River as the most endangered in the United ...

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