Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., has released Russell Vought's responses to a questionnaire he submitted during the confirmation process to lead ... homeland security and emergency management," State ...

The new owner may become the Yale New Haven Health system, which Lamont noted remains a leading contender in a potential bid process to acquire the hospitals ... team is prepared and ready to handle ...

Trump said he will "declare a national emergency,” close the southwestern U.S. border with Mexico to stem the flow of thousands ... of their asylum requests, a process that can take months ...

The disaster-heavy states that former FEMA chief Fugate calls his “frequent fliers” also tend to be more Republican. About ...

Rather than dismantling FEMA, we need to reimagine it as an elite federal agency capable of managing the increasingly complex and severe disasters of a polycrisis age.

FEMA sets up disaster recovery centers. “They bring all the resources, the insurance folks, the non-governmental organizations together to try to help people through the process,” Budd said.

“I’ll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA or maybe even getting rid of FEMA,” Trump said after a briefing in ...

The president is right that the massive flow ... FEMA money causes the states to under prepare for disasters, creating a cycle of dependency. Another, even more destructive effect is the process ...

While touring disaster areas in North Carolina and California on Jan. 24, 2025, President Donald Trump said he was considering getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The federal assistance, offered through a Federal Emergency Management Agency program, is designed to cover the cost of essential items like water, formula, gasoline and prescription drugs.

The deadline, initially Friday, now sits on Jan. 14. FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell says those who receive the notification who are still in need of housing are still eligible, but they need ...