Kidd responded by explaining that, at the state level, his team acts as the “alarm bell” when receiving information from the ...

The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to ...

Noem had severely botched FEMA’s Texas response by failing to renew contracts with companies staffing FEMA call centers, ...

Some governors and mayors are concerned over how current or potential cuts to agencies will impact how the government can ...

Texas lawmakers on Wednesday scrutinized the state's emergency response to the July 4 floods that killed at least 136 people after a top Republican said legislators had no intention of criticizing or ...

The Department of Homeland Security secretary defended the federal government's response and denied that policy changes ...

The Department of Homeland Security says it's making FEMA less "bloated." Opponents say that cost people their lives in Texas.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday defended FEMA's response to deadly floods in Texas ...

By Tuesday night, the federal response expanded to 311 staffers deployed, the data showed. Multiple FEMA officials told CNN that they were taken aback by the agency’s relatively limited response in ...

The City of Laredo activated its Emergency Operations Center in preparation for a Rio Grande flood warning issued by the ...

Kristi Noem Under Fire As FEMA Officials Blast Her Texas Flood Response. Lydia O'Connor. ... who has not issued any public statements about the floods and does not appear to have visited Texas.