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New FEMA grants set to hand out $600M to states so they can build migrant detention facilities
New FEMA grants set to hand out $600M to states so they can build migrant detention facilities - Administration has leaned on ...
Trump notches winning streak in Supreme Court emergency docket deluge
President Trump is on a winning streak at the Supreme Court with conservative-majority justices giving the green light for ...
Exclusive: ‘A more vulnerable nation’: FEMA memos lay out risks of plan to cut $1B in disaster and security grants
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed cutting nearly $1 billion in grant funding for communities and first ...
Fired FEMA Official Files Suit, Saying Board to Hear Worker Disputes Is Paralyzed
Fired employees have struggled to get a judge to hear their cases because Congress set up a separate system to referee such ...
Bipartisan lawmakers propose making FEMA a Cabinet-level agency
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be a Cabinet-level agency that reports directly to the president under a ...
Rescue chief leaving FEMA over red tape should be a warning siren | Editorial
Congress should be demanding accountability from FEMA. Instead they're going on vacation. A short hearing by the House ...
FEMA chief would report directly to US president under new bill
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency would report directly to the U.S. president instead of the Homeland ...
Future of FEMA uncertain as lawmakers question agency leadership
FEMA's acting director, David Richardson, testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday ...
FEMA chief rejects criticism, calls Texas floods response 'a model' for dealing with disaster
The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to ...
FEMA leader quits amid frustration over Trump's Texas flood response
The decision was likely in part due to the agency's delayed response to the flooding disaster in Central Texas. Senior FEMA ...
FEMA uncertainty hangs over hurricane season
Uncertainty is hanging over this year’s hurricane season as meteorologists predict “above-normal” activity and the Trump administration sends shifting signals over the future of the federal ...