Trump said he wants to overhaul or eliminate FEMA. Here are disaster-fighting efforts that could be at risk.
FEMA provides funds to governments and individuals to rebuild after natural disasters, but Trump has criticized it for being too slow and costly.
Trump’s plan to eliminate FEMA is a very bad idea
Trump’s announcement to overhaul or eliminate FEMA — especially in the midst of an ongoing disaster — is unreasonable and foolish. In a Fox News interview on Jan. 22, Trump suggested that FEMA would be facing a reckoning.
FEMA faces shakeup under Trump while it wrestles with disasters on both coasts
President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to disasters in California and North Carolina.
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Trump needs to transform FEMA, not shut it down
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.
Trump is ‘right to assess’ FEMA, House Speaker Johnson says
La., addressed President Donald Trump’s decision to fire 18 inspectors general at various federal agencies and defended his controversial executive orders and actions.
Florida mayor to Trump: Please do something abut FEMA
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Trump floats executive order on ‘maybe getting rid of FEMA’
President Trump said he intends to overhaul or terminate FEMA as he toured damage from Hurricane Helene in western North ...
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Gov. Beshear ‘happy’ White House rescinded memo freezing federal aid
The governor stressed negative impacts of the plausible move on Kentucky affecting programs such as Medicaid, reduced lunch ...
Trump grants FEMA more power to combat LA wildfires after threatening to curtail agency
Trump signed an executive order giving FEMA more authority in overseeing the LA wildfire aid relief after threatening to overhaul the agency.
Trump warns FEMA faces a reckoning after Biden admin: 'Not done their job'
President Donald Trump warned FEMA is set to face reckoning for not doing its job for four years under the Biden ...
Kaitlan Collins: White House did not officially list Newsom greeting Trump
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reports on the details of President Donald Trump’s visit to California after suggesting eliminating ...
Trump to sign executive order to fundamentally change or get rid of FEMA
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he would sign an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally overhauling ...
'FEMA is not good:' Trump announces agency overhaul during visit to North Carolina
President Donald Trump said that his administration will step in and assist North Carolina as it recovers from Hurricane ...
Trump’s FEMA order creates task force to suggest changes to the agency
Notably, Trump’s executive order on FEMA does not seek to eliminate the agency; Congress would need to act to do that. The ...
Trump to tap healthcare lobbyist Dempsey for White House budget job, FT reports
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to tap health industry lobbyist Don Dempsey for a top White House budget job, the ...
Trump’s push to ax FEMA sparks disaster aid showdown with states
President Trump’s plan to shutter the Federal Emergency Management Agency could save the federal government billions but will ...