As hurricane season begins, experts in storms and disasters are worried about massive cuts to the federal system that ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground ... disaster-prone regions. FEMA called the BRIC grants “wasteful” and “politicized” tools, but ...

Donalds also released a statement saying FEMA had become “overly-bureaucratic, overly-politicized [and] overly-inefficient,” contending that establishing it as an independent agency would ...

“The smartest thing they could do is to pull FEMA out, give it back its independent agency status, and give the director ...

The bill would restore FEMA to the independent status it held prior to 2003, when it was folded into DHS following the passage of the Homeland Security Act. “As the first Emergency Management Director ...

Sponsor Message The recommendations FEMA submitted were filed with the International Code Council, an independent association ... according to one study. Since then, FEMA experts have used natural ...

President Donald Trump appears to be serious about getting the federal government out of disaster response. Earlier this week, his secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem, said in a Cabinet ...

Trump’s unprecedented efforts to weaken FEMA come at a time when many disasters are intensifying due to climate change. A study of more than 750 recent heat waves, wildfires, and flood events ...

The project will also take data from a recent U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study of the Brazos River into account. City staffers project updated FEMA maps will come out later this year.