President Donald Trump threatened to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency or "get rid of it" completely during a briefing on North Carolina's hurricane recovery. Trump said during a ...

The agency was created in the late 1970s and is tasked with helping states and communities impacted by disasters nationwide.

Ahead of a tour of two states struck by natural disasters, President Donald Trump criticized the disaster response agency as ...

FEMA was created in 1979 by an executive order by President Jimmy Carter. The federal agency has over 20,000 employees and is responsible for coordinating responses to disasters in the U.S ...