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The 2025 DHS funding terms place strict new conditions on FEMA aid recipients, targeting DEI programs, immigration policy, ...
States will be empowered and responsible for managing disaster response and protecting their communities,” said Senior ...
Norman City Council heard a presentation at its Tuesday study session regarding the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s ...
Every year, millions of Americans rely on FEMA assistance after hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and other disasters. The president says state governments should do more.
As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of silence from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that’s leaving ...
FEMA is currently being led on an acting basis by David Richardson, a Trump appointee without prior disaster response experience. Hurricane season began this month and will carry on through November.
The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.
After floods, hurricanes and other disasters, survivors can call FEMA to apply for different types of financial assistance. People who have lost their homes, for instance, can apply for a one-time ...
Now, FEMA’s absent acting director manages to make Michael Brown, the agency’s former head who bungled its response to Katrina, look competent by comparison.
To scrap FEMA "with no plan is frightening," said Florida restaurant owner Trasi Sharp, who lost $60,000 worth of equipment in Hurricane Milton last year. "We're all on pins and needles this season." ...