A New York Times report found thousands of calls to FEMA went unanswered after the Department of Homeland Security laid off ...

The Department of Homeland Security says it's making FEMA less "bloated." Opponents say that cost people their lives in Texas ...

Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem denied that Texas flood victims could not contact FEMA's call centers in the days following the disaster.

Sources have said FEMA wasn’t authorized to launch search and rescue teams until 72 hours after flooding began.

Former FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell told E&E News that the head of FEMA should be on the ground “to talk to local ...

Recent reporting from the New York Times has revealed that thousands of calls went unanswered after devastating floods in Texas, allegedly due to FEMA not renewing contracts to ...

The Department of Homeland Security says it's making FEMA less "bloated." Opponents say that cost people their lives in Texas ...

On Friday, he and other Democratic members of Congress sent letters to the Federal Emergency Management Agency requesting ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has doubled down on her past calls to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — but also says it should be “remade” as the agency responds ...

FEMA's more than 8,800 CORE employees make up roughly 39% of the agency's workforce, according to a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, and are tasked with delivering ...

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.

For Deanne Criswell, a former firefighter and the face of the government’s response to Hurricane Ian, handling complex disasters has been a mainstay of her career. By Eileen Sullivan WASHINGTON ...