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 ...

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

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 ...

A bipartisan pair of Florida lawmakers is teaming up to establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a separate Cabinet-level agency in an effort to "cut red tape, improve ...

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 ...

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

Proposed cuts and potential abolishment of FEMA threaten the river's health and the livelihoods of millions who depend on it, a study shows. The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered ...

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 ...