As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says FEMA is taking hurricane season "seriously" following media reports about alleged remarks by its acting administrator.

President Donald Trump approved millions of dollars in assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Virginia, ...

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) is calling on the White House and the Department of Defense (DOD) to hold an emergency ...

White House addresses FEMA acting director's 'jokes' about hurricane season. 1w. Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency Director David Richardson told staff in an all-hands meeting that he was ...

The remark was made during a briefing by David Richardson, who has led FEMA since early May. The U.S. hurricane season ...

Trump's comments were among the most direct to date indicating his intention to significantly downsize if not outright ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that FEMA acting Administrator David Richardson was joking when he told agency staff Monday that he was unaware that the U.S. has an ...

Trump’s megabill outlines the removal of “at least 1.4 million” immigrants illegally in the United States from Medicaid.

Typically in presidential administrations, including Trump’s first, FEMA advises the White House on which disasters warrant federal assistance.

The White House has repeatedly stressed that the president has sole authority to approve or deny disaster declaration requests after catastrophic storms, telling FEMA that Trump does not have to ...

The White House has repeatedly stressed that the president has sole authority to approve or deny disaster declaration requests after catastrophic storms, telling FEMA that Trump does not have to ...