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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has no immediate plans to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency amid ongoing discussions about the disaster relief agency's future, the Washington Post reported.
Sens. Rubén Gallego and Richard Blumenthal say belt-tightening measures might have hampered the agency’s response.
The FEMA Review Council is now diving into what responsibilities could be offloaded to states or other entities
Schumer accuses Trump and Noem of crippling FEMA, leading to delays in aid for Texas floods. Noem denies claims but critics call it government failure.
The visit by acting Administrator David Richardson is his first known trip to a disaster site since President Donald Trump made him FEMA’s top official.
Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem denied that Texas flood victims could not contact FEMA's call centers in the days following the disaster.
Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott participated in the first meeting of a new council to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He criticized FEMA as “slow and clunky,” arguing that states are able to respond “more nimbly, more swiftly, more effectively” to disasters.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be inspecting Tennessee homes damaged by the severe weather in April. The evaluations will be for all Tennesseans who applied for disaster assistance following the storms that hit the state between April 2 and April 24 this year.
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Multiple urban search and rescue teams from across the country that responded to the deadly floods in central Texas told CNN they were not deployed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency until at least Monday evening — days after any victim had been found alive.