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The White House is approving disaster relief funds without notifying FEMA, leading to delays and confusion
President Donald Trump approved millions of dollars in assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Virginia, ...
Gov. Moore requests White House issue Presidential Disaster Declaration after flooding in western Maryland
Maryland Gov. Moore requested that the Trump administration issue a Major Disaster Declaration to help communities that were impacted by severe flooding in May.
What Trump’s FEMA Cuts Mean for Hurricane Season
The Atlantic hurricane season started on June 1 and is predicted to be more active than usual this year. A busy hurricane season would test the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the aftermath of ...
White House insists FEMA is taking hurricane season 'seriously,' blasts 'sloppy' reporting
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says FEMA is taking hurricane season "seriously" following media reports about ...
White House addresses FEMA acting director's 'jokes' about hurricane season
Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency Director David Richardson told staff in an all-hands meeting that he was unaware ...
Trump’s radically regressive plans for FEMA’s future come into sharper focus
Getting rid of FEMA might not have been what Americans thought they were voting for last year, but it’s apparently what the ...
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White House defends FEMA chief’s baffling hurricane comments
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the acting administrator's remarks about there not being a hurricane season was a joke.