Trump’s acting FEMA head made an outrageous comment about hurricane season. Now the administration is trying to defend him.

David Richardson, who started leading FEMA in May, said he was previously unaware of the U.S. hurricane season during a ...

David Richardson’s comment to staff that he was unaware the United States had a hurricane season was meant in jest, the ...

The head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, ...

President Donald Trump and his allies have repeatedly floated the idea of terminating the emergency disaster agency.

It was a problem when the acting FEMA chief jokingly said he didn't know the U.S. has a hurricane season, but it wasn't the ...

In a meeting with FEMA staff, David Richardson said he was unaware the United States had a hurricane season. Two staff ...

Staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency were caught off-guard and left bewildered when the disaster relief agency’s ...

Yesterday, as everybody knows, [was the] first day of hurricane season,” Richardson said. “I didn’t realize it was a season.” ...

Trump has said FEMA should be shrunk or even eliminated, arguing states can take on many of its functions, as part of a wider ...

It was not clear to staff whether FEMA's David Richardson meant it literally or as a joke, but current and former employees ...

The idea that state and local governments can step up and do what FEMA does is not only unrealistic, it’s reckless.