Some FEMA applicants in Houston-are still waiting six months after Hurricane Beryl to be reimbursed for their generator purchases.
El Paso County relies heavily on FEMA funding to support the sheltering of migrants. The Trump Administration could change that. The county used to work on a reimbursement basis, where NGOs would pay money and wait for it to come from the government.
KYLE, Texas — The city of Kyle has been awarded a $1.3 million Hazard Mitigation Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA). Kyle City Council voted to accept the grant during a Tuesday, Jan. 7 meeting.
Trump visited areas impacted by flooding in North Carolina and fires in California. He suggested abolishing FEMA and putting conditions on fire aid.
President Donald Trump said he'll sign executive order to eliminate or overhaul FEMA on Friday. What would that mean for Mississippi disaster relief?
A majority of direct FEMA assistance since 2015 has gone to states such as Florida, Louisiana and Texas, which have been hit with several natural disasters, according to federal records.
Mr. Trump said the order would "begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA, or maybe getting rid of FEMA." The president's authority does not grant him the power to ...
President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that states should “take care of their own problems” rather than rely on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help them recover after natural disasters.
A key population harmed by Donald Trump’s proposed shutdown of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be Americans living in “tornado alley” in the central U.S. and the flood and hurricane states of the southeast, which include a huge percentage of the president’s MAGA supporters.
Shifting positions: Trump administration officials continued to reverse or revise the government’s stance on multiple fronts, including active Supreme Court cases, Jan. 6 prosecutions, school book bans, foreign aid programs and gender definitions. Mr. Trump also reinstated a Republican anti-abortion policy known as the “Mexico City Rule.”
The new president doesn’t appear interested in overhauling or reforming FEMA, only in eliminating the agency altogether.