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The Supreme Court is in the final days of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration's emergency ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The Supreme Court will issue the final opinions of its term on Friday. Chief Justice John Roberts ...
Every year, millions of Americans rely on FEMA assistance after hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and other disasters. The ...
States must assess now whether they have the financial tools and governance structure to respond effectively if Federal ...
A judge ordered the Trump administration to stop freezing FEMA grants to states. The ruling followed a lawsuit 22 states and Washington, DC, brought against the administration. The judge found the ...
A federal judge ordered FEMA to release funds to 23 states and the District of Columbia that sued the Trump administration for freezing congressionally authorized funding. The judge ruled that ...
As Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem vows to “eliminate FEMA,” the agency is in turmoil, with disaster assistance, grant money, and hiring largely stalled, threatening its ability to ...
The Trump administration seems to have taken a turn in its approach to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), backing off earlier rhetoric about abolishing the agency in favor of a broader ...
A March 18 Trump administration executive order directs that the Federal Emergency Management Agency shift more responsibility for U.S. disaster emergency response and rebuilding to states and ...
The executive order signed this week is part of a wider push to put the onus on states and localities to prepare for disasters, rather than the federal government.
“They’re not issuing an executive order that said, ‘Get rid of FEMA.’ They’re issuing an executive order saying they’re going to do a 240-day review of resilience strategy, which is a ...
President Donald Trump signs a little-noticed executive order establishing a council to “assess” FEMA and improve disaster response.