US President Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order to establish a review council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), just days after saying he was considering ‘getting rid of’ the central organisation which responds to disasters, even calling it a ‘very big disappointment.’ FILE PHOTO: Swannanoa resident Lucy Bickers, who received assistance…
US President Donald Trump on Friday toured disaster-stricken areas in North Carolina and California, criticising the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and considering “getting rid of” it. In North Carolina, still reeling months after Hurricane Helene devastated the state, Trump floated the idea of eliminating FEMA altogether. He proposed channelling federal disaster funds directly to…
President Donald Trump has questioned the future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but potential cuts to FEMA may hit residents of three red states the hardest. “FEMA is going to be a whole big discussion very shortly because I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems,” Trump said during an interview…
Good morning, President Donald Trump’s sweeping changes to the federal workforce could mean taxpayers will have to wait longer for their refunds this year. Trump signed two executive orders this week that instituted a return-to-office mandate for federal employees, and a hiring freeze for most of the government. That could have immediate consequences for the…
In his first interview since returning to the White House, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday floated the idea of ending federal disaster relief and leaving states to “take care of their own problems”. US President Donald Trump said that FEMA will become a very big discussion shortly. (Reuters) Speaking to Fox News, Donald Trump…
More than 80% of Floridians don’t have flood insurance and FEMA was unprepared for the deluge of assistance calls after Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida on October 9, according to agency data. CBS News reported that at least 24 people died in the wake of the hurricane. Following an October 11 emergency…
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator Deanne Criswel (Photo: Reuters) As the federal response to Hurricane Helene becomes a focal point in the final stretch of the presidential campaign, US President Joe Biden’s administration is pushing back against former President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims about the storm recovery efforts, as per USA Today.Federal Emergency Management…
One of the first questions former president Donald Trump would ask if a state needed disaster aid while he was in office was, “Are they my people?” according to Stephanie Grisham, who served as the White House press secretary under Trump from 2019 to 2020 and is now supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign. As…
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg didn’t let Elon Musk’s claims fly under the radar on Friday as he took to the billionaire’s X platform to hit back at allegations that FEMA was putting the brakes on Starlink’s hurricane relief efforts. Pete Buttigieg responded to Elon Musk’s accusations that FEMA obstructed hurricane relief, Quashing Musk’s accusations about…
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump highlighted different issues while on the campaign trail Thursday.At a rally in Ripon, Wisconsin, the town known as the birthplace of the Republican Party, Harris emphasized democracy and painted Trump as a threat.”He refused to accept the will of the people and the results of an…