disaster and emergency management presidency

Trump calls for ‘termination’ of FEMA, says states should own disaster relief

FEMA should be terminated. It has been slow and totally ineffective,” Individual states should handle storms, etc., as they come,” Trump wrote on his social media site.

Midland Daily News on MSN · 2d

Trump wants states to handle disasters without FEMA. They say they can’t.

State and local emergency managers are facing a serious question in the wake of President Donald Trump’s first few weeks in office: When disaster strikes, will they be able to count on the federal government?

Reason on MSN · 9d

FEMA Is a Disaster. Trump Is Right To Demand Changes.

The president's comments brought immediate pushback. Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear called the elimination of FEMA a "very bad idea." Sen. Bill Cassidy (R–La.) stopped short of condemning Trump's comments, saying some federal disaster agency is needed, even if that agency isn't FEMA.

Opinion

UPI News on MSN · 4d

Could states handle disaster response without FEMA?

Imagine a world in which a hurricane devastates the Gulf Coast, and the United States has no federal agency prepared to quickly send supplies, financial aid and temporary housing assistance. Could the states manage?

2don MSN

Inside FEMA’s sickening history of misspending billions of taxpayers’ dollars — and going largely unchecked

The most recent audit of the embattled disaster response agency claimed it mismanaged nearly $10 billion during the COVID ...

Elon Musk’s agents have gained access to FEMA’s sensitive disaster data

Representatives from Elon Musk’s DOGE were said to be examining data on FEMA grants, according to staff members.

Politico11d

Trump’s talking about shutting down FEMA. Republicans hate that idea.

President Donald Trump ... are experiencing some of the costliest disasters, and lawmakers from those states fear that eliminating Federal Emergency Management Agency would leave them on the ...

The Associated Press - Business News on MSN10d

Who gets more disaster aid? Republican states. Experts explain that and more about FEMA

The disaster-heavy states that former FEMA chief Fugate calls his “frequent fliers” also tend to be more Republican. About ...

Virginia Mercury13d

Get rid of FEMA? Trump-appointed group to look at shifting disaster response to states.

Trump, who proposed doing away with the Federal Emergency Management Agency altogether ... by individuals highly experienced at effective disaster response and recovery, who shall recommend to ...

Brad Sherman: Mr. President, please don’t abolish FEMA

Your job is to ensure that the agencies that make up the executive branch are managed effectively, rather than give up and abolish them.

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