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After Texas floods, questions about FEMA's future loom large
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been exerting more direct control over the agency, which President Donald Trump ...
After Texas flood, elected leaders say cuts to FEMA, NOAA could affect weather response
Some governors and mayors are concerned over how current or potential cuts to agencies will impact how the government can ...
The future of FEMA: Trump talked of ending FEMA before the deadly Texas floods
Since the July 4 disaster, which has killed at least 120 people, the president and his top aides have focused on the ...
Trump visits Texas after floods, meets with families who lost loved ones
Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited Texas for an aerial tour of the sites of the catastrophic flooding, which killed ...
FEMA OK’d requests to move Camp Mystic buildings from flood map
Experts say Camp Mystic’s requests to amend the FEMA map could have been an attempt to avoid the requirement to carry flood ...
Following Texas flood, Team Trump faces uncomfortable questions about FEMA’s future
A month ago, the president said he planned to “wean” states off FEMA assistance. Now, the White House has adopted a different ...
As FEMA aids Texas flood victims, Noem urges eliminating US agency 'as it exists today'
July 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called on Wednesday for the Federal Emergency Management ...
FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp ...
Trump to visit Texas; White House says FEMA has funds for flood victims: Live updates
President Donald Trump was expected to arrive in Kerr County, Texas, Friday afternoon, one week after the area was struck by catastrophic flooding.