When disaster strikes a state, “the governor should be able to handle it,” Trump said.

President Donald Trump has suggested abolishing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and having states handle disaster relief. Significant cuts at the agency have already started ...

President Donald Trump has suggested dissolving the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which would leave handling the aftermath of natural disasters to the states. In March, Trump signed ...

exclusively told Fox News Digital that he is "confident" that the Trump administration will "root out egregious examples of political bias like this at FEMA." "After back-to-back hurricanes ...

Trump discussed eliminating FEMA in the wake of recent natural disasters in California and North Carolina. “I think we’re going to recommend that FEMA go away," Trump said while touring flood ...

Cameron Hamilton, FEMA's acting administrator, departs the nation's disaster relief agency roughly three weeks before the start of the Atlantic hurricane season and as Congress reviews the Trump ...

President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of abolishing the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but his acting FEMA administrator said that wouldn’t be his recommendation. Lawmakers raised ...

“Having said that, I am not in a position to make decisions and impact outcomes.” The comments broke with Trump and his cohort’s staunch opposition to FEMA. Trump told reporters during a Jan ...

The Trump administration this week began signaling plans to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other U.S. government agencies’ responses to natural disasters.

White House officials maintain the recent purge of senior Federal Emergency Management Agency officials won’t impact ... and FEMA officials did not respond to requests for comment. Trump made ...

In comments that cemented the Trump administration's intent to bring about a major shift in the agency's mission, Richardson said FEMA's intent ... whether the event's impact exceeds the state's ...