Robert F Kennedy Jr is the next controversial pick for Donald Trump’s cabinet to face a grilling from Senators, as he prepares for his confirmation hearing for head of the federal Department of Health ...

President Trump said he intends to overhaul or terminate FEMA as he toured damage from Hurricane Helene in western North ...

President Donald Trump on Friday floated the idea of abolishing the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Here's what to know.

Rather than dismantling FEMA, we need to reimagine it as an elite federal agency capable of managing the increasingly complex and severe disasters of a polycrisis age.

The agency was created in the late 1970s and is tasked with helping states and communities impacted by disasters nationwide.

Trump’s executive order establishes the FEMA Review Council, which will be composed of no more than 20 members and co-chaired by the secretaries of Homeland Security and Defense. The council is being ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is a federal agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Trump would need Congress to pass a law either eliminating FEMA or giving ...

“It’s become a dumping ground for complex problems,” said Brock Long, FEMA’s administrator during Trump’s first term. Situated under the immigration-focused Department of Homeland ...

President Donald Trump put the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under review on Sunday after signing an executive order aimed at "drastically" improving the agency’s efficacy ...

leading to the creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2002. On March 1, 2003, FEMA became part of the Department of Homeland Security. Where does FEMA’s funding come from?