President Donald Trump criticized the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday and floated the idea of eliminating the ...

Although President Donald Trump has floated eliminating FEMA with an executive order, he does not have unilateral authority, according to federal law.

FEMA helps respond to disasters when local leaders request a presidential emergency declaration, a signal that the damage is ...

President Trump’s plan to shutter the Federal Emergency Management Agency could save the federal government billions but will ...

President Donald Trump traveled to North Carolina on Friday and is en route to California to make his first presidential ...

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

In an interview on Fox News this week, Trump said “FEMA is getting in the way of everything," and suggested that he would ...

Trump says "FEMA is not good" and he plans to overhaul or eliminate the agency as he tours disaster ravaged zones in North ...

Speaking to reporters, the president predicted future disasters would need “probably less FEMA, because FEMA just hasn’t done ...

Notably, Trump’s executive order on FEMA does not seek to eliminate the agency; Congress would need to act to do that. The ...

US President Donald Trump has suggested possibly overhauling—or even dismantling—the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

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