Here's what to know about FEMA as Trump talks of overhaul
Jan 24, 2025 · President Donald Trump says he wants to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency as the U.S. faces the formidable task of rebuilding after Hurricane …
Fact check: As wildfires rage, Trump lashes out with false claims
Jan 9, 2025 · Trump claimed on social media Wednesday that President Joe Biden is leaving him “NO MONEY IN FEMA.” The December bill approved $29 billion in new money for the Disaster …
Trump refused to give California wildfire aid until told how many ...
Oct 3, 2024 · Mark Harvey, who was Trump’s senior director for resilience policy on the National Security Council staff, told E&E News on Wednesday that Trump initially refused to approve …
Fact checking Trump's claims about the California wildfires
Jan 25, 2025 · President Trump has called on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to "release the water." and claimed FEMA lacked the funds to respond to the L.A. fires. Here's what to know.
Contrary to Viral Claim, Trump OK’d Aid for California Fires
Sep 23, 2020 · Trump did not declare a major emergency for the 2019 fires in California, but the state did get federal assistance. FEMA approved aid — as it’s done this year, too — through …
Trump tours fire-ravaged Los Angeles after chiding California, FEMA
Jan 24, 2025 · President Donald Trump visited California on Friday to view the devastation from wildfires that have ripped through the Los Angeles area and continue to wreak havoc, rolling …
Takeaways from Trump's trip to California and North Carolina
Jan 25, 2025 · Inaugurated on Monday, President Donald Trump spent Friday on a coast-to-coast tour of disaster zones, musing about abolishing the Federal Emergency Management Agency …
Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while touring disaster areas
Jan 24, 2025 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday and said he was considering “getting rid of” the …
Trump says he wants to overhaul FEMA as he visits disaster zones …
Jan 24, 2025 · Touring parts of North Carolina hit hard by flooding after Hurricane Helene, Trump said he thinks the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is too bureaucratic and …
Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s Water
Jan 27, 2025 · He has insisted that state officials should take the lead in steering recovery efforts and even mused about eliminating FEMA. Upon arriving in California on Friday, Mr. Trump …