The Trump administration is proposing massive changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. We asked disaster experts ...

WASHINGTON — A meeting for a Trump administration council tasked with recommending changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency was abruptly canceled Thursday on the day it was set to issue its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Department of Homeland Security is considering a plan to sharply decrease the number of workers who respond to storms. The ...

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Flood, storm and fire survivors gathered in Washington, D.C., Monday to express their alarm over a leaked report from the FEMA Review Council that proposes halving the agency’s workforce and scaling ...

As communities across the nation brace for another year of hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and extreme heat, the nation’s disaster-response system needs clarity, not suspense. Yet just one hour before ...

A draft report from the Trump-appointed FEMA Review Council included a recommendation to cut the agency's workforce in half, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition ...

The FEMA Review Council recommends replacing the decades-old system for distributing money to states with a plan triggered by weather conditions, not monetary damage. A panel of experts established by ...

The Department of Homeland Security is considering a plan to sharply decrease the number of workers who respond to storms. The workers are part of their "CORE" response, who arrange resources directly ...