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As communities across the United States are still recovering from hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisors are warning staff to prepare for the dismissal of ...

State crisis managers say severe cuts to federal security grants, restrictions on money intended for preparedness and funding delays tied to litigation are posing a growing risk to their ability to ...

FEMA officials faced death threats, doxxing and swatting attacks during Hurricane Helene and Milton response as online conspiracy theories spread. The Trump administration has cut FEMA resources ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has denied the state of Arizona disaster assistance after flooding in September caused damage that local leaders say reached $30 million. Arizona Gov.

Current and former staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency demonstrated against workforce and program cuts during a “FEMA Solidarity Rally” on Friday, a potentially risky act of protest ...

David Richardson is stepping down as the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) acting administrator after steering the agency through a tumultuous hurricane season and launching a sweeping ...

Federal Emergency Management Agency leaders were told to prepare for a possible gutting of their workforce — by as much as half — in the coming months, according to an internal email sent to top FEMA ...

Only about one-fifth of applicants for federal disaster assistance from Kerr County, Texas, have been deemed eligible to get financial help so far, leaving hundreds without governmental aid more than ...

An unidentified hacker stole sensitive data from Customs and Border Protection and Federal Emergency Management Agency employees in a “widespread” breach this summer that lasted several weeks, ...