Allies of the Republican president attacked the legitimacy of judicial oversight — a fundamental pillar of American democracy ...

The New Mexico Department of Justice issued a statement Tuesday announcing, “The state is unable to access federal funding for FEMA wildfire recovery from the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.” ...

It was the same day he said, on a trip to Western North Carolina, that he was considering eliminating FEMA and leaving state officials in charge of responding to disasters. He also indicated he ...

WASHINGTON — Governors and state legislatures may have to bolster ... Trump, who proposed doing away with the Federal Emergency Management Agency altogether last week, has since established ...

In addition to coordinating a direct federal response to natural disasters, FEMA manages preventive measures such as the National Flood Preparedness Program. Headquartered in Washington ...

The order gives the Federal Emergency Management Agency and half ... unduly burden each respective water project” and to identify state and federal laws that would stand in the way of or would ...

Ahead of a tour of two states recently struck by natural disasters, President Donald Trump on Friday proposed overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency — or eliminating the ...

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“I think, frankly, FEMA is not good.” That could have chilling effects on emergency response even at state levels, former FEMA chief Deanne Criswell told CNN. “We need to take him at his ...

FEMA only steps into a local situation when a state makes a formal request to the government for federal aid or when the natural disaster overwhelms local officials’ abilities. The president ...

In fire-ravaged California, the state’s Democratic leaders ... federal financial assistance flow through FEMA, the Republican president said Washington could provide money directly to the ...

Trump told Fox News earlier in the week he was considering overhauling the Federal Emergency Management ... he withheld wildfire aid to Washington state, due to personal animus toward Gov.