FEMA is responding to increasingly frequent climate change-fueled disasters. Hurricane season used to be the agency’s biggest concern. Now, it is activated around the clock as the US is battered by year-round disasters ranging from wildfires to spring thunderstorms producing biblical amounts of hail.
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Trump may be ‘getting rid of FEMA,’ president says in visit to hurricane-hit North Carolina
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'I think we recommend that FEMA go away' says Trump in North Carolina on Friday
Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while touring disaster areas
LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday and said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation’s central organization for responding to disasters.
President Donald Trump on Friday floated the idea of overhauling or eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, while visiting North Carolina to view the aftermath of damage from last year's Hurricane Helene.
President Trump criticizes FEMA, suggesting reforms amid disaster recovery challenges, including California wildfires. FEMA's funding, roles, and limitations spark debate, highlighting gaps in disaster relief and long-term rebuilding support.
President Donald Trump said on Friday he would like to get rid of the main federal agency that responds to natural disasters.
Biden said on Monday that those affected by the fires can apply to receive a one-time payment of $770 to buy immediate necessities like food and baby formula.
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FEMA says it’s had tens of thousands of applications ... people looking towards life after the war in Gaza. President Joe Biden is making his final farewell to the American people.
Trump spent several minutes of a press briefing Friday attacking former President Joe Biden's administration, blaming them for what he called a "disaster" of a response to victims of Helene. Officials confirmed that 104 people were killed in North Carolina by the storm, which ravaged the mountains with destruction many areas had never seen before.
Former President Joe Biden signed a number of pardons and commutations on his way out of the White House as per tradition, according to new information.
Trump says "FEMA is not good" and he plans to overhaul or eliminate the agency as he tours disaster ravaged zones in North Carolina and California
President Donald Trump suggested he might eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday during a trip to tour damage from Hurricane Helene flooding in North Carolina, a state he’s said “has been abandoned by the Democrats.
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