In a shift, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared on Sunday to walk back earlier plans for a sweeping dismantling of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, saying Trump wants to "remake" ...

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is under fire amid reports of a botched disaster response effort in Texas, one that the editorial board of the state’s biggest newspaper is comparing to ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday defended the administration’s response to the disastrous July 4 floods in Texas, as its management of the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

Homeland Security officials have defended the federal response in Texas and President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle FEMA and shift more responsibility for disaster response to states. Tricia ...

In response, a DHS spokesperson emphasized Noem’s commitment to accountability. “Under Secretary Noem’s leadership, DHS is rooting out waste, fraud, abuse, and is reprioritizing appropriated ...

The Homeland Security chief denied that a memo she issued in June requiring her to approve FEMA expenditures over $100,000 ...

A New York Times report found thousands of calls to FEMA went unanswered after the Department of Homeland Security laid off ...

Texas has a robust emergency management response system of its own—the state has deployed more than 1,750 personnel versus about 70 search-and-rescue workers sent from FEMA as of Tuesday—and ...

Kristi Noem calls for FEMA reform amid ... but it has not yet received a response."We are asking the ... But her assurances come amid ongoing turmoil at the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Noem said FEMA's response to the Texas floods was "the fastest" in the agency's history. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) The July Fourth floods killed at least 129 people in central Texas.

Senator Gary Peters exposed Secretary Kristi Noem for gutting FEMA's disaster relief programs during a recent Senate hearing.

FEMA staff have also been answering phones at a disaster call center, where, according to one agency official, callers have faced longer wait times as the agency awaited Noem’s approval for a ...