Trump said he wants to overhaul or eliminate FEMA. Here are disaster-fighting efforts that could be at risk.
FEMA provides funds to governments and individuals to rebuild after natural disasters, but Trump has criticized it for being ...
FEMA tensions pose test for Noem
Political tensions and questions swirling around the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) promise to be a key test for ...
Latin Times13d
Trump DHS Nominee Pledging Faster FEMA Response Time Took Over a Month To Request Aid For Her Own State
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, vowed to overhaul FEMA's disaster response ...
Get Rid Of FEMA? Trump Panel Looks At Shifting Disaster Response To States
Trump orders a review with the goal of an "immediate, effective, and impartial response," but critics say heʻs politicizing ...
Kristi Noem Is Confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary
The Senate voted on Saturday to confirm Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, putting a former South Dakota governor in ...
Gov. Kristi Noem confirmed as next DHS secretary
Noem received 59 votes in favor and 34 votes against, easily clearing the simple majority threshold she needed for ...
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FEMA, wildfires loom large in Noem hearing
If confirmed, Noem, the former governor of South Dakota, would take office as wildfires ravage California. Both Trump and Noem have placed the blame for the devastating fires on Gov. Gavin Newsom ...
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State of South Dakota receives notice of potential lawsuit over McCook Lake flood response
South Dakota Searchlight obtained a copy of the formal ... The department includes the Federal Emergency Management Agency, known by the acronym FEMA.
Kristi Noem Confirmed As Trump's Homeland Security Secretary
The US Senate on Saturday confirmed South Dakota governor Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a ...