When storms washed out a vital bridge in East Burke last July, town officials didn’t wait for federal aid. Instead, they ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has landed squarely on President Donald Trump’s radar as he weighs either the agency’s abolishment or a significant reform to its operations. But a ...

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has called for the complete overhaul and reform of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Speaking at a reform meeting, she argued that FEMA needs to be ...

July 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called on Wednesday for the Federal Emergency Management ...

Trump floated the idea of minimizing FEMA if not getting rid of it as a whole – a position he has softened his stance on ...

There’s one piece of FEMA reform, however, that some may see as easier to digest. The National Flood Insurance Program is $23 billion in the red, by FEMA’s count, and it loses money steadily.

With hurricane season approaching and another Bush crony at the helm of FEMA, a few restive lawmakers are seeking real reform for the storm-tossed agency. Whether they will succeed is another story.

Trump’s FEMA council, led by Kristi Noem, met amid U.S. floods to discuss major changes, including possibly shifting disaster ...

While the approval of aid is a vital step towards recovery, the ongoing discussion about delays and reform plans indicates that federal disaster management is under scrutiny.

Texas Democratic Reps. Greg Casar and Jasmine Crockett have demanded details and documents from federal agencies tasked with ...

Groups on the left and right are looking to use super-storm Sandy to advance federal flood insurance reform, groups involved in that debate told The Hill. Changes to Federal Emergency Management ...

In May, U.S. Reps. Sam Graves, R-Mo., and Rick Larsen, D-Wash., released a “discussion draft” of a FEMA reform bill. It proposes moving FEMA out of Homeland Security and making it a Cabinet ...