One of the most experienced emergency response experts in the country, who lives in Maine, says the nation is becoming less prepared to respond to disasters.

FEMA's acting director, David Richardson, testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be a Cabinet-level agency that reports directly to the president under a ...

Proposed legislation to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which goes by the same acronym, the Fixing ...

State lawmakers got their first chance to ask questions to the top of Texas’ emergency response about the floods at the ...

The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can ...

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency would report directly to the U.S. president instead of the Homeland ...

As he concluded his letter to FEMA, Padfield “strongly urged” the agency to reconsider the policy changes and instead engage in collaborative dialogue with state emergency management leaders ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has already experienced staffing cuts and leadership changes ahead of an “above-normal” hurricane season. Sean Michael Newhouse | June 11, 2025 ...

Emergency management experts warned that suddenly shutting off the funding and resources FEMA provides to local and state ...

How FEMA could change President Donald Trump said in a June 10 press briefing that he plans to "start phasing [FEMA] out" after this year's hurricane season, which spans from June 1 to November 30.

Pennsylvania’s emergency director urged FEMA to reconsider policy changes that could raise aid thresholds and cost shares, ...