Trump signed an executive order giving FEMA more authority in overseeing the LA wildfire aid relief after threatening to overhaul the agency.

Trump claims FEMA is getting ‘in the way’ and pitches abolishing it during first interview since return to White House - Trump wants to shut down the Federal Emergency Management Agency and let states handle their own disaster needs.

Since former President Jimmy Carter created FEMA in 1979, it has become a massive federal agency with a budget of $29.5 billion in fiscal 2023.

Trump’s announcement to overhaul or eliminate FEMA — especially in the midst of an ongoing disaster — is unreasonable and foolish. In a Fox News interview on Jan. 22, Trump suggested that FEMA would be facing a reckoning.

President Donald Trump warned FEMA is set to face reckoning for not doing its job for four years under the Biden administration, he said in an exclusive interview with Sean Hannity.

On Jan. 24, President Donald Trump named Congressman Tim Moore (NC-14) to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Management Agency Review Council that was created by executive order, according to a press release from the congressman’s office.

President Trump’s plan to shutter the Federal Emergency Management Agency could save the federal government billions but will hit stiff resistance from governors who don’t want to shoulder more of the cost of natural 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 last year's ...

A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general announced legal action against the White House budget office Tuesday over its directive to freeze federal assistance while reviewing whether government spending aligns with President Trump’s agenda.

President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to disasters in California and North Carolina.

President Donald Trump said that his administration will step in and assist North Carolina as it recovers from Hurricane Helene months after the storm.

Notably, Trump’s executive order on FEMA does not seek to eliminate the agency; Congress would need to act to do that. The order instead underscores Trump’s interest in turning to outside advisers and private-sector companies to fill some typically governmental functions as he seeks to quickly accomplish his second-term goals.