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California FEMA earthquake retrofit grants canceled, imperiling critical work, Schiff says
Sen. Adam Schiff is urging Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to reinstate the earthquake retrofit funds, which would've ...
FEMA makes late push to bolster hurricane preparedness, but effort may be too little, too late, officials say
Amid growing concerns within the Federal Emergency Management Agency that internal turmoil has left it unprepared for the ...
Exclusive: FEMA is ‘not ready’ for hurricane season, internal agency review shows
Hurricane preparations at FEMA have slowed to a crawl. With hurricane season weeks away, a new assessment raises a number of red flags about how the agency would respond to a major disaster.
FEMA: Trump approves Missouri disaster declarations for March tornadoes
U.S. President Donald Trump has approved disaster declarations for multiple tornadoes from March 14-15 in the state of ...
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Republicans Fret Over Future of FEMA as Hurricane Season Approaches
More than a dozen signed a letter asking for a spending freeze to be lifted for one storm mitigation program. Mr. Funk was ...
Florida Democrat: FEMA ‘is going to fail this summer’
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) warned Wednesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is ill prepared for ...
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How federal funding cuts have hit nonprofits and the communities they serve
A federal judge heard arguments in a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to AmeriCorps. Twenty-four ...
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FEMA being “not ready” concerns local emergency agencies
Which is exactly the role FEMA has played in rural counties across southeast Georgia, including Bulloch County. “Without that funding, we would be in trouble,” said Corey Kemp, Bulloch County EMA.