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Survivors say they're frustrated with the complicated application process while trying to decide if they'll rebuild or ...
Twenty states filed suit Wednesday against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, challenging the elimination of a long-running grant program that helps communities guard against damage from natural ...
FEMA has so far covered less than one third of the proportion of damage costs provided after the California fires in 2017 or ...
California, Arizona and Colorado, along with 17 other states, sued the Trump administration this week over its decision to ...
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has no immediate plans to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency amid ...
As natural disasters like flooding, tornadoes and landslides piled up this spring, FEMA accumulated a backlog of disaster ...
Cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program violate Congress’s constitutional right to direct funds and infringe on the ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has authorized federal funds to help cover the costs of fighting the Monroe Fire, ...
With hurricane and wildfire season well underway across much of the country, state and local emergency managers say they have ...
Over a dozen attorneys general from Democratic-led states are suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency for cutting ...
North Carolina is among 20 states seeking an emergency court decision to reinstate the funds, arguing FEMA unlawfully halted ...
The Brief. FEMA was created in 1979 by an executive order by President Jimmy Carter. The federal agency has over 20,000 employees and is responsible for coordinating responses to disasters in the U.S.