As climate disasters increase, the hamstrung agency’s response efforts will be impeded when they’re needed most.
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Trump’s FEMA Guts Disaster Mitigation While Funding Migrant Jails Read Post »
Trump has previously said that disaster relief should fall to the states and that he hopes to eliminate FEMA altogether.
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FEMA Tells Staff to Work for ICE or Risk Getting Fired Read Post »
The Trump administration’s new rules slowed FEMA’s response to the deadly flooding in Central Texas earlier this month.
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Top FEMA Official Resigns Following Noem’s Delays in Deadly Texas Floods Read Post »
It’s time to return to the kind of bottom-up struggle that helped establish modern public health in the first place.
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Trump Is Trying to Dismantle Public Health — and Replace It With a Police State Read Post »
The DHS Secretary moved forward with the layoffs immediately after the disaster, as the demand for help was highest.
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FEMA Missed Thousands of Texas Flood Victims’ Calls After Noem Fired Contractors Read Post »
A commonsense rule created building requirements for projects receiving federal funds. Trump revoked it twice.
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Trump Revoked Rules Meant to Protect Against Disasters Like Texas Floods Read Post »
Texas officials laid blame on faulty forecasts by the National Weather Service, whose expert staff was gutted by Trump.
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As Death Toll Rises in TX Floods, DOGE Cuts May Have Set Victims Up for Disaster Read Post »
Sweeping cuts made by the Trump administration have already left the government unprepared for hurricane season.
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Trump’s FEMA Chief Reportedly Didn’t Know US Has a Hurricane Season Read Post »
Trump is dangerously underfunding FEMA, leaving states that rely on it unprepared in the face of upcoming severe storms.
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As Hurricane Season Looms, FEMA Is Being Torn to Shreds Read Post »
Weeks before, the administration slashed nearly $1 billion in disaster aid meant for Black and low-income neighborhoods.
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After Trump’s FEMA Cuts, Black St. Louis Recovers From Deadly Tornadoes Alone Read Post »
The program allows communities to prepare for disasters like hurricanes and wildfires before they hit.
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Trump Admin Moves to End One of FEMA’s Biggest Disaster Adaptation Programs Read Post »
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