The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in disaster aid that was previously awaiting approval from Homeland ...

The payments to states drain a large share of FEMA's budget reserves, raising questions about the agency’s ability to respond ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief Fund is running low on funds amidst the government shutdown and is in danger of being completely depleted in the coming weeks without action ...

Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story FEMA OKs billions in disaster assistanceThe Trump administration is ...

Current and former leadership at the Federal Emergency Management Agency are engrossed in a back-and-forth dispute in federal court over the impact of the disaster response office shedding staff en ...

States need a major disaster declaration to access federal aid, but the wait time ranges from a few days to a few months.

The Trump administration has denied another request from Illinois to assist in the state’s recovery from severe flash floods in late July, despite a recent assessment detailing the widespread damage ...

The Trump administration is freezing FEMA aid for ongoing disaster relief amid the federal government’s partial shutdown — an action that generated a new layer of uncertainty and sharp pushback Monday ...

Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., speaking as then-Florida's Director of Emergency Management during a news conference on April 4, 2021, in Palmetto, Fla. (AP) WLRN has partnered with PolitiFact to ...

A Miami grand jury indicted Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., on charges of allegedly stealing millions of dollars in disaster relief funds to make illegal campaign contributions, the ...

Officials with the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management announced a reduction of some state emergency response operations on Friday, and a transition from a response to a ...