For months, President Donald Trump and his administration have floated the idea of doing away with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). “I think, frankly, FEMA is not good,” he told reporters in his first week back in the Oval Office.

The FEMA Review Council is now diving into what responsibilities could be offloaded to states or other entities

FEMA was ready to respond to this week's floods in Texas—but was delayed by administrative hurdles and approval processes that took 72 hours to resolve.

In the wake of deadly flooding in Texas, we don’t know where the current FEMA chief is, or whether he’s doing the job. That’s not ideal.

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors.

FEMA records show Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s system to send warnings to phones in the critical hours as the flooding began on July 4.

As historic Texas floods claim over 120 lives, criticism mounts over the federal emergency agency’s weakened capacity, new oversight rules, and uncertain future under the Trump administration.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency should be eliminated in its current form and reconfigured to respond more effectively to natural disasters, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said at a meeting on reforming FEMA on Wednesday.