As I’m writing, North Carolina is staring down yet another hurricane season. We can’t just wait for FEMA to resolve itself.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is investigating the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after an official instructed Hurricane Milton relief workers to skip homes with Trump signs.

FEMA, like other U.S. government agencies, obtains its funding through an appropriations process in the U.S. Congress, which means it cannot simply reallocate funds authorized for one program to ...

A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that FEMA had a 35% gap in necessary staffing in 2022, amounting to hundreds of people, and that a heavy workload was leading to ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has mismanaged tens of billions of dollars over the years, according to numerous government reports on its spending. The government agency’s response to ...

Political tensions and questions swirling around the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) promise to be a key test for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) as she takes over the department that ...

On Feb. 12, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander told reporters that $80.5 million of FEMA funds was revoked from New York City on Feb. 11 after the city received the money the previous week ...

FEMA was officially created in 1979 through an executive order by President Jimmy Carter, and the agency says its history can be traced as far back as 1803.

Becky Rouse, a former FEMA employee who teaches emergency management and homeland security courses at Tulane University, said the theories tie into a general distrust of government and the military.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, right at podium, speaks during a media briefing on the government response to Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina while Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

CBS News Baltimore Live. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore requested that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conduct a damage assessment after flooding in western Maryland in mid-May.