The State Department is urging Americans not to visit and to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo as rebellion intensifies.

On Friday, while visiting victims of September’s Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, Mr. Trump said he was considering ...

The president has said he think states would be better at handling disasters including hurricanes and wildfires.

Last week, while visiting areas ravaged by Hurricane Helene in my home state of North Carolina, President Donald Trump proposed “getting rid” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Then he signed ...

Among the governor's proposals are cuts in personal income taxes, increases in teacher and law enforcement salaries, and ...

ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — U.S. Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna is fighting for FEMA to waive its 50% rule. Rep. Luna ...

When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...

Rather than dismantling FEMA, we need to reimagine it as an elite federal agency capable of managing the increasingly complex and severe disasters of a polycrisis age.

FEMA provides funds to governments and individuals to rebuild after natural disasters, but Trump has criticized it for being ...

FEMA was absorbed by DHS in 2003, prompting criticism that its highly bureaucratic nature rendered the agency ineffective in addressing natural disasters.

President Trump recently floated the idea of getting rid of FEMA. It would take an act of Congress to make that happen.

History and the Constitution show that disaster response is best handled by states.