The Trump administration is releasing more than $5 billion in long-delayed disaster aid to states – but not to several ...

In October 2025, after summer storms severely affected areas of the United States, U.S. President Donald Trump, a Republican, approved Federal Emergency Management Assistance disaster relief aid for ...

The unannounced move came after President Donald Trump threatened to reduce FEMA aid, jarring emergency management professionals. The Trump administration canceled $11 billion in disaster payments to ...

The Homeland Security secretary and others warn that consultants are slowing recovery projects potentially to “maximize billable hours.” Consultants that help states navigate the complex process of ...

HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania officials say thousands of hours of training and expanded interstate disaster response efforts are helping strengthen the state’s emergency management system as the ...

President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening. By Scott Dance Life is inching back to normal in the town of Cave ...

Sam Vigersky is an international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. When Hurricane Melissa, a category 5 storm, barreled toward southwest Jamaica in late October, an unfamiliar ...

The process for individuals to get financial aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency is confusing and lacks transparency.

Trump approved storm-related disaster relief requests from three red states and denied them from three blue states in October. He also approved a major disaster declaration for the Leech Lake Band of ...