US EditionActing FEMA chief: Scrapping agency not ‘in the best interest of the American people’
- Cameron Hamilton, who served as the acting head of FEMA, was dismissed on May 8, 2025, shortly after he publicly expressed opposition to the planned dismantling of the agency in Washington, D.C.
- This firing followed White House and DHS calls by President Trump and Secretary Kristi Noem to eliminate FEMA and increase the disaster assistance threshold.
- Hamilton, appointed by Trump and serving also as senior advisor to DHS, testified that reforms should be gradual and insisted FEMA's elimination would hurt Americans.
- Hamilton expressed that dismantling the Federal Emergency Management Agency would not serve the public well, highlighting the importance of thoughtful and gradual reforms instead.
- David Richardson, a DHS official, succeeded Hamilton immediately, leaving FEMA leaderless weeks before the June 1 hurricane season begins.
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FEMA leader fired after undercutting Trump in testimony: Leavitt
Cameron Hamilton, the recently terminated chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was let go suddenly this week for undercutting President Donald Trump while testifying before Congress, according to the White House. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters…
FEMA lifts freeze on Nonprofit Security Grant Program reimbursements
A federal program that provides funding to help vulnerable nonprofits meet their security needs has again begun reimbursing recipients, after a funding freeze at the Federal Emergency Management Agency left the fate of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program in limbo. FEMA has resumed its ordinary processes for reviewing applications and reimbursing nonprofits that were already approved to receive federal NSGP grants, after the reimbursement proces…
FEMA’s acting administrator is replaced a day after congressional testimony
The Federal Emergency Management Agency faced fresh upheaval Thursday just weeks before the start of hurricane season when the acting administrator was pushed out and replaced by another official from the Department of Homeland Security.The abrupt change came the day after Cameron Hamilton, a former Navy SEAL who held the job for the last few months, testified on Capitol Hill that he did not agree with proposals to dismantle an organization that…
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