US EditionFEMA is a disaster. Trump is right to demand changes.
- The Strickland family received $42,500 for housing assistance and $15,000 for other needs from FEMA after Hurricane Helene, but faced challenges in obtaining aid.
- President Donald Trump has suggested fundamentally reforming or abolishing FEMA, stating that states could manage disaster responses independently.
- FEMA has provided over $12 billion to individuals and $133 billion to state and local governments for recovery efforts over the past four years.
- Local leaders emphasize the essential role of FEMA in disaster response, despite calls for reform and concerns about its bureaucracy.
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Trump wants states to handle disasters without FEMA. They say they can’t. • Michigan Advance
Volunteers help homeowners dig through a tornado-ravaged neighborhood on May 25, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Local leaders say the Federal Emergency Management Agency was crucial to Moore’s recovery, even as President Donald Trump threatens to terminate the agency. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)State and local emergency managers are facing a serious question in the wake of President Donald Trump’s first few weeks in office: When disaster strikes, will …
Trump wants states to handle disasters without FEMA. They say they can’t. • Maine Morning Star
Volunteers help homeowners dig through a tornado-ravaged neighborhood on May 25, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Local leaders say the Federal Emergency Management Agency was crucial to Moore’s recovery, even as President Donald Trump threatens to terminate the agency. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)State and local emergency managers are facing a serious question in the wake of President Donald Trump’s first few weeks in office: When disaster strik…
Trump wants states to handle disasters without FEMA. They say they can’t. • Arkansas Advocate
Volunteers help homeowners dig through a tornado-ravaged neighborhood on May 25, 2013, in Moore, Oklahoma. Local leaders say the Federal Emergency Management Agency was crucial to Moore’s recovery, even as President Donald Trump threatens to terminate the agency. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images) State and local emergency managers are facing a serious question in the wake of President Donald Trump’s first few weeks in office: When disaster strikes, …
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stateline.orgTrump wants states to handle disasters without FEMA. They say they can’t.
Volunteers help homeowners dig through a tornado-ravaged neighborhood on May 25, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Local leaders say the Federal Emergency Management Agency was crucial to Moore’s recovery, even as President Donald Trump threatens to terminate the agency. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)State and local emergency managers are facing a serious question in the wake of President Donald Trump’s first few weeks in office: When disaster strikes, will …
Trump wants states to handle disasters without FEMA. They say they can’t • Missouri Independent
President Donald Trump addresses the 2025 Republican Issues Conference at the Trump National Doral Miami on Jan. 27 in Doral, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images).State and local emergency managers are facing a serious question in the wake of President Donald Trump’s first few weeks in office: When disaster strikes, will they be able to count on the federal government? Trump has called the Federal Emergency Management Agency a “disaster” and sugge…
Trump wants states to handle disasters without FEMA. They say they can’t. • Alabama Reflector
Volunteers help homeowners dig through a tornado-ravaged neighborhood on May 25, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Local leaders say the Federal Emergency Management Agency was crucial to Moore’s recovery, even as President Donald Trump threatens to terminate the agency. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)This story originally appeared on Stateline. State and local emergency managers are facing a serious question in the wake of President Donald Trump’s first few …
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