US EditionTrump says FEMA to be wound down after hurricane season
- President Donald Trump announced plans to phase out FEMA after the hurricane season ending November 30, 2025.
- The proposed revisions are in line with longstanding demands from President Trump and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to fundamentally restructure or eliminate FEMA in its current form.
- The FEMA Review Council, created by Trump, will lead reforms to shift disaster response funding directly to the president’s office and reduce FEMA's role.
- The disaster relief fund holds $13 billion expected to last through September 30, while the White House requested $26 billion for next fiscal year disaster funding.
- These actions suggest a major restructuring of federal disaster management, shifting responsibilities to states amid projections of an active hurricane season.
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Trump says 2025 hurricane season will be FEMA's last: 'We’re moving it back to the states'
“We all know from the past that FEMA has failed thousands, if not millions, of people, and President Trump does not want to see that continue into the future," Kristi Noem said.
As Trump looks to ‘phase out FEMA’ Alabama agencies face ‘so many unknowns’
Alabama Emergency Management Agency leaders say they are eager to know more details about President Donald Trump’s plan to “phase out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency later this year.
Mass Exodus Of FEMA Leadership Ahead Of Hurricane Season
Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty One of the stranger aspects of the second Trump administration is its ongoing assault against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Last month, President Trump fired the head of FEMA and replaced him with a loyalist who has zero experience in disaster management. The moves made by the Trump administration to dismantle FEMA have resulted in several key leaders departing the agency. According to CBS News, …
State and county leaders react to Trump's plan to "phase out" FEMA
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) -- County and state officials are reacting to President Trump's plan to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "We want to wean off FEMA and we want to bring it down to the state level," says President Trump. The president wants states to be responsible for disaster recovery. But state and local leaders say there may not be enough money in their budgets to go around. "We just cannot take on that kind of burden,"…
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