FEMA halts terminations of disaster workers as agency prepares for massive winter storm

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has abruptly halted ongoing terminations of hundreds of disaster workers as the agency prepares for an enormous winter storm expected to pound a large swath of ...

Trump administration grants emergency declaration for Tennessee to support winter weather response

Amid a winter weather event impacting all 95 counties in Tennessee, Gov. Bill Lee announced President Donald Trump has ...
Government Executive

‘Where is this so-called efficiency?’ Current and former FEMA employees protest Trump overhauls to disaster agency

Current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency employees and their supporters struggled through the multisyllabic chant “replace the unqualified administrator” during a protest on Friday ...
Homeland Security Today

COLUMN: The Shifting Emergency Management Balance

President Donald Trump at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters in August 2020. (DHS Photo by Benjamin Applebaum/Released) Mahatma Gandhi advised us to “Be the change that you ...

FEMA halts disaster worker layoffs as major winter storm approaches

Agency pauses job cuts as winter blast expected to affect millions ...
The Hill

Judge rules feds can’t require states to cooperate on immigration to get disaster money

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled on Wednesday that it’s unconstitutional to require states to cooperate on immigration enforcement actions to get funding for disasters, which is ...