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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is "not ready" for hurricane season in June, according to an internal review obtained by CBS News as FEMA contends with staff cuts and a push by President Trump to eliminate the nation's disaster relief agency.The powerpoint presentation was created after...
FEMA-approved money was nothing more than attempted retribution against immigrants seeking asylum, many of them sent here on buses by Governor Abbott from Texas. Like all of Trumps illegal
Trump Looted $44 Billion From FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund in the Middle of a Record-Setting Hurricane Season The wisdom of that decision is called into question as Hurricane Laura heads toward Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi Politics By ...
Mr. Trump was among those who made misleading claims about federal disaster relief, falsely alleging that the Biden administration distributed most of FEMA's funds to undocumented immigrants. He also falsely claimed that storm victims were only being offered $750 in aid. FEMA has distributed $...
MORE: Biden sending emergency funding bill for disaster relief to Congress FEMA is part of the Department of Homeland Security, which has an operating budget and disaster relief fund that needs to be replenished by Congress every year to help states deal with d...
On whether she’s concerned that “politics could get in the way of disaster relief,” Criswell told Tapper, “Disasters, we need to make sure that they are never politicized.” “It doesn’t matter if you are a Democrat or a Republican,” she continued. “These types of weather events...
"Whether you are a farm worker out in California or construction worker in Texas, we've just seen story after story, especially last year, of people literally falling to death because of heat stresses," Su added. "FEMA has a well-established process for how we assess if there is a need...
The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed $7.9 billion in Harvey disaster relief as warring Republicans and Democrats united to help victims of that storm in Texas and Louisiana. The 419-3 vote sent the aid package — likely the first of several — to the Senate in hopes of getting the ...
Johnson met with members of the Freedom Caucus on Tuesday night about the spending bill, with conservatives raising concerns about attaching disaster relief money unless it is paid for. Lead Art: “There are developments by the hour in Ukraine. … It is not the place of Joe Biden to make ...