Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been exerting more direct control over the agency, which President Donald Trump ...

U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Farmers Branch, is pushing the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee to convene an oversight ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency should be eliminated in its current form and reconfigured to respond more effectively ...

The ruling could usher in a more professionalized round of layoffs, compared to the erratic rush of firings carried out by ...

Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill in the regular legislative session that would have improved local governments’ ...

Rep. Sam Graves’ bipartisan Fixing FEMA Act would give local first responders help they need to restore vital infrastructure.

On a FEMA color-coded hazard map, Alameda, Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties are shaded dark red, indicating an area with ...

The FEMA Review Council is now diving into what responsibilities could be offloaded to states or other entities ...

US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blasts the Federal Emergency Management Agency, saying it moves too slowly and ties up states and local officials in bureaucracy ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has doubled down on her past calls to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — but also says it should be “remade” as the agency responds ...

The president created the FEMA Review Council to recommend overhauling the agency. The meeting collides with FEMA's response ...

FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, often comes up during the response period to a disaster, but what does the agency do, and how does it work?