Palmdale Mayor Richard J. Loa was stripped of his title and removed from all committee and city assignments Tuesday night, pending an investigation into “confidential allegations.” The ...

As FEMA prepares for hurricane season starting on Jun 1, the agency is ill-prepared, according to an internal document obtained by ABC News.

emergency declarations, and administrative actions that touch nearly every area of life. Meanwhile, Congress, the branch closest to the people, has grown more divided and less engaged in its ...

It just slows down the entire response and delays the recovery process from starting,” the previous FEMA chief said.

Aid groups, some of which helped after Hurricane Helene, are preparing to take on more responsibility when storms, floods and ...

Moving through hurricane season, there is some uncertainty brewing as it relates to the future of FEMA after President Trump ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is tightening her grip on her department’s purse strings, ordering that every contract and grant over $100,000 must now cross her desk for approval ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is tightening her grip on her department’s purse strings, ordering that every contract and grant over $100,000 must now cross her desk for approval ...

FEMA pools national resources to help states quickly manage disasters. Without that federal support, each state would be left to build its own expensive response capabilities.

But FEMA funds make up a huge proportion of the funding. In the chaos of a major disaster, FEMA can greenlight hundreds of payments and spend billions of dollars in just days.

Noem is also co-chairing a new FEMA Review Council, which is expected to recommend sweeping reforms to the agency in the coming months. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at CNN.com ...