The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be a Cabinet-level agency that reports directly to the president under a ...

Both parties have eyed big changes to FEMA for years now, with the aim of streamlining disaster assistance. The “Fixing ...

Discover how the FEMA Act of 2025 impacts road construction after disasters. Learn why resilient road design now plays a ...

After catastrophic flash flooding devastated parts of Texas earlier this month leaving more than 100 people dead, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are questioning the federal response and asking whether FEMA ...

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib introduced legislation Friday that would require the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help ...

David Richardson, acting leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), on Wednesday defended his agency’s ...

Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) agrees that FEMA needs changes. He’s sponsoring legislation that would address efficiency issues and cut red tape. “We have to reform FEMA.

The legislation also seeks to eliminate FEMA’s backlog of 800 open disaster declarations, some of which date back decades. Changes to the way FEMA doles out funding would require state and local ...

Nearly one week after flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country and killed at least 119 people, it appears the acting ...

Despite the state's experience and expertise, Florida has historically relied on tens of billions of recovery dollars provided by FEMA.