The scrutiny on the agency comes as President Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned the necessity of FEMA and called for ...

However, his visit is drawing scrutiny for the Trump administration’s plans to drastically reshape the federal agency responsible for disaster response: FEMA.

The Homeland Security chief denied that a memo she issued in June requiring her to approve FEMA expenditures over $100,000 ...

FEMA is currently being led on an acting basis by David Richardson, a Trump appointee without prior disaster response experience. Hurricane season began this month and will carry on through November.

Acting FEMA administrator David Richardson is facing scrutiny after reportedly saying he was unaware of hurricane season. A FEMA spokesperson claimed the comment was a joke, but Reuters reports ...

The remark was made by David Richardson at the conclusion of an 8:30 a.m. daily operational briefing typically attended by hundreds of FEMA staffers and interagency partners.