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Trump admin denies FEMA aid to another Democratic-led state

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FEMA under fire for 24-hour delay in sending search and rescue teams to deadly Texas floods

The scrutiny on the agency comes as President Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned the necessity of FEMA and called for states to take a greater role in disaster response.

'24 hours too late': Fmr. FEMA official says Trump admin delays “cost lives” during Texas floods

Former FEMA official Jeremy Edwards joined Morning Joe after the resignation of the agency’s Urban Search and Rescue chief, who reportedly quit over the Trump administration’s delayed response to deadly flooding in Texas.

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After helping GOP-led Texas, Trump admin denies FEMA aid to another Democratic-led state

Donald Trump’s administration has denied Maryland’s request for FEMA aid to deal with the fallout of devastating floods in May, continuing the administration’s disturbing trend of denying disaster aid to states led by Democrats.

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What FEMA’s acting chief said about missed calls after Texas flooding

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — After the devastating Fourth of July flooding in Kerr County that claimed the lives of 137 people, FEMA ...

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FEMA chief rejects criticism, calls Texas floods response 'a model' for dealing with disaster

The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to ...

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Leaders of Texas town hit by floods frustrated over lack of answers from top emergency official

Officials in Ingram, Texas, which was hit hard by the July 4 floods, have urgent questions for their county’s emergency ...

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FEMA’s director defends the response to Texas flooding during a hearing with lawmakers.

David Richardson, the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, defended the Trump administration’s ...

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FEMA Director Defends Texas Flood Response as ‘Model’ for Disasters

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

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Texas flood underscores flaws in local emergency preparedness

The first Legislative hearing into the July Fourth floods revealed gaps in training and communications. It also countered ...

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Opinion: Texas Relies on FEMA More Than State Leaders Care to Admit

The Trump administration wants to “rebrand” the agency to emphasize states’ roles in disaster response. But Texas’s history ...

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FEMA moved quickly to help Texas. These other states waited months.

Several states and two Native American tribes waited months for disaster aid, while hundreds of requests for critical ...

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FEMA head who resigned after Texas floods will return to Philadelphia Fire Department

Ken Pagurek, a longtime Philadelphia firefighter who served as chief of FEMA’s search and rescue branch for the past year, ...

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Texas emergency warning bill, vetoed in 2019, will return in session

A bill Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed in 2019 could have increased participation in phone-based emergency warning systems, according ...

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