California paid $83.1 billion more in federal taxes than it received from the federal government — more than any other state — in 2022. When the state’s population is considered, California paid ...

“FEMA has turned out to be a disaster,” Trump said in North Carolina on Friday while on a multistate tour to areas still ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would work with California Governor Gavin Newsom to respond to the Los Angeles ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has billions of dollars in disaster funds, which are used to reimburse states ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday floated shuttering the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster ...

President Trump is considering eliminating FEMA citing inefficiency. States and climate advocates say FEMA needs a fix but it also needs to stay.

The president said the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been too bureaucratic and slow in its response to disasters.

and then FEMA gets here and they don’t know the area, they’ve never been to the area,” he added. After North Carolina, the president traveled to California where he was warmly welcomed by ...

Trump says he’ll have Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley working on hurricane relief matters instead of ...

“FEMA has been a very big disappointment," the Republican president said. “It’s very bureaucratic. And it’s very slow." Trump was greeted in California by Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Trump critic ...

who succeeded Mr. Long as FEMA administrator in 2019. Only a dozen or so states, such as Florida, Texas and California, have the staff and experience needed to manage large disasters, Mr. Gaynor said.

Deanne Criswell joins The Lead ...