The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in disaster aid that was previously awaiting approval from Homeland ...

U.S. Senator Gary Peters, D‑MI, ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new ...

The payments to states drain a large share of FEMA's budget reserves, raising questions about the agency’s ability to respond ...

Attorney General Kris Mayes, alongside a coalition of 23 states, has secured a court order compelling the Federal Emergency ...

The deadline for counties included in the recent Major Disaster Declaration to submit a Request for Public Assistance has been extended to March 25, 2026.

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Washington Attorney General Nick Brown announced that a court order was secured, requiring the FEMA to pay back billions in ...

Current and former leadership at the Federal Emergency Management Agency are engrossed in a back-and-forth dispute in federal court over the impact of the disaster response office shedding staff en ...

As of Jan. 28, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had 18 disaster declaration applications awaiting President Donald Trump’s approval. Eleven are more than a month old and some date back to ...

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) went off on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and criticized her handling of FEMA disaster ...

States need a major disaster declaration to access federal aid, but the wait time ranges from a few days to a few months.