Emergency management experts say the president can’t get rid of FEMA’s core responsibilities, which are dictated by the Stafford Act of 1988. ... Can Trump really get rid of it?

Trump, who politicized disasters during his campaign, is now slow-walking aid to victims of dozens of tornadoes, ... Instead, he has repeatedly pushed a plan to get rid of FEMA.

Trump has threatened to abolish FEMA — something that could legally happen only with congressional approval. In January, he said he would “begin the process of reforming FEMA or getting rid of ...

“We want to wean off of FEMA, and we want to bring it down to the state level,” Trump told reporters in the White House Tuesday, months after he signed an executive order for a “full-scale re… ...

DHS insists acting FEMA head was joking about not knowing U.S. had hurricane season 03:01. Washington — President Trump said Tuesday that his administration wants to "wean" states off assistance ...

KING-TV Seattle. President Trump plans to phase out FEMA by the end of 2025. Posted: June 11, 2025 | Last updated: June 13, 2025. State and federal emergency managers are stunned as individual ...

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said he plans to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), but interestingly, not until after this year’s 2025 hurricane season. The ...

Trump’s comments were among the most direct to date indicating his intention to significantly downsize if not outright eliminate FEMA, which has an annual budget of around $30 billion and ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wants to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency at the end of this year's hurricane season and leave states more on their own when ...

Experts say recent changes at FEMA, NOAA and the U.S. Forest Service could make a challenging fire season in California even worse. California's 2025 wildfire season was already going to be dangerous.

On Tuesday, Trump said he plans to “wean” states off of FEMA. “A governor should be able to handle it, and frankly, if they can’t handle it, the aftermath, then maybe they shouldn’t be ...