FEMA was absorbed by DHS in 2003, prompting criticism that its highly bureaucratic nature rendered the agency ineffective in addressing natural disasters.

President Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order establishing a review council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, just days after he floated shuttering the agency whose resources are strained following multiple weather-related disasters and which is burdened by past failures in handling massive storms.

President Donald Trump said he'll sign executive order to eliminate or overhaul FEMA on Friday. What would that mean for Mississippi disaster relief?

Increasingly frequent weather disasters have strained its workforce ... and President Donald Trump on Friday suggested maybe FEMA shouldn’t exist. “I’ll also be signing an executive order ...

FEMA is tasked with helping states and communities impacted by disasters from floods and fires to drought, earthquakes, tornadoes and hurricanes. Trump criticized the agency after Hurricane Helene ...

With the Los Angeles area’s major wildfires all nearing full completion Wednesday, cooler and drier weather will dominate for the next few days — with no signs of any immediate return of dangerous Santa Ana wind conditions or precipitation that could spark debris flows.

President Trump offered a buyout offer to all federal employees. They could be paid through September if they accept. How many work in Mississippi?

President Trump offered a buyout offer to almost all federal employees. They could be paid through September if they accept. How many work in Alabama?

Forecasts indicate that an atmospheric river will bring heavy rain and snowfall to much of the Pacific Northwest starting late this week and lasting through the weekend. With persistent heavy rainfall, flash flooding could become a concern for residents across the region.

A sprawling winter storm that is pushing slowly across the United States will bring a risk of severe weather and excessive rainfall to a large part of the south-central United States from Wednesday into Friday. Isolated thunderstorms, flooding rains and damaging winds are all possible in an area between East Texas and western Kentucky.

A White House memo ordered a halt to federal assistance and a review to align spending with Donald Trump’s priorities. Many legal experts say the order is unconstitutional.