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

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

The partial government shutdown entered its fifth day with no resolution in sight and as immigration disputes threaten FEMA's federal emergency response.

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 ...

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

Nearly 18 months after Hurricane Helene, some western North Carolina families in temporary federal trailers are now buying those units from the government ...

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

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

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 ...