The order said there were concerns that FEMA used resources to support missions beyond its scope, including activities that ‘welcome illegal aliens.’ A FEMA worker attends a claim by a local resident after being affected by floods following the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Marion, N.C., on Oct. 5, 2024. A FEMA worker attends a claim by a local resident after being affected by floods following the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Marion, N.C., on Oct. 5, 2024. Eduardo Munoz/File/Reuters President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 24...

President Donald Trump put the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under review on Sunday after signing an executive order aimed at "drastically" improving the agency’s efficacy, priorities and competence.Trump’s executive order establishes the FEMA Review Council, which will be composed of no more than 20 members and co-chaired by the secretaries of Homeland Security and Defense.The council is being formed after FEMA's response to Hurricane Helene and other recent disasters showed the need to improve "efficacy, priorities, and competence, including evaluating whether FEMA’s bureaucr

President Donald Trump signed an executive order that establishes a task force to conduct a review of the Federal Emergency Management Agency after he trashed the agency in trips to North Carolina and California earlier this weekend. Trump teased an overhaul of FEMA in both stops, saying in North Carolina that he would be signing an executive order to “begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA or maybe getting rid of FEMA.” He also said in California that the state would be better off with a “good state...

President Trump on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One on Jan. 24. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at revamping the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in the latest sign he's seeking to change how the agency handles disasters that hit the nation. The big picture: Sunday's announcement of the order comes days after the president said he was considering "getting rid of" FEMA altogether, as he and others in the GOP have in recent months...

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - U.S. 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.

According to the executive order, the council will hold its first public meeting within 90 days and submit a report to the president within 180 days of the first meeting.

Social media critics raked Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) over the coals after he, along with Vice President J.D. Vance, proved to be the deciding votes to confirm former Fox News weekend co-host Pete Hegseth to serve as President Donald Trump's secretary of Defense. The overall vote count Friday night was 51-50, with three Republican Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) all breaking rank and voting no, forcing Vance to break the tie. It marked just the second time in modern history a vice president...

President Donald Trump on Friday halted Democratic California Rep. Brad Sherman’s defense of using the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the aftermath of the wildfires, calling attention to how insurance companies have left the state. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump traveled to Southern California on Friday afternoon to tour areas devastated by the wildfires in early January, specifically seeing Southern California’s coastal town of Pacific Palisades.

In the landscape of American governance, the concept of federalism has always been the bedrock of our constitutional design. It’s the idea that states, not the distant federal government, should primarily manage the affairs closest to their citizens. This principle, when applied to disaster management, could not only rejuvenate our response to crises, but also revitalize the spirit of local governance and accountability.

Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) signaled he’s to open to overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under President Trump as the agency has faced increased criticism over its recent handling of disaster response efforts. “On the basic premise that emergencies are best handled at the local level, state level, because they know the community is the best that you know I can get behind 100 percent,” Bera, who represents California’s 6th Congressional District, said during his Friday appearance on NewsNation’s “The Hill.” Bera’s comments come as Trump visited both North...