President Trump recently floated the idea of getting rid of FEMA. It would take an act of Congress to make that happen.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) praised President Donald Trump’s actions since taking office just one week ago, arguing there is a “new sheriff in town” and there will be “no daylight” between Congress and the White House on addressing issues including immigration,

From natural disasters to homeland security, FEMA’s development tells the story of resilience, adaptation and innovation in emergency management

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, who on Friday talked about shutting down the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on Sunday night issued orders for a commission to investigate the disaster response agency that is so familiar to people in hurricane-prone south Louisiana.

At least $4 billion is earmarked for hurricane response in Virginia but only $47 million has been distributed so far, the vice president said.

Congressman Churck Edwards issued a statement after President Trump appointed him to the newly created FEMA task force.

FEMA is responding to increasingly frequent climate change-fueled disasters. Hurricane season used to be the agency’s biggest concern. Now, it is activated around the clock as the US is battered by year-round disasters ranging from wildfires to spring thunderstorms producing biblical amounts of hail.

Find out more about the likelihood of President Donald Trump actually eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency after suggesting the idea on Friday.

Only two days after visiting natural disaster-torn areas, including North Carolina, and broaching the idea of “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, President Donald Trump

In North Carolina Friday, President Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order aimed at what he said would address problems inherent to FEMA.

Since former President Jimmy Carter created FEMA in 1979, it has become a massive federal agency with a budget of $29.5 billion in fiscal 2023.

The president's remarks came as an explosive new wildfire erupted north of Los Angeles, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes and rattling nerves in an area still reeling from two deadly blazes.