President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) as his nominee for secretary of homeland security on November 12, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate ...

Western North Carolina's Congressman, U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, has been asked by President Trump to help overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency, thanks to his appointment to a newly created ...

The executive branch is allowed to move money appropriated by Congress from one agency to another within a department, and ...

While DHS employees largely work in-person, the acting homeland security secretary called remote work rates at some components "unacceptable." ...

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

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

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

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The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday by a 59-34 vote, putting the former South Dakota ...

Kristi L. Noem, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, was confirmed by the Senate on ...

Noem will oversee immigration law enforcement, counterterrorism, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and more.