FEMA

According to new data released Friday, the U.S. economy added 187,000 jobs in August. That number is similar to last month’s job gains, although the July total was revised down to 157,000 jobs. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the August number is a slowdown from the past two years of massive job growth. […]

Former President Donald Trump may attend a future GOP presidential primary debate. He implied the possibility during an interview on Todd Starnes’s radio show. An artificial intelligence experiment in the world of sports news is on pause. Multiple outlets are stopping the project after mistakes and glitches were detected in articles. President Joe Biden is […]

The remaining money in the federal government’s disaster relief fund will be prioritized for a string of recent and anticipated disasters, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials. Speaking at a White House press briefing on Aug. 29, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said she was directing the implementation of Immediate Needs Funding for Hurricane […]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is warning they are running low on cash for disaster funds. FEMA administrator Deanne Chriswell says she expects to have a shortage by mid-September. What would this mean for Americans as the 2023 hurricane season begins? And what are the options open to FEMA? NTD brought in the senior […]

As the United States battles a record number of billion-dollar weather disasters, FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund is on the brink of exhaustion. It could run out of money by the end of August, posing challenges just as the Atlantic hurricane season is about to peak in September. Congress reconvenes after Labor Day, facing a pivotal vote on […]

Former President Donald Trump is facing a total of 91 charges in multiple indictments. This comes after a fourth indictment in Georgia. How are President Trump’s top 2024 contenders reacting to the latest indictment, and what does the White House say about the Justice Department? Hunter Biden’s top attorney is withdrawing from his case. And […]

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, joined by FEMA Administrator Deanna Criswell, holds a daily briefing at 2:00 p.m. ET on Aug. 14 to discuss the Hawaii wildfires.

Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.) questioned a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) official on the body’s participation in helping the United States cope with the crisis of illegal immigration. In a Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology hearing entitled “The Future of FEMA: Agency Perspectives with Administrator Criswell,” held on July 13, the future of FEMA […]

President Joe Biden visits Rolling Fork, Mississippi, to announce FEMA eligibility and financial help for residents who were affected by the devastating recent tornadoes.

Border relief organizations were not made to provide all required documentation before the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) granted them millions in humanitarian relief funds under a Biden-era program, according to a new report by the DHS Inspector General. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) handles the distribution of federal humanitarian relief funds. One of […]

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) holds a briefing at 4:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 28 to update the public on recovery efforts in the aftermath of the East Palestine train derailment.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) holds a briefing on the East Palestine train derailment recovery efforts at 4:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 27. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Debra Shore, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, FEMA Region 5 Regional Administrator Thomas C. Sivak, CDC/ATSDR Team Lead Jill Shugart, Pennsylvania Department of Health Deputy Secretary Dr. Wendy Braund, […]

A day after alerting Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine that the Norfolk Southern Railway train derailment and chemical spill in East Palestine does not qualify for an emergency declaration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced it will send a team to the eastern Ohio village dealing with the disaster’s aftermath. In a joint statement on […]

Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, impacted by the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern Railway freight train derailment that caused lingering fires and spilled toxic chemicals will not receive assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA)—at least for now—according to Gov. Mike DeWine. Almost two weeks after a Norfolk Southern Railway train derailed in this village […]

President Joe Biden took an aerial tour over parts of Kentucky Wednesday morning to assess storm damage from deadly weekend tornadoes, and later in the day approved the federal government covering the entire cost for cleanup. Over the weekend, Biden approved Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s request for a major disaster declaration, making federal funding available for the […]

NEW YORK—Hundreds of thousands of Americans will pay significantly more to insure their homes in coastal areas and flood zones under new rules released on Thursday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the first major update to its pricing system in half a century. The agency said that, over the coming year, it will […]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said that it will reimburse funeral costs for the families CCP virus victims as part of a funeral assistance program