Imagine a world in which a hurricane devastates the Gulf Coast, and the U.S. has no federal agency prepared to quickly send ...

Trump, who has assailed FEMA as a presidential candidate and since taking office, suggested abolishing the agency in January.

The order, issued March 19, does not say how local governments should fund disaster preparedness efforts without aid from FEMA. It states that within 90 days of the order, the administration will ...

Craig Fugate served as FEMA administrator under President Barack Obama and as Florida’s director of emergency management ...

The previously undisclosed review could block assistance to millions of undocumented people and deter legal immigrants from ...

Normally, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, known as FEMA, is prepared to marshal supplies within hours of a disaster and begin distributing financial aid to residents who need help.