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Trump, lawmakers at odds over whether FEMA should be elevated to Cabinet-level agency or completely overhauled
FEMA is currently housed under the Department of Homeland Security, but the House's effort would solidify FEMA as its own ...
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Top FEMA leader fired a day after he said the agency should not be eliminated
The day after telling a House subcommittee that the Federal Emergency Management Agency should not be eliminated, Cam ...
Head of FEMA removed after saying the agency should not be abolished
The administration replaced Cameron Hamilton as acting administrator of the embattled disaster response agency, which Trump ...
Leader of FEMA Is Dismissed as Trump Administration Takes Aim at the Agency
The ouster of Cameron Hamilton, less than a month before the start of the hurricane season, came a day after he told ...
‘Don’t get in my way,’ the new acting head of federal disaster agency warns in call with staff
The new head of the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country is warning staff not to try to ...
New FEMA Chief Warns Staff: ‘I Will Run Right Over You’
David Richardson started his first meeting as acting FEMA chief with a bang. Within minutes of launching an all-hands meeting ...
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New FEMA boss uses first speech to staff to go on bizarre rant: "Don't get in my way"
Acting FEMA chief David Richardson began his first meeting in the position with a bizarre 17-minute speech in which he ...
Fired FEMA chief threatened to quit weeks ago
Cameron Hamilton, the acting disaster chief, appeared to contradict Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem by defending the agency on Wednesday.