After the catastrophic flash flooding in central Texas on July 4, 2025, users online claimed that U.S. President Donald Trump ...

Some National Weather Service offices in California are among those hit hardest by meteorologist vacancies, heightening ...

Democrats have questioned the effectiveness of the flash flood warning the weather service sent out on July 4, after ...

Lawmakers from both parties have so far rejected steep cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...

Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla said staffing shortages at the NWS are putting critical forecasting in jeopardy.

How federal weather agencies have been impacted by staffing cuts.

Privatization would diminish a central role the federal government has played in weather forecasting since the 1800s.

If you're frustrated about the quick-changing weather this summer, you're not alone, and WCCO's NEXT Weather team of ...

The Trump administration’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency slashed jobs earlier this year at the National ... how the weather service would pay for more staff. Jacobs also said Wednesday ...

Sen. Chuck Schumer is pressing the NWS’s watchdog to probe whether Trump’s cuts worsened the recent catastrophe.

Across the country, National Weather Service staff have been covering unfilled positions as cuts to the NWS lower staff levels. Some stations no longer have the staff to operate 24 hours a day.