5 days ago · Trump has long counted FEMA as a foe and joined other Republicans last year in spreading misinformation about the agency in the wake of the devastating hurricane that hit North Carolina in September.

4 days ago · President Donald Trump suggested he might eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday during a trip to tour damage from Hurricane Helene flooding in North Carolina, a state he’s ...

5 days ago · U.S. President Donald Trump directed Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials to hurricane-ravaged North Carolina in January 2025 with $2 billion originally set aside for "welfare for ...

5 days ago · Laurie Carpenter, a 62-year-old retiree in Newland, North Carolina, said she’s looking forward to Trump’s visit because she’s been disappointed by the federal response.

5 days ago · LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday and said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation’s central organization for responding to disasters.. In fire-ravaged California, the state’s Democratic leaders ...

5 days ago · Touring parts of North Carolina hit hard by flooding after Hurricane Helene, Trump said he thinks the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is too bureaucratic and slow. He suggested that ...

4 days ago · Trump considering major changes at FEMA, removes Fauci's federal security detail 02:22. ... "I like, frankly, the concept: When North Carolina gets hit, the governor takes care of it. When Florida ...

5 days ago · Item 1 of 14 U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk with Captain Jeff Brown, Chief of LAFD Station 69 and Jason Hing, Chief Deputy of Emergency Services, Los Angeles Fire ...

Oct 22, 2024 · SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Surveying storm damage in North Carolina, former President Donald Trump on Monday blasted federal emergency responders whose work has been stymied by armed harassment and a deluge of misinformation, but he said he was not concerned that the aftermath of Hurricane Helene would affect election results in the battleground ...

Oct 21, 2024 · Former President Donald Trump used a Monday visit to North Carolina to repeat debunked lies about the federal response to Hurricane Helene.