Trump signs executive order reviewing FEMA, raising concerns over disaster response
According to the executive order, the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council, co-chaired by the secretaries of Homeland Security and Defense, will assess FEMA’s effectiveness over the past four years, comparing its responses to state and private sector efforts of disaster relief.
President Trump recently floated the idea of getting rid of FEMA. It would take an act of Congress to make that happen.
Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.
The secretary of defense and the secretary of each relevant military department must order sufficient members of the armed forces to support DHS in securing the southern border and provide operational ...
A legally contested executive order on foreign aid did, at least initially, halt the distribution of life-saving HIV drugs.
Notably, Trump’s executive order on FEMA does not seek to eliminate the agency; Congress would need to act to do that. The ...
Executive Summary. This executive order declares a national energy emergency and seeks to address this emergency by expediting energy and infrastructur ...
Trump stopped a program that had been in the works and was intended to give Medicare recipients access to more than 100 ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, who on Friday talked about shutting down the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on ...
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