As Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem vows to “eliminate FEMA,” the agency is in turmoil, with disaster assistance, grant money, and hiring largely stalled, threatening its ability to respond to major disasters,

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem and others are weighing whether to strip FEMA of some of its key functions, such as helping rebuild after disasters.

Several days after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump announced that his administration would "begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling" the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — and consider "maybe getting rid of FEMA altogether.