Political tensions and questions swirling around the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) promise to be a key test for ...

President Trump recently floated the idea of getting rid of FEMA. It would take an act of Congress to make that happen.

FEMA is responding to increasingly frequent climate change-fueled disasters. Hurricane season used to be the agency’s biggest ...

Michael Brown said that Congress should give the disaster relief agency back its “independent agency status,” allowing it ...

From natural disasters to homeland security, FEMA’s development tells the story of resilience, adaptation and innovation in ...

FEMA was absorbed by DHS in 2003, prompting criticism that its highly bureaucratic nature rendered the agency ineffective in addressing natural disasters.

While DHS employees largely work in-person, the acting homeland security secretary called remote work rates at some components "unacceptable." ...

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, vowed to overhaul FEMA's disaster response ...

The agency was created in the late 1970s and is tasked with helping states and communities impacted by disasters nationwide.

President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security will face her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, ...

President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of ...

FEMA is part of the Department of Homeland Security ... Mario Tama/Getty Images The think tank proposed moving the agency out of DHS and privatizing some of its programs, including the National ...