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FEMA’s response to Texas flood slowed by Noem’s cost controls
As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...
FEMA's quick Texas response was 'the exception' as backlog grows under Trump
As natural disasters like flooding, tornadoes and landslides piled up this spring, FEMA accumulated a backlog of disaster ...
Deadly Texas flooding puts Trump’s past talk of eliminating FEMA to the test
President Trump has not talked about eliminating FEMA as the emergency response agency helps with recovery efforts from the ...
FEMA search and rescue teams take days to reach Texas after flooding as agency faces overhaul
Multiple urban search and rescue teams from across the country that responded to the deadly floods in central Texas told CNN ...
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'72 Hours, It Took Them!': Rep. Tim Kennedy Hammers Incompetent Trump Administration Over FEMA's Delayed Response To Texas Floods
During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on July 16, 2025, Congressman Tim Kennedy (D-NY) gave powerful remarks ...
FEMA’s Texas-sized test
Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) participated in the first meeting of a new ...
FEMA expands disaster aid to more Texas counties
Governor Greg Abbott has updated his disaster declaration to include 26 counties in Texas, added FEMA to the Public ...
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Former FEMA head responds to praise and criticism of federal response to Texas floods
The federal response to the flash flooding disaster in Texas has come under scrutiny. President Trump, who has called for ...
In Flooded Texas, Questions About FEMA’s Role and Fate
President Trump wants to shutter the agency and shift responsibility and costs of emergency management to the states. In ...
As FEMA aids Texas flood victims, Noem urges eliminating US agency 'as it exists today'
July 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called on Wednesday for the Federal Emergency Management ...
FEMA Deleted Texas Camp's Buildings from Flood Map—Report
There are questions over why oversight was eased at Mystic Camp as it expanded in a hazardous floodplain, the AP reported.
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Kristi Noem Reveals Texas Was Fun Preview of Future Disaster Responses
But Noem had severely botched FEMA’s Texas response by failing to renew contracts with companies staffing FEMA call centers, ...