In comments that cemented the Trump administration's intent to bring about a major shift in the agency's mission, Richardson ...

David Richardson, newly appointed head of FEMA, announced major shake-ups in the agency's operations. Following directives ...

The dismissal of acting Federal Emergency Management Agency head Cameron Hamilton plunges an already fraught agency into ...

As DHS Secretary Kristi Noem defends a proposed budget increase, lawmakers raise alarms about significant cuts to FEMA during ...

Hurricane preparations at FEMA have slowed to a crawl. With hurricane season weeks away, a new assessment raises a number of ...

Richardson, the new FEMA chief, is a former Marine artillery officer who had been assistant secretary in the DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. Neither FEMA nor DHS immediately ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -David Richardson, the new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told staff on Friday he will ...

The U.S. federal disaster agency FEMA has sharply reduced training for state and local emergency managers ahead of the start ...

David Richardson replaced acting FEMA head Cameron Hamilton, who was fired for telling Congress the emergency response agency shouldn't be dissolved.

The president is declaring emergencies on everything from an “invasion” of immigrants to a mythical shortage of fossil fuel ...

Mark Cooper, a former Louisiana official who helped respond to hurricanes, the BP oil spill and the COVID pandemic, will be a ...