A task force created by President Donald Trump plans to recommend the most sweeping overhaul of FEMA in decades, dramatically reducing the federal agency’s role in disaster response by cutting its ...

A group of 20 states sued the Trump administration on Wednesday seeking to block what they say was an illegal termination of a program that provided federal funding for natural disaster mitigation ...

Chantal's floodwaters left significant damage to Camp Easter Rd. and N.C. 2 in Southern Pines, NC on July 8, 2025. (Photo courtesy of NCDOT) North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a ...

North Carolina is among 20 states suing FEMA to restore its main grant program aimed at helping local governments prevent damage from natural disasters. The Trump Administration ended the program even ...

On Monday, 191 employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, signed a letter to Congress that criticized the Trump administration’s cuts to the agency. While the signatories outlined ...

Twenty Democratic-led states filed suit Wednesday against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, challenging the elimination of a long-running grant program that helps communities guard against ...

Sep. 11—LAURINBURG — Scotland County's application for a million-dollar Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grant has been selected for further review, according to Robert Sampson ...

WA AG Nick Brown is leading 20 states in a lawsuit against the Trump administration after FEMA shut down the BRIC program. The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program provided ...

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