FEMA workers help residents who lost homes in the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires apply for aid. Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images When the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

MIAMI, Florida — A federal grand jury in Miami has indicted Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and several co-defendants, accusing them of misappropriating federal disaster funds and laundering ...

The owners of the central Texas girls camp are being accused in two lawsuits of trying to save money on insurance. The owners of Camp Mystic asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency 12 years ago ...

A multi-agency team of about 50 people surveying storm-damaged Chicago was reportedly told to stand down earlier this month over concerns their operations would overlap with an unexpected contingent ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is getting its third major shake-up this year, adding turbulence at the disaster agency that’s in President Trump’s crosshairs. Acting FEMA leader David ...

Donald Trump has ousted FEMA director David Richardson, a longtime loyalist of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, as he plans sweeping cuts to the agency. During Richardson's six-month tenure ...

The indictment alleges the $5 million was an overpayment on a contract. Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, of Florida, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of stealing $5 ...

Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida was indicted in federal court Wednesday for allegedly stealing millions of dollars in federal emergency funds and routing some of it to her ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

President Trump wants to shift the responsibilities of FEMA to states and cities. In September, WSJ’s Scott Patterson explained how that is crippling rebuilding efforts. Photo: Laurie Skrivan/Zuma ...

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) head David Richardson is departing the agency, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson confirmed Monday. “The Federal Emergency Management ...

The Trump administration is contemplating moving the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s headquarters to Texas – even though the move would create “huge challenges” for the agency, according to a ...