“The FEMA Independence Act,” sponsored by Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D) and co-sponsored with his state colleague Rep. Byron Donalds (R), would break FEMA out of DHS and establish a cabinet ...

For the past 30 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, has been conducting a vast, real-world experiment in climate adaptation. Using money from a little-known grant program, the ...

A report cited by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in her critique of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Wednesday was subject to “gross manipulation,” according to one of the study ...

When the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban search and rescue team resigned after the deadly July 4, 2025, Texas floods, he told colleagues he was frustrated with bureaucratic ...

Former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Michael Brown said that Congress should give the disaster relief agency back its “independent agency status,” allowing it direct ...

MODESTO – The City of Modesto held public information meetings on flooding for residents. The effort is in response to a $450,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to conduct a flood ...

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 ...

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 ...

When the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's urban search and rescue team resigned after the deadly July 4, 2025, Texas floods, he told colleagues he was frustrated with bureaucratic ...

Distinguished Professor of Geography and Director of the Hazards Vulnerability & Resilience Institute, University of South Carolina When the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban ...