Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said she is recommending that President Donald Trump “get rid” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) “the way it exists today.”
FEMA is tasked with helping states and communities impacted by floods, fires, drought, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and other disasters.
But in recent months, FEMA has come under fire from Republicans, including the president, on how it handled hurricanes Helene and Milton, which hammered the southern United States in the fall of 2024. FEMA also drew controversy after a worker claimed that she was directed to tell her staff not to visit homes with Trump signs, while the agency received further criticism for providing hundreds of millions of dollars for cities to buy illegal immigrants plane tickets last year….