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 ...

President Donald Trump issued a quick emergency declaration amid Washington’s historic flooding earlier this month, authorizing initial help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will now require disaster survivors to register for federal aid using an email address — a departure from previous policy where email addresses were optional.

Title I of Division B—to reform the public assistance (PA) program—represents the most sweeping statutory rewrite of the Stafford Act's infrastructure aid since 1988. If enacted, these provisions will ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Susan L. Cutter, University of South Carolina (THE CONVERSATION) When the head of the ...