Trump’s FEMA council, led by Kristi Noem, met amid U.S. floods to discuss major changes, including possibly shifting disaster response to state-level control.

Just days into his second term, President Trump said he was going to recommend that the Federal Emergency Management Agency “go away,” dismissing the agency as bloated and ine

Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) participated in the first meeting of a new council to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He criticized FEMA as “slow and clunky,” arguing that states are able to respond “more nimbly, more swiftly, more effectively” to disasters.

President Donald Trump gave himself more time to reach trade deals with foreign nations, but his efforts to quickly overhaul global trade through tariffs still face challenges at home and abroad.

President Trump on Friday surveyed the damage from the catastrophic floods in Texas and sought to reassure residents that his administration is doing everything it can to help. “The first lady and I are here in Texas to express the love and support and the anguish of our entire nation in the aftermath of this really horrific and deadly flood,

The 27-member European Union hopes to seal a trade deal ahead of that date, and meanwhile is preparing retaliatory measures against American products, from beef to Boeing jets.The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program faces the largest cut in its history under Trump's budget law.

Multiple urban search and rescue teams from across the country that responded to the deadly floods in central Texas told CNN they were not deployed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency until at least Monday evening — days after any victim had been found alive.

The Homeland Security secretary, who oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency, struggled to defend the administration's response to Texas floods