The Trump administration is releasing more than $5 billion in long-delayed disaster aid to states – but not to several ...

In October 2025, after summer storms severely affected areas of the United States, U.S. President Donald Trump, a Republican, approved Federal Emergency Management Assistance disaster relief aid for ...

Whether or not a state receives federal disaster aid under the Trump administration appears to boil down to their vote in the 2024 presidential election. Donald Trump unlocked Federal Emergency ...

The unannounced move came after President Donald Trump threatened to reduce FEMA aid, jarring emergency management professionals. The Trump administration canceled $11 billion in disaster payments to ...

The FEMA Review Council recommends replacing the decades-old system for distributing money to states with a plan triggered by weather conditions, not monetary damage. A panel of experts established by ...

Sam Vigersky is an international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. When Hurricane Melissa, a category 5 storm, barreled toward southwest Jamaica in late October, an unfamiliar ...

President Donald Trump approved major disaster declarations for three states on Oct. 23, while the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied similar requests from Illinois and Wisconsin that same day ...

President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening. By Scott Dance Life is inching back to normal in the town of Cave ...

Trump approved storm-related disaster relief requests from three red states and denied them from three blue states in October. He also approved a major disaster declaration for the Leech Lake Band of ...