During the briefing, Trump proposed the idea of getting rid of FEMA, criticizing the agency’s response to the hurricane. “I want to say that we’re very disappointed in FEMA,” the President ...

The governor and top emergency official in Texas are both members of a council advising the Trump administration on options for eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

For example, the agency simplified paperwork, expanded on-the-ground help after disasters and made it easier for survivors to get money ... cutting FEMA's disaster preparedness spending. What specific FEMA changes are being proposed by the Trump ...

The Trump administration pushed back Sunday on criticism of the National Weather Service's initial forecasting and its staffing levels ahead Central Texas' catastrophic flooding. The big picture: The storm that's killed at least 80 people brought federal cuts to NOAA's NWS under scrutiny after it emerged that two Texas NWS offices were missing key staff at the time,

In the wake of deadly flooding in Texas, my colleague Noel King, who cohosts the Today, Explained podcast spoke with CNN senior climate reporter Andrew Freedman about what we know about the impact of cuts to the National Weather Service and what those cuts could mean for future disasters.

There were about 600 employee cuts at the National Weather Service — about 100 probationary employees and 500 buyouts. The Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget would increase the National Weather Service budget by nearly 6.