President Trump recently floated the idea of getting rid of FEMA. It would take an act of Congress to make that happen.

FEMA was absorbed by DHS in 2003, prompting criticism that its highly bureaucratic nature rendered the agency ineffective in addressing natural disasters.

From natural disasters to homeland security, FEMA’s development tells the story of resilience, adaptation and innovation in ...

Political tensions and questions swirling around the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) promise to be a key test for ...

FEMA is responding to increasingly frequent climate change-fueled disasters. Hurricane season used to be the agency’s biggest ...

Although President Donald Trump has floated eliminating FEMA with an executive order, he does not have unilateral authority, according to federal law.

President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of ...

In March 2003, FEMA became part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the same year the executive department was formed. FEMA has come under intense scrutiny in recent months, particularly ...

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, vowed to overhaul FEMA's disaster response ...

FEMA is part of the Department of Homeland Security ... Mario Tama/Getty Images The think tank proposed moving the agency out of DHS and privatizing some of its programs, including the National ...

The agency was created in the late 1970s and is tasked with helping states and communities impacted by disasters nationwide.