The agency is hiking insurance rates and punishing flood-prone construction in the president-elect’s favorite state.

Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz is seen as a contender to lead FEMA under Donald Trump. He says he’s staying in Congress

CNN reported that the Florida congressman is among Trump's picks to lead FEMA, citing "two people with knowledge of the president-elect's consideration."

Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat, is a top contender to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Donald Trump’s administration, two people with knowledge of the president-elect’s consideration told CNN.

The reader pick for the 2024 Lie of the Year is also PolitiFact’s official editors’ choice: President-elect Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance’s claim that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pets.

Moskowitz has always been considered a bipartisan Democrat who has bent closer to Republicans on Israel and fiscal policy. But his announcement that he will join the DOGE Caucus indicates he’s willing to work closely with Trump surrogates Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.

"My phone was ringing off the hook," Republican Rep. Andy Barr said. "The people who elected us are listening to Elon Musk."

U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz is reportedly under consideration by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Remember Donald Trump's conspiracy theories related to Hurricane Helene, FEMA and devastated communities in North Carolina? The effects still linger.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz of Parkland is reportedly a leading candidate to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under President-elect Donald Trump.

President-Elect Donald Trump may tap a House Democrat from Florida to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Trump reportedly is considering Representative Jared Moskowitz to lead FEMA.

Trump has also moved to fill several high-profile roles in his incoming administration with Floridians, like U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who is Trump’s pick for secretary of state, and U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, who was tapped to serve as the president-elect’s National Security Advisor.