The participants discuss the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, the role of government in recovery efforts and more.

For more information about what specifically FEMA does and how it operates, you can visit the FEMA website. Trump accused FEMA crews of being unfamiliar with areas when responding to disasters. FEMA ...

“We are actively identifying other wasteful positions and offices that do not fulfill DHS’ mission ... as well as helping ...

Olshansky and other experts believe FEMA does exactly what it is set up to do. But there’s a disconnect in what is expected from FEMA and what the agency actually does, said Jennifer Trivedi ...

A developing Trump administration plan for deep staff cuts and drastic changes at the Federal Emergency Management Agency is ...

Misperceptions are abundant about FEMA's role in disaster recovery, what it does — and does not — pay for and what residents in impacted areas can expect. FEMA has an operating budget and a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is tasked with helping states and communities hit by disasters like Hurricane Helene. With Helene hitting during the homestretch of an ...

What does FEMA do and where does its money come from? FEMA has an operating budget and a disaster relief fund. The fund gets replenished every year by Congress and is used to pay for disaster ...

rdid=PGkBbnTmt9t6UNnf# The misconceptions about what FEMA does drives a lot of public misunderstanding ... and that’s not really what they’re set up to do. They can’t fully fund your ...

No. It’s important to know not just what FEMA does — but what it doesn’t do, especially for individual people. One claim floating around after Hurricane Helene is that disaster survivors ...