US Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma joined the News 9 team on Thursday to discuss his work with Trump's administration in ...

James Lankford of Oklahoma joined the News 9 team ... to m[use] the same dollars that we put in the bureaucracy of FEMA, and actually put that into block grants into states, so that states can ...

Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement just days ahead of Trump taking office. The conflict had raged in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, in the wake of a Hamas raid on Israel that saw it ...

President Donald Trump put the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under review on Sunday after signing an executive order aimed at "drastically" improving the agency’s efficacy ...

Republicans are calling for the agency to be overhauled and President Donald Trump on Friday suggested maybe FEMA shouldn’t exist. “I’ll also be signing an executive order to begin the ...

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Jan 26 issued an executive order establishing a review council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), just days after he floated shuttering ...

The move has prompted reactions nationwide and raised questions about what it means for local emergency response efforts, including in Central Alabama.

President Donald Trump warned late Wednesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is set to face a reckoning following four years under the Biden administration, arguing the ...

FEMA is part of the Department of Homeland Security, which has an operating budget and disaster relief fund that needs to be replenished by Congress every year to help states deal with disaster ...

Last Friday, the Republican president floated the idea of shuttering FEMA during a trip to disaster areas in North Carolina and California, hit by a hurricane and massive wildfires. WHAT IS FEMA?

Political tensions and questions swirling around the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) promise to be a key test for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) as she takes over the department that ...