The administration supported search and rescue operations in Kerr County, Texas, after at least 120 people died and dozens went missing in deadly floods.

Homeland Security Director and former South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem asked her Instagram followers which portrait of her they like best to display in the South Dakota State Capitol. Response from central Texas was low due to high flood waters and FEMA response delays.

Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) participated in the first meeting of a new council to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He criticized FEMA as “slow and clunky,” arguing that states are able to respond “more nimbly, more swiftly, more effectively” to disasters.

President Donald Trump’s administration has systematically reduced states’ access to resources to safeguard their people against natural disasters.

The Homeland Security secretary, who oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency, struggled to defend the administration's response to Texas floods

Very few Americans say in a new poll that it’s a good idea to scrap the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) entirely, a position President Trump has embraced in recent months. In the latest Economist/YouGov survey,

Rachel Maddow introduces viewers to the unfamiliar image of Donald Trump's pick to lead FEMA, David Richardson, who finally made an appearance in Texas more than a week after flooding killed scores of people.

The federal response to the flash flooding disaster in Texas has come under scrutiny. President Trump, who has called for cuts to FEMA, praised the agency during his recent visit to Texas, but did not comment on his plans for its future.

Twenty Democrat-led U.S. states are suing to block the Trump administration from ending a FEMA grant program for disaster-resistant infrastructure. The lawsuit contends FEMA overstepped its authority in terminating the program that funds vital upgrades like flood walls and evacuation shelters.