2025-01-27 16:22:02

Trump orders review of Fema after saying disaster agency ‘is not good’

Council including defense and homeland security secretaries will report within 180 days on future of agencyUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has ordered an investigation into whether there should be a radical shake-up of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), the US government’s body for responding to natural disasters, after saying he supported its abolition.In a new executive order, the returning president appointed a review council to examine the workings of the agency, which he accused of political bias and of denying aid to his supporters. Continue reading...
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