Trump administration grants emergency declaration for Tennessee to support winter weather response

Amid a winter weather event impacting all 95 counties in Tennessee, Gov. Bill Lee announced President Donald Trump has ...

FEMA halts terminations of disaster workers as agency prepares for massive winter storm

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has abruptly halted ongoing terminations of hundreds of disaster workers as the agency prepares for an enormous winter storm expected to pound a large swath of ...

Federal aid approved for Tennessee as major winter storm impacts all 95 counties

The federal government has approved an emergency declaration for Tennessee as a major winter storm continues to impact all 95 ...
WBBJ-TV

Trump administration grants Tennessee’s Emergency Declaration

Today, Governor Bill Lee announced that President Donald J. Trump has granted an Emergency Declaration to support Tennessee’s ...

FEMA halts disaster worker layoffs as major winter storm approaches

Agency pauses job cuts as winter blast expected to affect millions ...
The Hill

Judge rules feds can’t require states to cooperate on immigration to get disaster money

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled on Wednesday that it’s unconstitutional to require states to cooperate on immigration enforcement actions to get funding for disasters, which is ...
Homeland Security Today

COLUMN: The Shifting Emergency Management Balance

President Donald Trump at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters in August 2020. (DHS Photo by Benjamin Applebaum/Released) Mahatma Gandhi advised us to “Be the change that you ...
Reuters

US agency halts emergency funds, demands state population data reflecting deportations

WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Friday it stopped distributing funds for emergency preparedness to states until they provide updated population ...