The nation’s top agency for response and recovery work has endured significant upheaval since Trump’s return to the White ...

As President Trump remakes the agency, former officials say the changes could leave states without key federal support after ...

In a meeting with FEMA staff, David Richardson said he was unaware the United States had a hurricane season. Two staff ...

An official from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA, said he meant the comment as a joke.

A spokesperson said that David Richardson, acting administrator of FEMA as of early May, was joking. During the briefing, ...

The remark was made during a briefing by David Richardson, who has led the Federal Emergency Management Agency since early ...

As FEMA faces hurricane season, officials fear the agency is not prepared. NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with Rep. Jared Moskowitz about the high stakes for communities in the storm path.

Acting FEMA Director David Richardson told staff in an all-hands meeting that he was unaware hurricane season had started, ...

President Donald Trump’s acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told staff that he was unaware that the U ...

David Richardson’s comment to staff that he was unaware the United States had a hurricane season was meant in jest, the ...

The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast last week that this year's hurricane season, which ...

The concern is particularly pronounced on the Gulf Coast, where ominous storm systems are already beginning to form amid ...