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FEMA abruptly disbands youth advisory council, but students say their climate advocacy won’t stop

On Jan. 16, the young people were told by email that a culminating summit in the nation’s capital this summer was canceled.

Under water: How FEMA’s outdated flood maps incentivize property owners to take risks

About 75% of the nation’s flood insurance maps are outdated, leaving the door open for property owners to seek their own ...

$25 million taxpayer cash handed by DHS, FEMA to groups with extremist ties: report

The Department of Homeland Security gave out more than $25 million in grants to nonprofits affiliated with Hamas and al-Qaeda ...

FEMA still owes SF millions of dollars for COVID-19 expenses

FEMA, or the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has backtracked on a payment to San Francisco after the city housed the ...

FEMA joins other federal agencies in canceling union contracts

The cancellation of the contracts is part of a broad effort by the Trump administration to strip federal workers of union ...
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FEMA, USCIS become latest agencies to end collective bargaining

Collective bargaining is canceled, effective immediately, at both the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the ...

Time is running out to ask for tornado aid from FEMA. Here's how to apply.

The deadline to apply for federal aid from the May 16 tornado is Aug. 26; this free article explains how to apply.

FEMA still owes SF millions of dollars for unhoused hotel expenses and more during COVID-19 pandemic

It's August 2025 and the COVID-19 pandemic is long gone, except for that big bill left over for housing the homeless community. Let's unclog your memory. In April 2020, homeless advocates demanded ...
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Deadline to apply for FEMA assistance approaches for Tennesseans affected by April severe weather

"If you've been putting off reaching out to FEMA to find out if we can help, I wouldn't put it off any longer," said Trey ...