Staff cuts at federal agencies responsible for dams threaten public safety, experts warn
The agencies oversee the dams to provide reliable electricity, supply water to farmers and protect communities from floods.
Senators demand FEMA address concerns over data access and staffing cuts
Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, alongside several colleagues, called on FEMA to address pressing concerns ...
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Hirono, senators press FEMA on disaster victim data, mass firings and funding freezes
US Sen. Mazie Hirono and 10 Senate colleagues are demanding answers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency about ...
Red states could be the biggest victims of Trump’s plan to kill FEMA
President Donald Trump’s call to dissolve the Federal Emergency Management Agency would upend the emergency management paradigm and make future responses more difficult, experts say. Some of the ...
California’s Alex Padilla, Adam Schiff are ‘no’ votes on budget as government shutdown looms
Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff will vote “no” on the House-passed plan to keep the government running through Sept. 30. The Senate is now considering the budget, and if it doesn’t pass by Friday night ...
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Democratic senators ask for details on DOGE access to disaster victims’ data
In a letter Tuesday to acting FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton, Sens. Peter Welch (Vt.), Adam Schiff (Calif.) and Alex Padilla (Calif.) asked for details on who has been granted access to ...