Trump’s FEMA council, led by Kristi Noem, met amid U.S. floods to discuss major changes, including possibly shifting disaster response to state-level control.

The FEMA Review Council is now diving into what responsibilities could be offloaded to states or other entities

The president created the FEMA Review Council to recommend overhauling the agency. The meeting collides with FEMA's response to deadly flooding.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - President Donald Trump has said he wants to begin phasing out FEMA after this hurricane season. And Wednesday (July 9), the FEMA review council he appointed earlier this year will hold its second meeting in New Orleans, according to Gov. Jeff Landry’s office.

As Trump heads to Texas to see the impact of last week’s deadly flash floods, the White House has backed away from plans to abolish FEMA, officials said.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that he planned to start “phasing out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency after the hurricane season.While in Texas on Friday and meeting with first responders and grieving families,

Asked shortly after the floods about his plans for the agency, Trump said he wanted to “talk about it later" and deferred on the topic again Tuesday

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order establishing a review council to evaluate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), stopping ...