In a shift, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared on Sunday to walk back earlier plans for a sweeping dismantling of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, saying Trump wants to "remake" ...

A New York Times report found thousands of calls to FEMA went unanswered after the Department of Homeland Security laid off ...

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is under fire amid reports of a botched disaster response effort in Texas, one that the editorial board of the state’s biggest newspaper is comparing to ...

The Homeland Security chief denied that a memo she issued in June requiring her to approve FEMA expenditures over $100,000 ...

Noem said FEMA's response to the Texas floods was "the fastest" in the agency's history. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) The July Fourth floods killed at least 129 people in central Texas.

Texas has a robust emergency management response system of its own—the state has deployed more than 1,750 personnel versus about 70 search-and-rescue workers sent from FEMA as of Tuesday—and ...

But Ms. Noem insisted that FEMA, which is a part of the Department of Homeland Security, had responded to the Texas flooding better than it had to any other disaster in “many, many years” and ...

Senator Gary Peters exposed Secretary Kristi Noem for gutting FEMA's disaster relief programs during a recent Senate hearing.

Deployment of critical FEMA resources were delayed due to a recently enacted rule that requires every purchase, contract and grant over $100,000 to be personally approved by Noem, according to ...

With hurricane season already underway, multiple sources told CNN that Noem’s policy threatens to bog down FEMA’s rapid-response efforts – and could choke off critical aid when every second ...

That was because Noem enacted a new rule requiring any department contract or grant over $100,000 to be personally signed off by her before funds can be utilized, several current FEMA officials ...

Noem is the top dog in U.S. natural disaster response, ... the days after the waters receded saw nearly two-thirds of calls to FEMA go unanswered. Noem denied the facts of the report on Sunday, ...