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Trump proposes ‘getting rid of FEMA’ while touring disaster zones in North Carolina
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Instead of having federal financial assistance flow through FEMA, the Republican president said Washington could provide money directly to the states.
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Speaking while on the first trip of his second term, Trump made the comment in North Carolina during a briefing on the monthslong recovery from Hurricane Helene.
President Donald Trump says he's considering "getting rid of" FEMA as he hits the road for the first time since his second inauguration, visiting victims of Hurricane Helene and the California wildfires.
President Donald Trump said Friday that he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation's central organization for responding to disasters.
Trump floats “getting rid” of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on visit to western North Carolina to survey recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday and said he was considering “getting rid of”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to recent wildfires in California and last year’s hurricane in North Carolina.
President Donald Trump said that his administration will step in and assist North Carolina as it recovers from Hurricane Helene months after the storm.
President Trump is taking the first trip of his term on Friday to North Carolina and California, visiting communities grappling with recovery from natural disasters.
By WILL WEISSERT and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump said he was considering “getting rid of FEMA” as he visited hurricane-battered North Carolina on Friday during the first trip of his second term.
President Donald Trump on Friday floated the idea of overhauling or eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, while visiting North Carolina to view the aftermath of last year's Hurricane Helene.
President Donald Trump has said he is considering “getting rid of FEMA” during a visit to areas in North Carolina severely affected by Hurricane Helene. On Friday, President Trump visited North Carolina to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Helene, which struck the region in late September 2024.
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